Homemade Glazed Doughnuts

Name: Homemade Glazed Doughnuts
Prep time: 12 h 15 min
Cook time: 12 h 15 min
Total time: 12 h 15 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 larges eggs; 946 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 59 milliliters granulated sugar; 3 teaspoons instant yeast; 710 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 sticks unsalted butter, melted; 1 teaspoons vanilla extract; 946 milliliters vegetable shortening, for frying (or peanut or safflower oil); 266 milliliters whole milk, warmed

Homemade Glazed Doughnuts might be just the morn meal you are searching for. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 232 calories, 4g of protein, and 9g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. A mixture of eggs, vanillan extract, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 12 hours and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Watch how to make this recipe.

Special equipment: 1 doughnut cutter, or 2 concentric cutters Candy thermometer

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Candy

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Candy Thermometer

Add the granulated sugar to the warm milk in a medium bowl, and then add the yeast. Allow it to sit until the yeast starts to bubble, 5 to 10 minutes.

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Granulated Sugar

Yeast

Milk

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Bowl

In a small bowl, beat the eggs and then pour them into a bowl with the melted butter, whisking constantly.

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Butter

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the butter/egg mixture to the bowl of an electric mixer.

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Butter

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Pour in the milk/sugar/yeast mixture. With the hook attachment, turn the mixer to low speed.

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Sugar

Yeast

Milk

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Blender

Mix the flour and salt in a bowl, and then retrieve 1/2 cup at a time and add it to the mixing bowl, allowing it to slowly incorporate into the liquid mixture.

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All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Continue mixing for 5 minutes after the flour is combined. Stop the mixer, scrape the bowl and then mix about 30 seconds more. Then place the dough in a lightly-oiled bowl, cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 to 12 hours.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Blender

Bowl

The next morning, remove the dough from the fridge and allow it to come to room temperature and rise, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

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Dough

Put the dough in a warm spot, if necessary, to facilitate rising.

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Dough

Turn out the dough on to a floured surface and roll it out to about 1/4-inch thick. Use a doughnut cutter (or 2 concentric cutters) to cut out the doughnuts.

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Dough

Nuts

Roll

Remove the holes and transfer the doughnuts to a lightly-floured baking sheet lined with a baking mat or parchment. Then - and this is the vital part - cover the doughnuts lightly with tea towels and place it in a draft-free area, at least 1 1/2 to 2 hours. It will take that long for them to rise. If they don't seem to be rising much, move the pan to a warm place.

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Tea

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Baking Sheet

Kitchen Towels

Frying Pan

Melt the shortening in a pot over a medium-high heat until it reaches 350 degrees F on a candy thermometer. (Or you can drop one of the doughnut holes in the oil, if it sizzles and immediately rises to the surface, the oil is ready.) The doughnuts should immediately float to the top and puff up. Then use a metal spoon or spatula to carefully flip them over to the other side.

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Shortening

Candy

Cooking Oil

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Candy Thermometer

Spatula

Pot

Remove them from the oil as soon as they're golden brown on both sides (this should take less than 1 minute in total). At the end, drop in the doughnut holes and fry them until they are golden brown.

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Cooking Oil

Place the doughnuts on paper-towel-lined-plates to drain. Don't worry if they're a little imperfect; if your fingers leave impressions when you dropped them into the oil, that just means they were extra light and fluffy.

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Cooking Oil

For the glaze: To glaze the doughnuts, mix the powdered sugar, 1/2 cup cold water, salt and vanilla in a bowl until smooth. Drop in the doughnuts one at a time. Quickly turn them over then remove them.

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Powdered Sugar