Current Events > I felt like donuts yesterday. So I made some.

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Hi Darkprince!

But yeah. Was bored, felt like making something, still had a decent amount of the last loaf of bread I made, so tried to adapt my bread recipe into a donut recipe. Basically just removed all the herbs / spices, quadrupled the sugar, and doubled the margarine. Then, baked them only about 2/3rds the usual time, and fried them the rest of the way.

Made a really nice lemon-lime glaze out of coconut oil, icing sugar and some flavor drops (the kind made for adding to water to flavor it - the specific one I used is the Vital Zing brand, though I don't think that brand exists outside NZ).

Don't have a proper donut cutter so used a huge soup cup for the outer ring and a shotglass for the inner hole.

Shit was good. :D

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We got a new Dunkin Donuts this weekend and the line for the drive through went to the other side of the parking lot.

Duncanwii posted...

We got a new Dunkin Donuts this weekend and the line for the drive through went to the other side of the parking lot.

The nearest Dunkin Donuts to me is about a 5 hour drive away. There's a local one called Captain Donut that's only about half an hour away though.

Dayum son.. those look absolutely amazing and makes me wanna *unzips*

Duncanwii posted...

Dunkin

C'mon man it was right there

How long have you been making bread?

did you have a damn fine cup of coffee with them?

Recipe time!

Note that (a) where units differ between countries, assume NZ versions of those units; (b) anything measured in "tablespoons" I am talking about taking a literal tablespoon scoop, not necesserially the formal measure (but cups are the actual measure); (c) this recipe is vegan because my partner's vegan, but I see no reason that using the non-vegan equivalent ingredients (ie: cow milk instead of soy milk; butter instead of margarine) wouldn't work.

Mix the following ingredients in a big-ass bowl:

• 4 cups flour
• 9 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1.5 tablespoons vital wheat gluten

Mix the following ingredients in a seperate container (I used a large cup):

• slightly less than half a cup of warm (not hot) water
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespood active dry yeast

In a third container:

• two massive tablespoon scoops of margarine; melt this (but like, just melted - aim for that state where it looks like it's not melted but clearly is once you stir it) before adding the other ingredients here
• half a cup of soy milk
• 3 caps full of vinegar (like, the cap on the bottle it comes in, I'd guess it's about a teaspoon?)

When the yeast mix is frothing, mix it with the other liquids. Give it a few minutes then mix it in with the dries, mix it really well, knead for a while.

Once that's done, let it rise for about an hour, then make the donut shapes. I did this by taking a ball of dough, rolling it out flat, then - as mentioned - using a soup cup to cut a circle out from that, then a shotglass to further cut a hole in the middle. You may need to slightly shape it more by hand afterwards.

Lay them out on a sheet of baking paper, pop them in the oven at 170c (340f) for about 17 minutes on the "bake" setting. Take them out, let them cool a little bit (about 5 - 10 mins), then pop them in a frypan with about 1.5cm (about 0.6") of cooking oil. Fry for about a minute, flip, fry for another 45 secs or so, remove and set on a paper towel to soak up some of the excess oil. After a minute or two, apply the glazing.

...speaking of which, the glazing recipe is simply coconut oil, icing sugar and water-flavoring drops. I can't give measurements for that one as I did that purely by "yeah it looks right", you'll have to experiment a bit. You can probably find a good recipe for it online if you don't feel confident experimenting.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

How long have you been making bread?

I've tried a few times in the past, but started regularly doing it earlier this year. I mostly stick to one recipe for the dough itself and just adjust the herbs / spices / shaping depending on what I'm trying to make. It's ultimately based off this recipe, though substituting vegan-friendly ingredients + with a few of my own adjustments (most notably the addition of vital wheat gluten and vinegar; I also use a little bit of baking powder usually though didn't do so for the donuts): https://gatherforbread.com/pull-apart-garlic-bread/

Trumble posted...

Mix the following ingredients in a big-ass bowl:
4 cups flour
9 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon salt
1.5 tablespoons vital wheat gluten

have you considered to add mashed potato to the mix? about half the amount of the flour is good.

and you didn't use some yeast?

wow damn those look good

Ricemills posted...

have you considered to add mashed potato to the mix? about half the amount of the flour is good.

and you didn't use some yeast?

As in replace half the flour (so a 1:1 ratio) or in addition to it (so a 2:1 ratio)? I've heard about using water from boiling potatoes in bread, haven't tried it yet though.

And yes I did use yeast, keep reading. ;)

Jesus, savage opener there.

Trumble posted...

As in replace half the flour (so a 1:1 ratio) or in addition to it (so a 2:1 ratio)? I've heard about using water from boiling potatoes in bread, haven't tried it yet though.

And yes I did use yeast, keep reading. ;)

as an addition (2:1).
and use iced water for mixing it. i usually an egg too at the final mix.
usually i mix the flour, sugar, milk powder, and yeast first, then add the mashed potatoes. after they mixed well then i add 75 ml of ice water and egg to the mix. and then finally i add some butter and small amount of salt (1 teaspoon). mix them until it's elastic(?), cant found the proper word for it.