Have you made donuts at home?

[Anonymous]

If so, will you share your hints? I got a fry daddy for Christmas so I can actually make some good tender donuts, which I can't seem to buy anywhere.

[Anonymous]

We did decades ago for our church youth group fundraiser.

Buy a couple cans of pillsbury rolls. Not the doughy biscuit kind, but the flaky dinner roll kind.

Lay them on a cutting board and using a small round cookie cutter, cut a hole in the middle

Drop both the round donuts and holes into the oil carefully and one at a time.
Remove when they are golden and float to the top.

Drain on paper towels for a few seconds then toss with either sugar, powdeed sugar or cinnamon sugar.

If you want to do a filled donut don' put holes in it. Just fry, and follow the other steps.

When it is cool you can use a pastry tool to inject it with jelly, chocolateor pudding.

Have fun!

[Anonymous]

They're really easy to make. Just experiment. If you have kids, feed them the duds. They'll think you're the greatest.

What kind of donuts do you want to make? I like cake donuts, and there are some good recipes on the Net. Just pay close attention to your grease temperatures and don't overload the fryer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did decades ago for our church youth group fundraiser.

Buy a couple cans of pillsbury rolls. Not the doughy biscuit kind, but the flaky dinner roll kind.

Lay them on a cutting board and using a small round cookie cutter, cut a hole in the middle

Drop both the round donuts and holes into the oil carefully and one at a time.
Remove when they are golden and float to the top.

Drain on paper towels for a few seconds then toss with either sugar, powdeed sugar or cinnamon sugar.

If you want to do a filled donut don' put holes in it. Just fry, and follow the other steps.

When it is cool you can use a pastry tool to inject it with jelly, chocolateor pudding.

Have fun!

This, except with canned biscuits.

[Anonymous]

Homemade yeast donuts are good, but time consuming. It's easier to find a good donut place. Cake donuts are much faster.

[Anonymous]

I did using this recipe and they were amazing!!! definintely fattening but really worth it.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/crispy-and-creamy-doughnuts/

[Anonymous]

http://southamericanfood.about.com/od/snacksstreetfood/r/bolinhosdechuva.htm

Brazilian teardrop doughnuts

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the recipes! My first experiment wasn't super successful, okay but not better than the DD that's a 1/2 block from my house. I'm going to keep trying until I get it right.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, do you want to try yeast donuts or just do cake donuts? That would inform the recipe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, do you want to try yeast donuts or just do cake donuts? That would inform the recipe.

I'll probably stick with cake for now, but I'm not opposed to yeast in the future (or now if a recipe seemed particularly promising).

[Anonymous]

For cake, King Arthur has a traditional recipe that works well. They also have a glazed chocolate and a pumpkin donut recipe on their site. (You obviously don't actually need to use King Arthur flour, though it is good flour):

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/old-fashioned-cake-doughnuts-recipe

For yeast donuts, I would use Alton Brown's recipe:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/yeast-doughnuts-recipe/index.html

[Anonymous]

P.S. These recipes look somewhat complicated but the neither dough is all that fussy. If you know how to fry stuff correctly, they will both taste good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:P.S. These recipes look somewhat complicated but the neither dough is all that fussy. If you know how to fry stuff correctly, they will both taste good.

What kind of fat do you use? I've started with Crisco, I'm not that into lard in baked goods, and I read that vegetable oil tastes gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did decades ago for our church youth group fundraiser.

Buy a couple cans of pillsbury rolls. Not the doughy biscuit kind, but the flaky dinner roll kind.

Lay them on a cutting board and using a small round cookie cutter, cut a hole in the middle

Drop both the round donuts and holes into the oil carefully and one at a time.
Remove when they are golden and float to the top.

Drain on paper towels for a few seconds then toss with either sugar, powdeed sugar or cinnamon sugar.

If you want to do a filled donut don' put holes in it. Just fry, and follow the other steps.

When it is cool you can use a pastry tool to inject it with jelly, chocolateor pudding.

Have fun!

NP
Can I drop them in a pot of oil or do I need a fryerlator?