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July 10, 2020 at 5:11 am #25341July 10, 2020 at 10:36 am #25342
I can't remember the last time I fried anything, we don't even have a fryer, so I'm going to be of no help here. I've done some shallow fat frying in a cast iron pan, but not recently.
July 10, 2020 at 12:23 pm #25346I have no experience with frying, so I'm also unable to offer help.
I think that KAF has fried doughnut recipes, so perhaps check there?
July 11, 2020 at 8:09 am #25367I haven’t fried donuts since we used tho get the Pillsbury pop open cans when we were kids - I should say my Mom fried them and we watched
July 11, 2020 at 10:25 am #25371I've never fried anything. Not even tempted to try!
July 11, 2020 at 11:02 am #25374Clearly, we are a "No-Fry" zone.
CWCdesign--The Pillsbury biscuit "doughnuts" brought back memories, as I recall my Mom making those too, by cutting each biscuit into quarters. After frying, they were coated in cinnamon sugar.
July 11, 2020 at 5:35 pm #25382We liked the “holes”
July 11, 2020 at 5:54 pm #25384KAF has a good recipe for baked donut holes.
July 11, 2020 at 6:02 pm #25388I’ve made the doughnut muffin recipe that is the basis for the baked doughnut holes. We really like it.
July 11, 2020 at 8:27 pm #25392I agree that the KAF recipe for doughnut muffins is good. I used to make it quite often, but not for several years now. They are like the old-fashioned cake donuts. I don't eat doughnuts, don't like them, and they settle in the pit of my stomach. Except for Krispy Kreme donuts! Raspberry filled! But it's a three hour drive to the nearest one, which is probably a good thing.
July 11, 2020 at 9:00 pm #25393Krispy Kreme donuts have never been 'it' for me. And Voodoo Donuts in Portland OR were just so-so, IMHO. (My son tells me the in crowd goes somewhere else these days, anyway.)
We've got LaMars, and they're pretty doggone good!
- This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Mike Nolan.
July 12, 2020 at 6:24 am #25399I've made KAF's baked doughnuts and they are a huge hit.
Mike, I am with you on Voodoo Doughnuts. We found another place but I do not remember what it was. Krispy Kremes are only good if they are fresh and hot. We have a place here called Donut Crazy that is okay. The owner is a very nice man but I am just not a fan of the over done over-the-top doughnuts. Like hamburgers and cupcakes chefs have wrecked doughnuts. Give me a simple chocolate glazed any day.
Clearly I am going to have to learn how to fry doughnuts! I started baking doughnuts for some friends who wanted to open a doughnut shop. But they dropped their plans before I started working on frying them. But I'll start now.
July 12, 2020 at 10:27 am #25409Here's an article from the Oregonian that looked at 12 donut places (one of the original choices was closed that day), Voodoo came in 12th, Blue Star came in 11th.
July 12, 2020 at 11:06 am #25410Aaron this recipe came from a doughnut company called Dixie Cream you can Google see it and others around the country.When I worked at a high school lunch room we had their recipe.You'll have to cut it down but I can give you that.
Doughnuts
Water-1 qt.
yeast-1 cup
salt-2 tbsp.
eggs-9
milk-3/4 cup dry milk
butter-2 cups
flour-4 pounds or more
vanilla ?I had nothing here but I know we added some.Beat sugar & butter,add eggs,beat well,add yeast and water that has worked,add flour and all dry ingredients a little at a time.This was made in a big mixer and this recipe has been cut down from what we used.After it was beaten well it was let rise a little the we rolled them out,cut and let rise on pan before they were fried in tilt skillet with about 5-7 inches of oil.
You can see what you think,these were excellent.
The local shop is still in business. I've been studying this recipe and I think the flour is suppose to be 4 quarts or 4 gallons as we never weighed the flour with a scale.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Joan Simpson.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Joan Simpson.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Joan Simpson.
July 13, 2020 at 6:06 am #25439Thanks Joan. I appreciate this. A cup of yeast sounds like a lot!
Did you use liquid measures for the flour?
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