Ann Reardon

Easy Donut Recipe (Doughnuts)

easy donut recipe ann reardon

 

Do you know what happens if you put water on an oil fire? Oh my goodness, watch the video and you’ll never forget. You will also learn how to make yummy donuts at home with gooey chocolate or vanilla glaze.  Home made donuts are not the same as store bought, they are a little less sweet and if you fry them for a moment longer you can get a slight crunch on the outside, which I love.  Dip them in the glaze and put sprinkles or grated chocolate on top.  Yummmm.

Featured in this video: Fireman Matt, founder of Mercy Huts

And in very, very exciting news this week through an amazing set of circumstances, we come across an effective treatment for solar urticaria. About 4 years ago I went outside one day and when I came in any skin that had been exposed to direct sunlight was red, welted and itchy like a million ant bites. It lasted for a few hours and then went back to normal. But the next day and everyday since the same thing happened if I went in the sun for anything longer than a few minutes. After seeing many specialists a professor of immunology diagnosed me as having solar urticaria, a rare allergy to sunlight. He gave me the unfortunate news that there was no cure. I react to UVA, UVB and the top end of the visible light spectrum so suncream is not effective unless it is the fully coloured zinc, imagine that everywhere?. We tried higher and higher doses of antihistamines to no avail, the reaction was less but still there. The only option is to cover up in UV protective clothing if I am going to be in the sun for more than a couple of minutes.

Well while swimming this week with my kids, in long UV protective pants, top and wide brimmed hat my feet did not react, which was most strange. The next day I tested my arms while fixing the pond – no reaction. The day after I went swimming in a normal swimming costume and again no reaction. Totally, completely normal and absolutely loving the freedom to enjoy the sunshine. We went to the beach where I built sand castles with the kids and I walked down the street in normal clothes. No reaction to the sun. About three weeks later they reactions slowly started returning. Thinking through what I’ve already told you and doing some more tests we’ve realized the water stops the reaction, and allows your skin to be in the sun long enough to be desensitized – which stops the reaction for a few weeks. What an exciting discovery, this is life changing. Many thanks to everyone who has been praying for me over the years. Word of caution if you have solar urticaria test on a small area of skin first to check if it works for you too. Put one leg in a bucket of water and sit outside for 5 minutes, while the rest of you is covered in UV clothing. Let me know how you go – there are so few of us in the world I do hope that this post helps others too.
easy donut recipe ann reardon

Donut Recipe

Makes 14
4 cups or 640g (22.58 ounces) flour, plain or all purpose
60g (2.12 ounces) or 1/4 cup sugar
14g (0.49 ounces) or two sachets instant dried yeast
90g (3.17 ounces) or 1/4 cup butter, melted
250ml or 1 cup (4% fat) milk, warmed
2 pinches of salt
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs

Add all the wet ingredients in to the bowl of a stand mixer followed by the dry ingredients. Using a dough hook knead for about 5 minutes. Check if it is ready using the technique shown in the video. Once it is ready place in an oiled bowl, cover and stand in a warm place until it doubles in size. Punch it down, roll out and cut donut shapes. Place onto a greased piece of baking paper and allow to rise a second time.
Heat up the oil to 375F (190.56 degrees Celsius) this temperature cooks them quickly so they do not soak in the oil, but not too quickly you don’t want them dark brown.

As they hit the oil they float and puff up to make that perfectly round donut shape.

