Donuts!

It's Monday again, and I hate mondays.  So hopefully tonight's baking class would be good this time. Our cooks tonight are Mr. Derek and Brandon, the husband not the student, and they will be making two different donuts, baked and fried.  They chose to make donuts because they are big donuts lovers and bloggers.  Check out their blog at donutguys.com!

First we preheat the oven to 350 degrees so it will be ready for baking the donuts.  Now we combine the dry ingredients in one large bowl and whisk them together.  We had a spill with the sugar, salt, and the baking powder; there were unstable hands tonight.  Next place the butter in a small saucepan over low heat, until the butter is completely melted.  While waiting for butter to melt we started on trying something new, making chocolate glaze and cinnamon toppings for the donuts.

In a small bowl, mix some sugar and cinnamon and wait for the butter to be done.  In another small bowl we combine the powdered sugar and the cocoa powder.  With a fork we gradually stir in the milk until the mixture is smooth and glossy and the desired thickness has been reached.  Then we stir in the vanilla extract.  Now we keep it  covered with plastic wrap so the glaze doesn't harden and wait until the donuts are ready.




















At the same time Mr. Derek was making the fried donuts while the group was working on the baked donuts.  First you get a fryer and pour vegetable oil into it.  Then heat the oil for several minutes or until it's hot, Mr. Derek did those steps right away.  When it's hot and ready, put two biscuits into this screen dipper and place the screen in the boiling oil.  With Chinese sticks or long utensils turn the biscuits over when their sides turn brown. After another few minutes turn the biscuits over for another few minutes.  When done then pull the screen up to let the biscuits drip and use the sticks or utensils to move the donuts onto a plate.  Repeat step for as many donuts as you want.  When finished with the fryer unplug it and wait for the oil to cool off before dumping the oil out.

  

The fried donuts were done first and most of the guys and gals picked the chocolate frosting for their fried donuts.  We dipped one side of the donuts into the chocolate bowl and added sprinkles on top.  They were good!

When the butter was finally done melting, we added the butter and wet ingredients into the dry ingredients bowl and whisked them together.  After they are mixed we use the cooking spray to spray the donut pan.  Once that's done we slowly poured the dough mixture from the bowl and into the donut pan.  When the mixture is settled into the pan you then bake the donuts for 12 minutes then when they are done we let them cool for several minutes.

With the donuts done we either dip them in melted butter and mix them with the cinnamon.  The other option is to dip the donut into the chocolate glaze and add sprinkles.  I tried them both and liked chocolate more than the cinnamon.























Warning you will get sick if you eat too much donuts!  The event was better than expected although everyone was distracted by Ms. Katelyn's dogs Ti and Bones so work was a little slower than normal. Still it was better than normal nights.  So thank you Mr. Derek and Brandon for your hard work and having the courage to wear those silly aprons.

Baked Donuts
1 cup of flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup of milk
1 egg
4 tbsp butter

Cinnamon Sugar Topping
1/2 cup sugar
1 Tbsp cinnamon
2 Tbsp butter melted

 Chocolate Glaze
3/4 cup of powdered sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1  1/2 tablespoons milk or more
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract

Fried donuts
purchased biscuits
vegetable oil