Hey, everyone! I saw this great tutorial on how to make donuts and I had to share! Now be warned, this can take up to 8 hours of your time, so make it a day long activity with friends and family! I was able to get my sister Camila to help me with this which made it much easier for me to take photos since she did all he hard work!
what you need...
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
2/3 cup sour cream
1/3 cup buttermilk
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6-8 cups vegetable/canola oil
thermometer for monitoring oil temperature
large pot or deep fryer
donut cutter (optional)
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1. In a large bowl, sift together the four, baking powder and salt.
2. In another bowl, mix the sugar, buttermilk, and sour cream together
3. Mix the eggs and vanilla until combined.
4. Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet mixture. After awhile the wooden spoon wasn't working for me so I used my hands. If you do that make sure to put flour on your hands first because the dough is very sticky.
5. Refrigerate the dough for 2+ hours.
6. On a floured surface, knead the dough for about 2 minutes and refrigerate for another hour.
7. Now, roll out the dough to a 1/2 inch thickness.
8. Go ahead and cut out as many donuts as you can with the donut cutter (note that we did not use a donut cutter but instead we used a coffee cup and the cap to some sprinkles to cut out the shapes)
9. Usually, with a donut cutter you will cut out the middle but because we used a coffee cup we had to use the cap to some sprinkles to cut out the middle.
10. Use up all the dough, at the end we rolled some dough up into little balls to act like donut holes.
Leave them in the refrigerator until the oil is hot.
11. Pour the oil into the pot to reach a depth of about 4 inches (unless you have a deep fryer the I don't know what you're supposed to do) and heat it up until it reaches 375° F.
12. Gently place 2-3 donuts into the oil at a time, let it fry until golden brown then turn it over with a slotted spoon. The second side will take less time to fry.
13. Once removed from the oil, place the donuts on a paper towel to dry.
Now it's time to decorate!!
Powdered Donuts: put some confectioners sugar in bowl, dunk the donuts into it
Glazed Donuts: add 1 cup of confectioners sugar, 3 teaspoons of milk, and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla to a bowl and mix, dunk the donuts into it
if you want, mix in a teaspoon of cocoa powder to make chocolate glaze
Add sprinkles!
Frosted Donuts: Cover the donuts in frosting
Add sprinkles!
Hope you go out and make these donuts too! The past year has been lots of fun and I can't wait for you to see what other fun projects I have in mind!
