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- From: Joel.Ehrlich@salata.com (Joel Ehrlich)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: COLLECTION: Yeast Doughnuts
- Date: 17 Apr 1995 07:55:14 -0600
- Organization: Salata
- Message-ID: <b91_9504120900@salata.com>
-
-
- While it's true that most doughnuts are "cake" doughnuts, using baking
- soda and/or baking powder, yeast ("raised") doughnuts are really not
- all that uncommon. Here are a couple of recipes for the dough and a
- few more for the doughnuts.
-
- Basic Yeast Doughnut Dough #1 No. 1546
-
- 3/4 Cup Cooked Potatoes, Riced 2 Eggs
- 1/2 Cup Butter 1 tsp Salt
- 2 Cups Buttermilk 7 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1 pkg Active Dry Yeast
- 2 Tbls Sugar
-
- Take the FRESHLY COOKED potatoes, rice them and, while they are still hot, add
- the butter.
- Scald the buttermilk (heat to between 105 degrees and 115 degrees).
- Sprinkle the yeast into about 1/2 cup of the buttermilk.
- Add the sugar.
- Let stand until foamy (3-5 minutes).
- Add the rest of the buttermilk.
- Mix with the potatoes.
- Beat the eggs with the salt until light.
- Add to the potato mixture.
- Sift the flour before measuring.
- Stir 7/8 of the flour into the potato mixture.
- Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured board and knead in the remaining
- flour.
- Place the dough in a greased bowl.
- Turn the dough so that it is lightly greased on all sides.
- Cover.
- Let the dough rise until it is doubled in bulk.
- Punch down.
- The dough is now ready to be rolled out and cut or shaped.
-
- Basic Yeast Doughnut Dough #2 No. 1555
-
- 1 Cup Warm Water 3 Eggs
- 2 Pkgs Active Dry Yeast 1 tsp Salt
- 1 Cup All-Purpose Flour 2 tsp Lemon Rind, Grated
- 1/2 Cup Butter 3 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 Cup Sugar, Sifted
-
- Add the yeast to the warm (105 degrees-115 degrees) water.
- Let stand until foamy (3-5 minutes).
- Sift the first measure of flour.
- Stir into the yeast mixture.
- Cover the sponge and let rise for 30 minutes.
- Beat the butter until soft.
- Gradually add the sugar, blending until the mixture is creamy and soft.
- Beat the eggs in one at a time.
- Add the salt and lemon rind.
- Beat in the sponge.
- Sift the second measure of flour.
- Gradually beat it in.
- Beat for 5 minutes.
- Cover with a cloth and let rise until almost doubled in bulk (about 2 hours).
- Punch down and turn out onto a lightly floured board.
- The dough is now ready to be cut or shaped.
-
- Glazed Yeast Doughnuts No. 2268 Yields 25 Doughnuts
-
- 1 Pkg Dry Yeast 1 Egg, Well Beaten
- 1/4 Cup Warm Water 1 1/2 Cups Flour
- 1/4 Cup Sugar VANILLA GLAZE:
- 2 Tbls Butter 1 Cup Powdered Sugar, Sifted
- 1/2 tsp Salt 2 Tbls Milk
- 1 Cup Milk 1/8 tsp Vanilla
- 1/2 Cup Flour
- 1 1/2 Cups Flour
-
- Dissolve the yeast in the warm (110 degrees) water in a small bowl.
- Set aside.
- Heat the sugar, butter, salt and milk in a saucepan until the butter has
- melted.
- Cool to lukewarm.
- Pour into a large mixing bowl.
- Stir in the first measure of flour.
- Beat until smooth.
- Stir in the dissolved yeast.
- Add the second measure of flour.
- Beat until smooth.
- Stir in the egg(s).
- Add enough of the third measure of flour to make a soft dough.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured board.
- Cover.
- Let stand for 5 minutes.
- Knead for roughly 5 minutes.
- Place in a lightly buttered bowl.
- Turn dough to coat its entire surface with butter.
- Cover.
- Let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk (1 1/2-2 hours).
- Punch down.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured board.
- Roll out to a 1/4 " thickness.
- Cut using a floured doughnut cutter.
- Cover.
- Let rise until doubled in bulk (about 1 hour).
- Preheat the deep fryer.
- Prepare the glaze by combining the ingredients and blending thoroughly.
- Fry each doughnut until golden brown (1 1/2-2 minutes).
- Drain.
- Dip the tops of the warm doughnuts in the glaze.
- Place glaze side up on a rack.
-
- Raised Potato Doughnuts No. 2643 Yields 18 Doughnuts
-
- 1 pkg Dry Yeast 1/2 Cup Mashed Potatoes
- 1/4 Cup Warm Water 1 Egg
- 1/2 Cup Milk 3/4 tsp Salt
- 2 Tbls Butter 3 1/4 Cups Flour
- 1/4 Cup Sugar
-
- Combine the dry yeast with the warm (110 degrees) water.
- Set aside.
- Heat the milk with the butter and sugar in a small saucepan until the butter
- begins to melt.
- Cool to lukewarm.
- Combine the mashed potatoes with the egg in a large bowl.
- Stir in the cooled milk mixture, the dissolved yeast and the salt.
- Gradually beat in enough of the flour to form a soft dough.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured board.
- Knead until smooth.
- Place in a lightly buttered bowl, turning to grease the entire outside
- surface.
- Cover.
- Let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk (1-1 1/2 hours).
- Punch down.
- Knead again.
- Roll out on a lightly floured board to a thickness of 1/4 ".
- Cut out using a floured doughnut cutter.
- Cover.
- Let rise until doubled.
- Preheat the oil in the deep fryer.
- Fry doughnuts until browned on both side (about 2 minutes).
- Drain.
- Sprinkle with sugar.
-
- Joel
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