Doughnut Batter Recipe For Doughnut Maker Food

IRENE'S DOUGHNUTS (FOR DOUGHNUT MAKER)

Steps:

• Cream eggs and sugar until well blended.
• Add vanilla and vinegar and mix well.
• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.
• Combine buttermilk and heavy cream.
• Add dry ingredients and buttermilk mixture alternately to sugar mixture.
• Put into a donut maker.
• Drop into 375ºF. lard.
• Fry until brown on one side, flip and fry until the other side is browned.
• Remove to paper towels.

DOUGHNUT RECIPE FOR MACHINE

Steps:

• Plug your Doughnut Maker in and switch on to warm up. Start with melting your butter, either in a microwave or on a hob then set to aside for use shortly. In the mixing bowl put in your dry ingredients, plain flour, baking powder and caster sugar. Next put in your egg, vanilla extract, butter and vegetable oil. Slowly whisk in your milk to create your doughnut mixture, stopping once your batter is smooth. Next scoop in some of your mixture to the doughnut mould, stopping when the batter is level with the doughnut middle ring. Close the Doughnut Maker and allow to cook for around 4-5 minutes. Opening the lid after this time to see your doughnuts are baked. Once cooked, remove from the maker and set aside to cool down.

BREAD MAKER DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Place the milk and egg into the pan of your automatic bread machine, and add the butter, flour, sugar, salt, and yeast in that order, with the yeast on top. Select the dough setting, and start the machine.
• When the dough cycle is finished, remove the dough to a floured work surface, and knead a few times to collapse all the bubbles. Cut the dough into 16 pieces, cover them with a damp cloth, and allow to rest for 20 minutes.
• Stretch each ball out into a disk about 1/4 inch thick, and use a small cutter to cut a hole in the center (I used the top of a salt shaker; a bottle top works good too). Let the doughnuts rise on the floured surface until doubled, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Gently place a few doughnuts at a time into the hot oil, and fry until they float to the top and turn golden brown, about 3 minutes. Flip the doughnuts over, and fry on the other side. Remove from the oil, and drain on paper towels.

BREAD MACHINE DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Measure ingredients into your ABM baking pan.
• Select dough setting and start machine.
• Roll finished dough to 1/2 inch thick. Cut with a 2-1/2 inch donut cutter.
• Let rise, covered, 30 minutes or until doubled.
• Deep fry in fat at 375 degrees.
• Turn doughnuts as they rise to the surface. Fry until brown on both sides.
• Drain on absorbent paper towels. Either glaze or dust with powdered sugar.

DOUGHNUT DOUGH

Steps:

• Put 150g water and all the dough ingredients, apart from the butter, into the bowl of a mixer with a beater paddle. Mix on a medium speed for 8 mins or until the dough starts coming away from the sides and forms a ball. Turn off the mixer and let the dough rest for 1 min.
• Start the mixer up again on a medium speed and slowly add the butter to the dough - about 25g at a time. Once it is all incorporated, mix on high speed for 5 mins until the dough is glossy, smooth and very elastic when pulled.
• Cover the bowl with cling film or a clean tea towel and leave to prove until it has doubled in size. Knock back the dough in the bowl briefly, then re-cover and put in the fridge to chill overnight.
• The next day, take the dough out of the fridge and cut it into 50g pieces (you should get about 20).
• Roll the dough pieces into smooth, tight buns and place them on a floured baking tray, leaving plenty of room between them, as you don't want them to stick together while they prove.
• Cover loosely with cling film and leave for 4 hrs or until doubled in size. Fill your deep-fat fryer or heavy-based saucepan halfway with oil. Heat the oil to 180C.
• When the oil is heated, carefully slide the doughnuts from the tray using a floured pastry scraper. Taking care not to deflate them, put them into the oil. Do 2-3 per batch, depending on the size of your fryer or pan.
• Fry for 2 mins each side until golden brown - they puff up and float, so you may need to gently push them down after about 1 min to help them colour evenly.
• Remove the doughnuts from the fryer and place them on kitchen paper.
• Toss the doughnuts in a bowl of caster sugar while still warm. Repeat the steps until all the doughnuts are fried, but keep checking the oil temperature is correct - if it is too high, they will burn and be raw in the middle; if it is too low, the oil will be absorbed into the doughnuts and they will become greasy. Set aside to cool before filling.
• To fill the doughnuts, make a hole with a small knife in the crease of each one, anywhere around the white line between the fried top and bottom.
• Fill a piping bag with your filling and pipe into the doughnut until nicely swollen - 20-50g is the optimum quantity, depending on the filling; cream will be less, because it is more aerated. After filling, the doughnuts are best eaten straight away, but will keep in an airtight tin.
• FillingsCustard filling: Try out Justin's custard filling and, if you like, add different flavours to the custard as follows...Brown sugar: Replace the caster sugar with half soft dark brown sugar and half light brown sugar. You can add chopped stem ginger to the finished custard, or some hazelnut praline. Finish with half the quantity of cream.Chocolate: Whisk 150g dark (70%) chocolate into the milk. Finish with half the cream.Coffee: Add 4 tbsp of freshly ground strong coffee to the milk.Malt & vanilla: Mix 2 tbsp of powdered malt into the sugar, and 2 tbsp of liquid malt into the milk.Saffron: Add a good pinch of saffron to the milk. Finish with half the quantity of cream.Violet custard: Add 3 tsp of violet extract and 3 tbsp of violet liqueur to the finished custard. Sprinkle sugared violets and crushed Parma Violet sweets over the top of the filled doughnuts.