Best 5 Quick And Easy Donut Recipes

EASY BAKED DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Mix baking mix, milk, egg, 2 tablespoons sugar, and cinnamon together in a bowl with a whisk, beating vigorously for 20 strokes. Transfer dough to a floured work surface and knead 5 times. Roll dough into 1/2-inch thickness and cut with a floured doughnut cutter. Place doughnuts onto a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and lightly browned, 7 to 9 minutes.
• Pour melted butter into a bowl. Place 1/2 cup sugar in a separate bowl. Dip doughnuts into butter; transfer to sugar and lightly press until doughnuts are coated.

SUPER EASY DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Stir the vinegar into the milk, and let stand for a few minutes until thick.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg and vanilla until well blended. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into the sugar mixture alternating with the vinegar and milk. Roll dough out on a floured surface to 1/3 inch thickness. Cut into doughnuts using a donut cutter. Let stand for about 10 minutes.
• Heat the oil in a large deep skillet to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Fry doughnuts in the hot oil until golden, turning over once. Drain on paper towels. Dust with confectioners' sugar while they are still warm, and serve immediately.

15-MINUTE HOMEMADE DONUTS

Steps:

• Pour about 1/2-inch oil into a large saute pan or pot and heat over medium heat to 355 degrees F. (keeping an eye on it as it is heating). Meanwhile prepare donut dough.
• In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt.
• Separately whisk together buttermilk and melted butter. Pour buttermilk mixture into flour mixture and using a fork, stir in dry ingredients and mix just until combine (be careful no to over-work dough).
• Roll dough into 1/2 Tbsp balls. Once the oil has reached 355 degrees F, fry about 1/2 the dough balls at a time.
• Fry until just golden brown on bottom, then flip and cook reverse side until golden brown.
• Carefully remove with a spider strainer or metal tongs drain onto a paper towel lined baking sheet.
• Pour 1/3 cup sugar into a dish, roll donuts in sugar. Repeat this process with remaining dough.

QUICK AND EASY DOUGHNUTS...

Steps:

• In a bowl beat egg,sugar,vanilla and shortening with the help of an electric beater.If u donot have an electric beater then u may use a whisk or spoon.
• Now in another bowl take flour and add baking powder,salt,Powder milk.Mix well with the help of ur hands.
• Add the egg mixture in flour.Knead with the help of ur hands.
• U will not be able to make a dough, so for kneading dough add a bit of warm water.Keep on adding warm water until u get a dough.The dough should not be very soft or very hard.
• Make 4-6 small balls out of this dough.
• Take a ball on ur palm, flatten it a bit , insert ur fingure in the middle and rotate it.Mke a hole in the middle not so big , not so small.
• Heat oil, and when oil is heated well then fry the Dough nuts (Not all at a time).Fry two or one dough nuts at one time.Be careful about the flame of ur stove it should not be so large.The flame should be medium while frying.
• When the Dough nuts will become brown in colour, Take in a serving dish and sprinkle some icing sugar on it.Donot spread so much icing sugar that they become white.Just sprinkle a pinch of icing sugar on each doughnut.
• ENJOY the quick and easy Doughnuts at evening or when u think of eating something really delicious.
• u may cut with doughnut cutter also.
• u may also add ur favourite toppings like chocolate.

BASIC DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• In a large, deep heavy pot or an electric fryer heat the oil to 375 degrees.
• In a large bowl, beat together the egg and sugar. Stir in the milk and the shortening. Sift together all of the dry ingredients. Stir the dry ingredients into the egg mixture and stir to combine. Chill the dough for 30 minutes. On a lightly floured surface, flatten the dough to 1/2 inch thickness with your fingertips or a rolling pin. Cut out the doughnuts using a doughnut cutter or two sizes of round cookie cutters. Transfer doughnuts to wax paper and allow to dry for 10 minutes. Using a spatula dipped in the hot oil, carefully transfer the doughnuts to the hot oil. Cook 2 - 3 doughnuts at a time, flipping them when they brown on a side. Remove to paper towels to drain. Dust with confectioners' sugar or cinnamon sugar mixture. Serve warm.
• Doughnut holes: Add dough to hot oil by the spoonful and fry until golden.
• Variations: Chocolate doughnuts: Combine the melted shortening with 1 ounce of melted chocolate before adding to batter.
• Glazed doughnuts: Combine 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar with 2 teaspoons hot milk and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Drizzle over cooled doughnuts.
• Jelly doughnuts: Stir 1/2 cup jelly of choice until smooth. Transfer jelly to a plastic baggie and snip off one corner to squeeze out jelly. Poke doughnut round with a chopstick And squirt in jelly.