Wannabefree...guess what I got in the mail today!?!?!?!?

[Wannabefree]

Yeah I'll get some soon. Maybe have some posted tonight.

 

[Wannabefree]

I made doughnuts tonight They were delicious fresh! I got the recipe out of the Hobby Farm Home magazine November issue. I had to fenangle a glaze because I ONLY like glazed doughnuts It turned out pretty good, DH and DD ate two each, then nieces and nephew came in and got one each, and SIL ate one, and I had one. Everybody approved I have a new recipe!

 

[CheerioLounge]

Oh, please share... The recipe that is...

 

[BarredBuff]

 

[MorelCabin]

Glad to hear everyone is feeling better at your hosue Oh, and I would lke that recipe too

 

[Wannabefree]

3/4 stick of unsalted butter
1/2 c. sugar
2 large eggs room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
4 c. all purpose flour
4 tsp instant yeast
1 c milk lukewarm
oil or fat for deep frying
filling optional

Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs. Beat in vanilla and salt.
Add 2 c. flour and yeast, beat until just mixed.
Beat in 1/2 c milk.
beat in additional 1/2 c. flour, and the remaining 1/2 c. milk.
Mix in 1/2 c flour. Dough should be moist and sticky. If it is add remaining 1/2 c. flour, if not do not add more flour.

Scrape dough ball into greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise till doubled, or about 1 hour.

Roll out 1/4 in. thick on a lightly floured surface, and cut into desired shapes, let rest 20 minutes. Then deep fry on each side for 1 minute, flipping only once. Roll in sugar or pipe in filling as desired.



There ya go Cheerrio Enjoy them, they are delicious. They are a bit difficult to mix as the dough gets REALLY thick at times but they are soooooooooo worth the effort!

 

[CheerioLounge]

Thanks!! I'm all over it! I think, If I can wait that long, these will be great on Christmas morning. I can make the dough the night before, yes?

 

[Wannabefree]

Yes you can make the dough the night before and refrigerate it in a sealed container after you punch it down. It will actually keep for a week that way, so if you wanted to go ahead and make it and store it now, you could.

ETA: You are just one of two in the household, correct? This batch makes 18 doughnuts and 18 doughnut holes. You could make 3 batches of 6 or 2 batches of 9 and have some now, and some later. No need for WAITING!!

 

[CheerioLounge]

Thanks WBF! I think I'm going to fry up the whole batch Christmas morning and take some over to our 2 closest neighbors. They have been very helpful this past year and they will really appreciate it. Especially the "Old Man" (as he is affectionately known) next door, he loves doughnuts!

Have a great day hauling steel!

 

[Wannabefree]

YVW Cheerio

Well I haven't gotten to haul steel or have a great day so far DD has a fat lip...no I didn't smack her Her food allergy kicked her tail. I told her lay off all the junk....but apparently her ears were temporarily out of service and she didn't hear the warning. Now she has a bottom lip the size of a corndog. Had to take her in for a shot. I guess it's a good thing we didn't go to Pinky's today :/ She's in bed sleepin it off, and i am running around the house trying to get done with the cleanup efforts after "Hurricane Niecey" hung out for two days here. I kinda have to stay pretty close by to check on DD ever so often to make sure she's still BREATHING It scares me when her face swells like this. I should be used to it by now, but I aint. BOO food allergies