Old Fashioned Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze

I need to make some decisions.  I know… welcome to everyday living.

Who do you turn to when it’s time to make big decisions?

Mama and Dad?  Bestest girlfriends?  Awesome boyfriends?  Husband?  Wifey?  God?  Bottle of beer?  Giant stack of doughnuts?

When it comes to making decisions, I make lists… and stare at them.  I take hot showers and try to figure out my life.  I chip my manicure off. I stop blinking.

I ask friends for advice… and wait for them to give me the answer I want.  Are you guilty of this too!?  Be real.  Bad habit.

I ask God… I listen and then I try to figure out how I’m going to hear his answer.

I think.  I make more lists.  I stare.

I’ve found that tremendous amounts of fried food also help the decision making process.  Well… they help pass the time during the quiet list making/staring phase of the decision making process.

Do people actually make decisions while running around like maniacs?  Is that something that works?  Is there a lot of yelling involved?  That sounds like chaos.  I prefer the sitting, staring, fried food eat, and listening method… but really, that’s just my own personal crazybrain.

Oh wait!  Are you one of those people that makes important decisions while working out?!  Ugh.  Why can’t I be you!?

I probably shouldn’t tell you how easy it is to make doughnuts at home.

These are cake doughnuts.  They’re more dense than yeasty doughnuts.  The outside has just a bit of crunch.

It all starts with just a bit of flour and sugar.

Doesn’t just about everything here start with flour and sugar and end in a ball?

Yes.

When you fry this… it definitely turns into doughnuts.

Small miracle, right?!

There are a few things that might keep you from making these doughnuts.

Do you have the fry/candy thermometer?  Do you have lots of different circle biscuit cutters?

If not… you’re totally saving yourself some calories.

But if you do have these things handy in your kitchen, imagine the calories you can get yourself into!

I like the way you live.

Crisp, golden brown cake doughnuts.

Chocolate ready.

Monster dipping manhands ready.

These cake doughnuts don’t need that pesky yeast rise time.  They’re crisp, but soft and dense.  They’re doughnuts with chocolate glaze… so clearly they’re delicious.  How much convincing do you really need?

Should I teach my kitten to speak so he can tell you how much he enjoyed stealing one off the counter and leaving half a kitten eaten doughnut on the floor for me to step in with my bare feet?  Would that finally convince you that doughnuts are delicious!?  Geez.