If you love donuts then you are going to love these recipes to make your own homemade donuts! In some cases you need only a few ingredients to make yummy donuts in your own kitchen!
1. Plain Cake Donuts
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 dash ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoon melted butter
- ½ cup milk
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 quart oil for frying
Directions
- Heat oil in deep fryer to 375 degrees
- In a large bowl sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg
- Mix butter until crumbly
- Stir in milk and egg until smooth
- Then knead dough lightly and turn out onto a lightly floured surface
- Roll to ¼ inch thickness, cut with a donut cutter
- Carefully drop donuts into hot oil, a few at a time do not overcrowd pan. Fry turning once until golden. Drain on paper towel.
2. Grandmas Donuts
Ingredients
- 2 quarts oil for deep frying
- 1-2 refrigerated butter milk biscuits dough
- 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
Directions
- Heat oil in deep fryer to 375 degrees
- Separate out the biscuits and cut a hole in the middle of each one.
- Carefully slide donuts into hot oil then fry until golden brown on both sides
- Drain briefly on wire racks placed over baking sheets
- Place the confectioner’s sugar in a bowl and roll the donuts in the sugar
3. Herman Sourdough Donuts
Ingredients
- 7 cups vegetable oil for frying
- 4 tablespoons for shortening
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 cup Herman sourdough starter
- ½ cup milk
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons confectioner’s sugar
Directions
- In a large mixing bowl cream together shortening and sugar, beat in the eggs, Herman starter and milk
- In a separate bowl mix together flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg
- Sir flour mixture into the starter mixture until well blended.
- Turn dough onto a well floured surface and roll out or flatten to ½ inch thickness
- Cut out donuts with a donut cutter
- Cover the donuts and let them rise for 1 hour
- Heat oil in deep fryer for 375 degrees
- Carefully slide donuts into hot oil, fry until golden brown, and drain using paper towels, sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar and serve hot
4. Yeast Donuts
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
- ¾ cup milk
- ¾ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup butter
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 eggs
- 2 quart oil for deep frying
- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar for dusting
Directions
- In a large mixing bowl combine 1¾ cups flour with yeast. In a sauce pan heat milk, sugar, butter and salt until butter melts
- Stir milk mixture into flour along with eggs, beating with a heavy duty electric mixture on low for 30 seconds just to combine
- Add the remaining flour and stir to make a firm but pliable dough
- Knead dough on lightly floured work surface until smooth
- Transfer to an oiled bowl, cover and let the dough rise until it doubles in size for about 1 hour
- Turn dough out onto floured surface punch out and roll out to ½ inch thickness
- Cut out doughnuts using a donut cutter and transfer into baking sheets, cover and live to rise for about 45 minutes
- Heat oil in a deep fryer to 360 degrees, fry donuts in batches until golden all over
- Use a slotted spoon to remove to a rack to drain
- Eat when cool
5. Fluffy cake donuts
Ingredients
- 3 cups all purpose oil
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup milk
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon shortening
- 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 2 tablespoons hot water
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract
Directions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees, lightly grease doughnut pan
- In large bowl mix flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt. Stir in milk, eggs, vanilla and shortening
- Beat together until well blended
- Fill each donut cup about ¾ full
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven until donuts spring back when touched
- Allow to cool before removing from pan
- To make glaze, blend confectioner’s sugar, hot water and almond extract in a small bowl
- Dip donuts in the glaze when serving
6. Apple Sauce Donuts
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Ingredients
- 2 quarts oil for deep frying
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup apple sauce
- 4 cups sifted all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground mace
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup butter milk
- ¼ cup confectioner’s sugar for dusting
Direction
- Heat oil in deep fryer to 375 degrees
- In a large bowl beat together white sugar, butter, eggs and applesauce
- n a separate bowl stir together flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, mace and cinnamon
- Stir flour mixture into the egg mixture alternately with butter milk, mix until a stiff dough is formed
- Turn dough out into a lightly floured surface, roll into a ¾ to 1 inch thick sheet
- Make sure to roll the dough to an even thickness
- Cut out donuts then carefully slide in hot oil
- Turn donuts as soon as they rise into surface, fry until goal brown, drain on paper towel and dust with confectioner’s sugar
- Serve warm!
7. Maple Glazed Donuts
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil for frying
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 ¼ Cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground all spice
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 large eggs lightly beaten
- 1/3 cup butter milk
- ¾ cup canned pumpkin puree
- 3 tablespoons melted salted butter
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees
- Whisk eggs, York, butter, milk, pumpkin puree, melted butter and almond extract together in a large bowl until smooth
- Add wet ingredients and mix until greasy
- Dust counter tops with flour use hands to pat out dough to ½ inch thickness
- Cut donuts then deep fry in hot oil until golden brown and crispy
- Once cool dust with cinnamon or maple syrup glaze
8. Mini Baked Donuts
Ingredients
- Two cups of all purpose baking mix
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups confectioner’s sugar
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon
Directions
- Preheat donuts to 325 degrees
- Mix all ingredients in a bowl until well blended
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes until well cooked
- Prepare the maple glaze
- Coat donuts in glaze then put on baking sheet to cool
9. Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1/8 tablespoon salt
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoon butter unsalted
- 3 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Directions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees
- In a medium bowl mix together all ingredients
- Bake the donuts for about 9 minutes until golden brown
- Cool the donuts
- To make coating, mix together sugar and cinnamon
- Place the melted butter in another shallow dish
- Deep donut in the mixture and place back to cool
10. Bread Maker Donuts
Ingredients
- ½ cup warm milk
- ½ beaten eggs
- ¼ cup butter
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 8 cups vegetable oil for frying
Directions
- Put all the ingredients in automatic bread machine
- Remove the dough to a floured surface and knead a few minutes to collapse all the bubbles
- Cut the dough into pieces and cover in a damp cloth
- Heat oil in a deep fryer to 350 degrees
- Gently place the donuts one at a time into the hot oil and fry until they fly to the top and turn golden brown
- Remove from oil and dry on paper towels
11. Boston Cream Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 pkg Pillsbury Grand biscuits
- Canola oil
- Vanilla pudding (generally made with 2 cups milk, 1 cup heavy cream, ½ cup powdered sugar)
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
- 1 oz dark chocolate
- 2 oz milk chocolate
- 2 ¼ cup powdered sugar
Directions
- Prepare filling by whisking together the pudding mix with milk
- In a separate bowl mix beat on high with an electric mixer the heavy cream with powdered sugar, refrigerate until ready to use
- Heat oil until hot
- Separate the donuts and fry until golden brown
- Add cream, milk, butter, vanilla and corn syrup to a medium sauce pan, heat on medium until butter is melted
- To assemble, spoon filling into a pastry bag with tip
- Press tip into side of donut and squeeze until donut appears full
- Repeat for remaining donuts
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