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.
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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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Just made these today! And they turned out amazing!
Thanks so much for the recipe and video, I really appreciate you and your work!
Keep doing what you do! <3
That is great to hear Annaka. Happy baking!
Hi Ms. Ann
I’d like to let you know I made doughnuts using your recipe
and thank you for your tips and tricks, I don’t have a mixer
so I did this by hand and they came out so fab!
I even utilized your marshmallow glaze recipe.
I love you and your channel.
Keep up amazing creations!
-Amateur fan here.
how long to you have to wait for the dough to rise and after the cut them out
Hi candy that depends own the temperature of your room, if it is nice and warm then an hour should be enough, if it is colder it will take longer.
What if I’m not using instant dried yeast? What will I do?
Hi GiyanCortez, If you are using fresh yeast you will usually need around triple the weight of the dried instant yeast. As this recipe uses approx 14g of dried instant yeast, you could replace it with 42g of fresh yeast.
Can i half the recipe?then how much yeast should i use?thank you
Hi Sameera, you could halve the recipe if you wished and use only one sachet or 7g of instant yeast.
Once again, my 11 year old daughter, Lacey, has followed one of your videos, and we ended up with delicious doughnuts. Unfortunately, we forgot to take photos before they were all eaten. Delicious.
Thanks, Jen
Oh Jenni, You have given me a craving for doughnuts!
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Do you have to have yeast??
Hi Vicktoria, if you want lovely fluffy doughnuts then you will need yeast.
Do you have to have yeast??
ANNA thank you soooooooooo much!!!!! I’ve just made the best and the yummiest donuts in my life!! It was my first time making these and they came out DELICIOUS!!!! Tnank you!! 🙂
Hi MargoB, They look so yummy. Well done!
What if we dont have a stand mixer??
you can knead it by hand! i did that
Sorry forgot to add, the dough rises for me, but after punching it out, I only do a couple of soft punches, I then roll it out, cut my circles but then energy time I leave it to rise for a second time this is where it goes wrong it never rises that second time. I am so baffled as to what I’m doing wrong
I like to party, not look arecilts up online. You made it happen.
That’s really thinking at an imsvipsere level
Thanks for this recipe, I am going fontenot tomorrow. I will say I have tried about 4 or 5 other recipes and each time my doughnuts have come out dense and not very fluffy. I suspect I’m going wrong somewhere around the yeast rising stage- could be the temperature. I will try putting it in ten oven at 35 degrees. I also want to know how to achieve that white ring around the doughnuts? I couldn’t tell if yours had that in the video. Thanks again
Hi Sandra, if you are finding the same problem with the density with a few different recipes, it could be the yeast you are using. Check its’ use by date and try a different brand if you are continuing to get poor results.
hee ann,
how long have the donuts to rise?
An hour and a half
Hi Jack, it will depend on how warm it is and your dough. You need it to double in size as an indicator. If it is not rising and the environment is warm, check the quality and use by date of your yeast.
Hey Ann.
I have tried to make this recipe but the dough was very dry…I have used the measurements that you have listed. What did I do wrong?
Hi Javeeria, It is hard to tell what might have gone wrong. Next time you make it maybe try adding a little more milk to your dough mix till you get a better consistency. Use the video as a guide an aim for a similar dough texture to what Ann achieved.
YOU ARE SO AWESOME
I love donuts
Thanks a lot for this recipe! Continue what you do in Youtube and on your web site, it’s super!
It would be very helpful if you could give the egg substitutes in as many recepies as possible
I love your cute ideas
Thanks for your help.