Best 4 Amish Sourdough Donut Recipes

SOURDOUGH DONUTS

Steps:

• Prepare a frying pan with enough oil to fry in, and allow it to reach about 360 degrees.
• Line a plate with paper towels and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
• In a large bowl whisk together the starter, oil, egg, and milk.
• Mix the wet and dry ingredients together, until they just come together.
• Sprinkle some flour on your counter and dump the dough out of the bowl. Knead it gently 3 or 4 times until the dough comes together.
• Sprinkle the top of the dough with a tiny bit of flour and roll out until it is 2″ thick.
• Cut your donuts out, reforming the dough back together as often as you need to.
• Fry until golden brown, just a minute or two on each side.
• Drain/dry on the paper towels, and then coat as you see fit - powdered sugar, cinnamon and sugar, or glazed.
• Enjoy!!

AMISH SOURDOUGH BREAD/STARTER

Steps:

• For starter, dissolve yeast in warm water. Mix with 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar or honey and 1 cup milk (lowfat or 2% milk is OK). This is day 1 of 10 day prep. Use a plastic or glass container.
• Leave starter on the counter covered, and stir daily.
• On the 5th day, add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar or honey (or combination) and 1 cup milk. This is called 'feeding' the starter.
• Continue to stir daily. On the 10th day, add 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar or honey and 1 cup milk. Starter can now be divided and given away or frozen. I usually wait a day to bake after feeding starter.
• If you are not baking the next day, you can refrigerate starter, but bring to room temperature on baking day, or the night before, if frozen.
• If you receive a cup of starter as a gift, feed immediately and wait a day before baking, to give starter a chance to ferment, at room temperature.
• To bake: Place 1 cup of starter in bowl of mixer. Put mixer on slow speed using a dough hook, and add all ingredients. All ingredients should be room temperature.
• Add 2-1/4 tsps. yeast, 1 cup water, 1 cup milk, 2 tbls honey, 1/4 cup oil, 1 cup whole wheat flour, 2 eggs, 2 tsps. salt, approximately 6-7 cups white flour. You can add more whole wheat and less white, as preferred.
• Knead dough for 10 minute in mixer. Dough should be slightly sticky, but smooth and shiny and should mostly all be on the dough hook when done.
• Remove dough from mixer bowl to a floured board and knead by hand two minutes, shaping into a large ball. Oil inside of mixer bowl.
• Place dough back into bowl, swirl around in oil, and turn over so all sides are oiled. Press down, cover with a clean towel and allow to rise in a warm place until doubled.
• Punch down and divide into two loaves. At this point, 1 ball can be made into 12-14 rolls. Divide into even balls, (if you have a scale, about 2-1/2 oz. each) place on greased cookie sheet, pressing down to a flat disc. Brush tops with beaten egg white mixed with 1 tbl water and sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds, if desired.
• Cover and allow to rise for 1 hour, or until double in size.
• Preheat oven to 375° and bake rolls for 15-20 minutes, until browned.
• For loaf of bread flatten 1/2 of dough into a rectangle, to remove bubbles and roll up to a log. Roll two sides under and place log seam side down in greased loaf pan. Brush top with egg white and sprinkle with seeds. Bake at 375° for 25 minutes. Remove from pan and thump bottom of loaf. It should sound hollow when done.
• You can bake 1/2 of dough and shape other half into a loaf, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and freeze. When you are ready to bake, remove from wrap and place in greased loaf pan. Cover and allow to defrost and rise in a warm spot. Brush with egg white and sprinkle with seeds. Bake as usual.

AMISH SOURDOUGH BREAD

Steps:

• 1. 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup oil 1 tsp salt 1 - 1/2 cups warm water 1 cup Amish friendship batter 6 cups bread flour or regular flour. (I use regular flour) Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Oil bottom & sides of large bowl & put bread dough in. Let stand overnight at room temperature. In morning, punch dough down 4-5 times and divide into 3 equal balls. Kneed each ball 8-10 times and put into 3 greased and floured loaf pans. Brush tops with oil and cover with oiled foil. Let stand 4-5 hours or all day. (If dough has not risen well, put small pan of water on bottom rack in oven, heat to 200 degrees, turn off oven. Put dough on top rack for 1-2 hours.) Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. (Cover with foil after lightly browned.)

AMISH DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in 2 cups of warm water.
• Add eggs, flour, salt, sugar and lard to yeast mixture.
• Mix well.
• Cover with a tea towel and let rise until doubled.
• Roll out to 1/2" thick, cutting with a doughnut cutter.
• Let rise again, 30-45 minutes.
• Fry until golden on one side then flip and do the other side. This takes just a few minutes per side.
• Drain on paper towels and dip in glaze.
• Glaze mixture:.
• Mix Karo syrup, vanilla, powdered sugar and 2 T. hot water together.
• If consistency is not thin enough, add the other tablespoon water.
• Roll doughnuts in glaze while still warm.