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.
Old Fashioned Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
makes between 6 and 10 doughnuts (I got 8 out of this batch)
adapted slightly from Doughnuts
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
pinch of salt
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup plain yogurt or sour cream
1 large egg
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
vegetable oil for frying
In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, nutmeg, salt, and sugar.
In a separate small bowl, whisk together yogurt (or sour cream), egg, and melted butter. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and fold together until well incorporated. The dough will take some smooshing to gather into a dish. It will be like a slightly more moist biscuit dough. Wrap bowl in plastic wrap and place in the fridge to rest for 15 minutes.
Place a candy/fry thermometer in a medium saucepan. Pour oil into the pan until it is about 2-inches deep. Heat oil over medium-low heat.
On a lightly floured work surface, roll bough to a 1/2-inch thickness. Cut doughnuts with a 2 1/2-inch round cutter, and cut a hole with a smaller circle cutter.
When oil reaches 360 degrees F, fry 2 or 3 doughnuts at a time for about 1 minute on each side. Doughnuts will be golden brown. Carefully pull out, drain, and let rest on towel paper.
Chocolate Glaze
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons milk or water
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract.
In a medium bowl, whisk together powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Slowly stir in milk and vanilla extract. Whisk until silky and smooth. If you need a touch more milk to make this a dippable glaze, add a bit more.
Dip doughnuts in chocolate glaze and let rest to harden slightly.
Doughnuts are best served the day they’re made. They also freeze just fine!
Anjali
I dont know why but your recipe is close to my heart as I make something similar and we had these as kids , I have started making the yeast ones but these ones will always remind me of my childhood.You have a nice site. I would really appreciate if you check out my space too. https://anjalisfoodkaleidoscope.blogspot.com
Carrie
The glaze is delish! I needed a vegan chocolate frosting/glaze and found this recipe via google. Glad I found it! It’s exactly what I needed for this cake. I added a touch more water to make it the right consistency… KAF cocoa powder for this was excellent. Thanks for the recipe! I just might be back to try the doughnuts… :)
Chris
Just made these and they are just ehh. Followed the directions perfectly and ended up with greasy / oily doughnuts. Try a different recipe if you want to impress your fam or friends.
joythebaker
sounds like your oil wasn’t hot enough.
Aravis
I did a passable impression of a healthy person yesterday — ate whole grains, went to yoga, cooked some farro for dinner. And all because I wanted to (*cough* pig out on this recipe *cough*) feel like a great person today.
Laurel
OHHHHH Mylanta! Made these today, for a specific someone in my family asking for a chocolate covered donut, obvioulsy did not take much convincing, seeing as how he asked last night=). I used to manage a donut shop, and these are literlly the best ones I have EVER had in my life, so THANK YOU! all I had was a heart shape with a little heart, and a pitty that one turned out looking like a blob, he had to be eaten RIGHT away=). Thanks again!