Easy Donut Recipe (Doughnuts)
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.
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
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Hi Ann!
I tried the donut recipe but my donuts wasn’t fluffy like yours. What did I do wrong?
Hi Olga, Usually if your donuts aren’t fluffy, the dough hasn’t risen properly. As Ann shows in the tutorial, you need to keep the dough at a warm temperature to get the best rise. If you think the temperature wasn’t the issue, perhaps your yeast may be the problem. Check if it is a little old or try a better brand. I have certainly found this makes a difference. Of course sometimes if the dough has risen well but that doesn’t transfer through the cooking process, you might have to adjust the temperature of your oil.
Hi Ann, I would like to make a bright pink frosting for an eclair. Is it possible to do a white genache and just add some red food dye? I don’t think the vanilla frosting with some dye would be the right topping for an eclair although probably an easier option. Thoughts?
Hi Mario, Yes you can use ganache or just icing sugar mixed with a little warm water coloured pink.
i loved ur recipe
Umm, are you really just giving this info out for nogitnh?
loved your recipe its amazing ur the best i wish i can meet u but i live in india
Excelente. Muchas garcias por compartir tus recetas.
Gracias Martha.
Hi Ann, how much time approximately does it take to double the size of dough and can I use chocolate ganash made of compound milk chocolate as glaze.
Hi Sunaina, The dough should take about an hour to double in size but it will depend what temperature you have it at. The glaze you suggest will work, but it won’t set with a gloss or shine.
I made it…they came out really good and surprisingly puffe.I never though I can make them so perfect. Thanks a lot Ann.
thank you for making these videos. You have inspired me to continue my dream of saving all of my money to buy a bakery when I get older. Even though I am 13 I have always dreamed of having a bakery. Now that I have found your YouTube channel and website I want to make all of your recipes at the bakery. I have worked so hard and I can’t wait to be at the level of baking you are at. Once again that you for the inspiration. God bless you and your family.
~Shelby
Thanks Shelby. Keep believing and I know you will achieve great things.
Hi Ann! I just wanted to know if I could use my hands to knead it. I don’t have a dough hook. :'(
Hi Awesamekitty, you can hand knead the dough, just check that you can see through it like in the video, to ensure you have kneaded it long enough.
I have aquagenic urticaria, which is an allergy to water. It started in my teens and I still have it. It is not as severe as some but I still get the welts, burning and itchy hives if I have a bath, or shower or swim. I also get the burning if I cry or sweat. After reading about you in this post, I have hope that mine will just go away one day.
Hi Smurfy, Ao sorry to hear that. All of the physical urticarias are hard, but water must be very difficult. Have you tried antihistamines? One study I read said fexofenadine was helpful for one person with AU, check with your Dr. Antihistamines didn’t stop the reactions for me, they just made me feel really spacey so there was no point taking them.
I love your channel very much and you are very gorgeous with chocolates and deserts and i want you to make Donald Duck 3d cake
how do you get on the wet sit and I did it so many times
Hi Solyana, the link to the website is here: http://www.howtocookthat.net
Oh and I want to use corn syrup to make it shiny but I don’t have any, how could I substitute it or if you can’t do that where can I but it from… BTW I’m from New Zealand and I cannot find it in any of the stores & supermarkets.
Hi Julia, Woolworths apparently stocks Corn Syrup in NZ, but if you can’t find that try glucose syrup instead. Use the same quantities.
you are so talented
Hi Ann, I was just wondering how much is 2 sachets of yeast in spoons, what brand did you use & is active yeast the same as instant dried yeast?
Thanks if you reply… 😀
Hi Julia, 2 sachets or 14g of yeast is about 2 and a 1/4 teaspoons. We can’t readily get fresh yeast, so Ann has used the dry yeast. You could try it with fresh and let us know how it goes!
I don’t know where my dough hook is. Is there anything I can use/do instead? Will hand kneading work for this recipe?
ya hand kneading’ll work
Hi can i make this one day ahead of my daughter birthday? Would they be hard on next day?
Hi Karen, I would make them fresh. You could make the dough the day prior but not proof it.
I had 2 dough attachments and it split into 2 so I just kneed it and it came back together
Aw you are such an awesome baker!!! I really look up to you =)
i made it =D i like it soo much……. thanks <3
yumm they look great!
Hi Ann,
i was just wondering, for the kneading part could I use just a regular paddle aattachment on my mixer? I hate to say it, but I think I may have lost my dough attachment!!!!!!!! 🙁
can l bake them in the oven?you know less oil 😉
Yeh ann can we bake it in the oven