Doughnuts: Simple and Delicious Recipes to Make at Home

I admit it: I have no interest in deep frying donuts. It seems messy and potentially unsafe (as I have a 1-yr-old running around the kitchen).But...I do love donuts. I like baking donuts and this book is great even if I never use a portion of it. (I'm not going to use the gluten-free or vegan recipes either, but people who need such things can be happy that info is included.)There are 3 main recipes for baked donuts:1) Baked Raised Donuts. These are made with yeast and have to rise; I rarely have good results with yeast, but I've made these twice and they've turned out really well. I made them this morning and they disappeared! Unlike the other recipes, you don't even need a donuts pan for these, just a donut cutter and a baking sheet. In fact, you can roll out the dough to make twists and you wouldn't even need the donut cutter!2) Baked Cake Donuts. Ok, I haven't made these yet. I have made the Chocolate Baked Cake Donuts from the author's blog, which is supposed to be a variation on this recipe. Those turned out well. You need a donut pan.3) Apple Cider Donuts. These can be baked or fried. I baked them and they were delicious. Highly recommended and super easy. Again, you need a donut pan. (I have 4 Norpro pans and they work well.)Three recipes, you say. Why should I buy a book for just three recipes?But wait, there's more!The latter half of the book has a number of recipes that take main, basic recipes and alter them slightly. E.g., Red Velvet Donuts, which can be made with a baked donut batter. You will get more than 3 recipes for baked donut types in this book!More importantly, there's a section on donut glazes. It has about 10 different glaze recipes. I've made 4 so far, all of which have turned out well (and been tasty...and easy!). The glaze section is a nice touch and adds a lot of value to the book.In short, I recommend this book EVEN IF you are avoiding the deep fryer, like me! Baked donuts can be incredible!(Plus, you never know...I might just change my mind one day and break out the vegetable oil.) :>

I've been baking for decades but, for some reason, never tried to make donuts. Saw this and gave it a whirl. While my results won't be putting Dunkin' Donuts out of business anytime soon, I considered them to be pretty tasty.The cookbook provides clear instructions as to different donut types. I was especially pleased with the donut basics section, which discussed (albeit briefly) issues such as flour types, equipment needed, working with yeast dough, and other helpful topics.Some of my relatives are gluten-sensitive, so I tried the gluten-free donut. Surprisingly good and not at all difficult to make.Two items I found to be very helpful to have were a donut pan (I got 2 of these:Wilton Nonstick 6-Cavity Donut Pan) and a cutter for raised donuts (this was inexpensive and works well:Ateco 3-1/2-Inch Stainless Steel Doughnut Cutter).The recipes provide clear instructions with numerous tips to ensure success. Very nicely done, and I highly recommend this to anyone looking to try their hand at donut making.

Doughnuts, made at home, filling the house with the smell of frying sweet bread, are such a treat. I was really pleased with Doughnut basics chapter explaining how the book was organized, what equipment and ingredients were needed, techniques. Chapters like this are helpful to get the most out of a cookbook.There are some gluten free and vegan doughs, very nice thought for those who want to sink their teeth into a warm fresh doughnut but might not find one as easily. The regular doughnuts are great, the doughnuts like the banana bread and German chocolate cake are variations that make the book special.Most recipes are really well laid out with an easy to read ingredient list and clear instructions. I was going along fine trying out the basic recipes like the basic raised and basic cake to get a feel for the book. No problems and yummy doughnuts, I really like the honey glaze too, that touch of honey gives it a little special taste.One technique given in the book is something I never heard of before and works wonderfully. For really wet doughs the dough is piped onto squares of parchment paper and then put in the oil dough side down, after a few seconds the paper loosens and you can pull it off with tongs. It's a super smart and original technique.Then I got to the crullers. The recipe calls to divide the three eggs and have two egg whites standing by. The explanation of how to add egg whites until glossy with a peak was one of the best I read. However, after one moves the dough from the pan to the mixer, the ingredients state to start adding the eggs one by one. So someone less experienced might wonder why they even divided them, add whole eggs, and have a problem. I've made pate a choux before so I knew it meant egg yolks, but that might be something they want to edit in later editions.Probably this stands out to me because the book and recipes are so well edited. However, the crullers turned out absolutely delicious:) If you want warm fresh doughnuts and are looking for a book with a lot of ideas and variations, you really can't go wrong with this one.

The book was great

From the description, I expected more of the cake doughnut recipes. I found the basic recipe for the cake doughnut made in a doughnut pan... just one recipe. Rather disappointing, I thought there would be more. Doughnut pan baking is something new for me and probably for others, so one recipe just doesn't cut it. At least there are some recipes for toppings or glazes... that might save it for me.

Excelente muy buena explicación de detalles importantes y muy buena variedad de recetas lo recomiendo mucho a quien le interese las donas

Recipes look good but I had bought two Wilton doughnut pans assuming there would be a lot of cake type oven baked recipes and I don't see that many. Lots of fried recipes and quite a few where you cut the dough and bake, but again, not so many that actually use the doughnut pans.If anyone has a good recipe book or websites that show recipes made in a doughnut pan I would be most appreciative.I've bookmarked some sites but I'd love to hear from people who have tried doughnut pan recipes and liked the results.thank you

Todo perfecto, esta en ingles según descripción. Envio rapido y el libro esta muy bien. Ahora queda disfrutar de las recetas. Necesario cortador de donuts y molde para horno de donuts.

Das Buch bietet viele Donutrezepte, allerdings nicht viele die mich zum nachmachen anregen. Die Glasuren sind alle auf Zuckerglasurbasis und werden deshalb auch nicht so schön wie die Fotos zeigen. Die Schokoglasur ist z.B. Zucker, Wasser und Kakaopulver. Nach dem Rezept wird sie durchsichtig wenn sie trocknet und schmeckt nicht besonders.Einige ganz nette Rezepte sind drin, aber ich würde es nicht unbedingt empfehlen.

cercavo un libro sui doughnuts e mi sono fidata delle recensioni trovete su amazon USA...sinceramente sto libretto non è nulla di che. Le ricette sono parecchie, anche sulle glasse ma nulla che non si possa trovare su internet o che non si sappia già. Un libro assolutamente non indispensabile sull'argomento, fin+ora ho provato solo una ricetta e la definirei mediocre