Chocolate Glaze Recipe:
60g (2.12 ounces) or 1/4 cup butter
3/4 cup or 95g (3.35 ounces) icing sugar
1/4 cup or 30g (1.06 ounces) cocoa powder
1 tsp glucose or corn syrup (optional, helps make the glaze shiny)
approx 1 Tbsp boiling water

Vanilla Glaze Recipe
1 cup or 125g (4.41 ounces) icing or powdered sugar
25 mL (0.85 fluid ounces) or 2 Tbsp of water
10 white marshmallows
1 tsp glucose or corn syrup (optional)

Cinnamon Sugar:
1 cup or 215g (7.58 ounces) sugar
2 Tbsp ground cinnamon

how to cook that donut recipe
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137 Comments View Comments

  1. thanks for the great recipe

  2. loved this recipe Ann, yummy and keep it up! 🙂

  3. Is the butter salted or unsalted?

  4. Hi Ann, I want to give these a go on the weekend, what type of Oil to you recomend for frying (I don’t fry usualy). Thanks for being amazing … constantly in awe of your creativity and skills.

  5. Dear Mrs. Ann,
    My family is Messianic and for Hanukkah we made fried foods! One item we cooked was doughnuts. Instead of making our own dough, we bought biscuit or roll dough. We then heated our oil. While the oil was heating we took out the biscuit dough and took a cap off of a water bottle or soda container. Using the cap we pressed it into the middle of the biscuit dough, therefore making a hole! When the oil was ready we placed the doughnuts and the doughnut holes (the dough that was cut out) in the fryer for just 1 minute on each side. Yours came out absolutely beautiful and yummy looking! 😀

  6. I love donuts. Homemade donuts are so much better than the store bought ones!

  7. Hi Ann, the donuts look amazing! I never knew donuts could be crunchy if homemade. I have to give this recipe a try. Thank you for also teaching us about water on an oil fire, that is something i’ll always remember. I cannot explain how happy I am for you that your allergy is cured, it must have been awful to have to always cover up in the sun. I anticipate the new video every week and you inspire me to become a better baker. My love for baking began when I discovered your channel. Thank you for everything that you do.

  8. Hi Ann i’m only 9 and this is the first recipie i did in watching your channel for year i’m so happy !!!!
    even do it didn’t turn out as good : ( so glad that your arm has healed : ) Thank God! pls can you make a Baymax cake too??

    • Lol!
      I’m only 10!

  9. Can you freeze Them down once you made them?

  10. Hi Ann,
    Today I learned a lesson about the oil fire. I am really thankful now that I came across How To Cook That or else I would burn my kitchen down in the future. Can you make a Baymax cake from Big Hero 6? That would be really cool.
    All the best,
    Tiffany

  11. I am so very happy that you are cured of that awful skin problem. It must have been awful to live with. Thanks fir the recipies. Luv then.

  12. What is the method in preparing the donut vanilla glaze

    Thank you for your reply

  13. Hello Ann , I am a student who study in food science in Taiwan. I really like all of your desserts! And something I just want to ask is that why did you sometimes mix all the ingredients with machine and sometimes by hand? Is it about the ingredients themselves or what? I am curious. Hope you can reply me!!:-)

  14. Hello Ann , I am a student who study in food science in Taiwan. I really like all of your videos! And something I just want to ask is that why did you sometimes mix all the ingredients with machine and sometimes by hand? Is it about the ingredients themselves or what? I am curious. Hope you can reply me!!:-)

  15. And I hate frying but I’m definitely going to try this recipe! I think I fry like..every 3 years

    • Do you have more great arctlies like this one?

  16. Awe, Ann…SO happy for you! God had a reason for allowing that condition to last so long. If I recall correctly, isn’t that when you created “How To Cook That”?

    • No, it was because her son was born and she had to stay with him in the hospital and got bored so she started a blog.

  17. I will definitely be trying this recipe! They look flawless and absolutely delicious 🙂 have been looking for a trustworthy doughnut recipe and I know for sure yours will be great!

    Ilia from Ilia’s Cup of Tea

  18. What a miracle! I’m so happy and glad you can enjoy the freedom once again 🙂
    Drooling at the donuts, I need them now!

  19. I just loved it!
    And where did you get so much dark cocoa powder?
    Please replay soon!:)

    • i use any cocoa powder, and i get it from one of my local supermarkets

  20. I just loved it!
    And where did you get so much dark cocoa powder?
    Please replay soon!:)

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