YEAST RAISED DONUTS
 
 
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Serves: 18
Ingredients
For the donuts (recipe adapted from allrecipes.com)
  • 1 tbsp active dry yeast
  • ½ cup lukewarm milk, plus 1 cup lukewarm milk
  • ⅓ cup white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • ⅓ cup shortening/butter, melted
  • pinch nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour (I used about 4½ cups)
  • Vegetable oil, for frying
For the chocolate glaze (recipe adapted from Alton Brown)
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • ¼ cup whole milk, warmed
  • 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
  • 2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
Instructions
  1. In a bowl, sprinkle the yeast over ½ cup milk, and let stand for 5 minutes, or until foamy.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together the yeast mixture, milk,vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon sugar, salt, eggs, shortening, and 2 cups of the flour. Mix for a few minutes at low speed, or stirring with a wooden spoon. Beat in remaining flour ½ cup at a time, until the dough no longer sticks to the bowl. Knead for about 5 minutes, or until smooth and elastic. Place the dough into a greased bowl, and cover. Set in a warm place to rise until double. It should take about an hour or so depending on the weather. Dough is ready if you touch it, and the indention remains.
  3. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and gently roll out to ½ inch thickness. Cut with a floured doughnut cutter, or use different size round cookie cutters. Let doughnuts sit out to rise again until double. Cover loosely with a cloth. I let the doughnuts rise on square pieces of individual parchment paper. its easier to slide them off into the oil this way.
  4. Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large heavy skillet to 325 degrees F. Slide doughnuts into the hot oil using a wide spatula. Turn doughnuts over as they rise to the surface. Fry doughnuts on each side until golden brown. Remove from hot oil, to drain on a wire rack.
  5. Combine butter, milk, corn syrup, and vanilla in medium saucepan and heat over medium heat until butter is melted. Decrease the heat to low, add the chocolate, and whisk until melted. Turn off heat, add the powdered sugar, and whisk until smooth. Place the mixture over a bowl of warm water and dip the doughnuts immediately. Allow glaze to set for 30 minutes before serving.
Recipe by The Novice Housewife at https://novicehousewife.com/2013/12/30/another-year-older-and-donuts-to-celebrate/