Need a good Homemade Doughnut Recipe

[chiknwhisperer]

I have the Encyclopedia of Country Living book and in there she has a recipe for no bake donuts and my kids love them.

 

[mama3chix]

Oh, Please TheirotherMother, post that one for Indian Fry Bread, my cousin made the BEST fry bread, you know the story, she got it from her mother ,who got it from her mother and so on and so on,

but of course we never wrote it down

and last month she passed away, so we are at a loss, It is great with powdered sugar sprinkled on top, UUMMMM makes me hungry just thinging about them (and donuts)

 

[Frogdogtimestwo]

Fry bread is delicious also!

 

[Their Other Mother]

This is a very old recipe from the 1870's for Apache Fry Bread:

4 heaping handfuls of flour (fair to say 4 heaping cups)
1/4 handful of baking powder (4 TBS Powder) (basically 1 TBS baking powder to every 1 Cup flour)
little salt

Mix flour, baking powder, and salt with water to a consistency of bread dough. Batter must not be stickey, but must be dry enough to knead. Shape into balls about 2 inches, flatten into an 8" circle by patting with hands. Cook in 3/4" deep grease that is very hot and just about smoking. Turn one time. Drain on paper. The bread will swell up and have large bubbles. Do not cook to crispness.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar or Honey. Sometimes we would put refried beans, shredded cheese and sour cream to give it more substance.

NOW, I must tell you my girlfriend added some instant yeast to the dry ingredients and made it so much better. I think we let the dough set a little to rise some. She wrote down the modified recipie and is looking for it so I'll add her notes as soon as we find them. If you bake alot you could figure it out pretty easily. (I think I'm gonna try some tonight!)

We used to make these for our church fall festival when our kids were little. Someone would mix up the dough, another would fry them in an electric skillet or on a camp stove and one would serve. Everyone loved them.

 

[happyhen]

Maine Buttermilk Doughnuts

Makes 48 and doubles well. Recipe given to me by my Aunt (from Maine).

4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
4 TBSP shortening, melted
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
1 tsp salt

Beat eggs. Add sugar and beat well. Add melted shortening and buttermilk.

Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt. Add to egg mixture and mix well.

On floured board, roll dough and cut with doughnut cutter. Let stand 10-15 minutes.

Fry at 375 degrees about 4 minutes, turning once while frying, until golden brown. Sprinkle with powdered sugar or glaze.

 

[Parson's Wife]

Thank you....these sound great.
Quick question....is Indian Fry Bread...funnel cakes? We made funnel cakes for the OctoberFest...they are a big hit there....sounds very similar.....hmmmm

Thank you once again for quick reponses to whatever someone needs, or wants!

 

[Their Other Mother]

Quote:
No, Funnel Cakes are more like pancake batter fried. This is an actual bread dough type thing. Maybe more like a thicker, bubblier version of a tortilla. It does rise in the oil and should be about 1 inch thick.

 

[Rosalind]

Here ya go, the McCall's Cooking School recipes:

Jelly doughnuts
1/2 c milk
1/3 c. sugar
1 tsp salt
1/3 c. butter
2 packets of dry yeast
1/2 c warm water
3 egg yolks
3 3/4 c flour
jelly
eggwhite
frying oil
sugar for dusting (powdered or granulated, which ever you prefer)

Warm the milk in a small bowl in the microwave with the salt , butter and sugar until the butter melts. Stir well to dissolve the salt & sugar, and let cool to lukewarm. In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Add the milk mix, the egg yolks, and 2 c flour. Mix with electric mixer on medium till smooth. Dough will be squishy at this point. With a wooden spoon or the paddle attachment of a KitchenAid, mix in the rest of the flour. Let rise until doubled. Punch down and knead 10X, then divide dough in 1/2. Roll one half out to 1/4 inch thick, and cut into rounds (big biscuit cutter? I use a drinking glass, but this might be too laborious for a lot of doughnuts). Put 1 tsp. jelly in the middle of a round, then brush the edges with a little beaten eggwhite. Stick another round on top, sealing the edges well. Repeat until you're out of dough. Let the doughnuts rise a second time, covered with a damp towel. Meanwhile, heat your oil in a deep fryer up to 350F. Drop the doughnuts, a few at a time, into the oil, and fry till golden brown (~4 min). Lift out w/slotted spoon and drain a bit on papertowels. Dust w/ sugar while warm. Makes, um, anywhere from 8-14, depending on doughnut size.

Crullers
as many 3 1/2 inch foil circles as you want to make crullers
2 tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 c butter
1 1/4 c. flour
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
oil for frying
powdered sugar for dusting

Grease the foil circles, then set aside. In a big saucepan, mix the sugar, salt, butter, and 1 cup water. Bring to boil, then real fast beat in the flour all at once. Cook until it forms a ball in the pan, beating with a wooden spoon. Add eggs one at a time, using an electric mixer to beat them in. After a few minutes, you should get a smooth, shiny dough that holds its shape when the beaters are raised. Beat in the vanilla. Put this dough into a pastry bag with a star tip, and pipe doughnuts onto the foil circles, making sure the edges overlap a little. Let the doughnuts rest 20 minutes. Meanwhile, heat deep fryer oil up to 350F. Pick up the foil circles/doughnuts gently and drop them in the oil, and turn them over several times while you fry them so they get evenly brown. Lift out w/ slotted spoon, drain on papertowels, dust with sugar to serve.


No doughnuts? Really? There are places with no doughnuts? In America? Good heavens, I think I would rather have no running water than no doughnuts...

 

[Just-Like-Hatching]

For those special treats when I was a kid, my Mom would get a can of canned biscuits and lay them out and cut the middle out with a cookie cutter. Deep fry them and then roll them in sugar. Still my favorate donuts today.