A delicious recipe for authentic American donuts. Made easy thanks to step-by-step explanations. Donuts are always delicious, especially if they have a delicious chocolate layer or another glaze layer. With the recipe below you can now make authentic American donuts yourself and enjoy a delicious American product.
Print Recipe authentic American donuts Preparation 2 hrs 30 min Baking/cooking time 2 min Time 2 hrs 32 min Dish:Dessert Cuisine:American Servings:40 Author:anja Ingredients
Take 1 tablespoon of the sugar and mix it with the yeast and lukewarm water. Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes (it will turn into a foamy mass that will rise; if not, your yeast is not good and you have to start over)1. Take 1 tablespoon of the sugar and mix it with the yeast and lukewarm water. Let the mixture stand for 10 minutes (it will turn into a foamy mass that will rise; if not, your yeast is not good and you have to start over)
In another bowl, mix the flour, vanilla sugar, rest of the sugar and salt together
Add the yeast mixture to this and knead everything together well
Melt the butter (note:it should absolutely not be too hot, lukewarm is sufficient) and add it to the dough together with the milk and eggs and knead it into a smooth dough. The dough should no longer stick to the hand, but should be flexible. If the dough is too wet, add some extra flour, dough that is too dry can be made more flexible by adding a little extra lukewarm milk
Now set the dough aside for an hour under a damp tea towel to rise (note:I misjudged the proofing the second time, so my dough went over the edge and I ended up with donut dough on all sides)
After rising, roll out the dough on a floured work surface to a sheet of 0.5 cm thickness
Take a glass and cut out donught shapes. The middle hole is made by sticking a bottle cap in the middle
Set the cut out donuts aside and let them rise for another hour under a wet tea towel
After rising, heat the oil to 175°C and fry the donuts for about 2-4 minutes until golden brown. Turn the donuts halfway through, so that both sides get a nice color
10. Remove the donuts from the oil and drain on kitchen paper, this will result in less greasy donuts
You don't have to throw away the pierced holes of the authentic American donuts. You can also fry them. In America these are simply offered for sale under the name 'donut holes'. Ideal for example to let children snack.
Of course, regular donuts are delicious on their own, but they become even tastier with a glaze. Make the glaze immediately after baking and dip the donuts still warm in the glaze for best results. You can make glaze in two ways
Take about 150 gr of powdered sugar and mix this with about 75 ml of water (you have to do this by feel, the intention is that you get a white mass that is quite chewy). Want to make a colored glaze? Then add a little less water and a few drops of dye
To make chocolate glaze you can use special chocolate that is available in the supermarket or you can make it yourself. For this you use:
125 gr Dark chocolate (70% is the best)
100 gr icing sugar (sifted)
60 gr Butter (optionally replace with margarine, although I'm not a fan of that)
4 tablespoons cold water
After applying the glaze, you can add chocolate sprinkles or other decorations for a festively decorated donut. Are you having a party? Then use a donut wall.
Do you love donuts and are you going to make this recipe for authentic American donuts? Let me know.
