Doughnuts: Simple and Delicious Recipes to Make at Home Kindle Edition

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 bought this book intending to start making doughnuts for myself and friends. After reading about what equipment and ingredients I would need, I went to the store and made my purchases. I am guessing that most people already have what they will need, but my kitchen was short a few items, mostly a dutch oven for the frying process. (I didn't want my doughnuts competing with my french fries in the deep fryer.) I made the Maple Bacon Bars for my first attempt. They turned out to be a HUGE hit at a get together that evening. I even messed up my execution of the recipe a little and they still turned out great. If you are merely competent in the kitchen, you can still easily follow the recipes in this book to make some really good doughnuts. I will be back in the kitchen in the next few days for new batch of doughnuts. My biggest issue now is deciding which variety to try next. All of my regular favorites are in here and several which I would never have imagined. I now have no apprehension about attempting anything in this book. It is easy to follow (unless you rush to do something and fail to actually read the directions in the recipe like I did), and the pictures give you a great idea as to how they should look upon completion.

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.

This book has donut recipes for almost everyone. It starts off with the basic recipes, then moves to simple glazes, and finally donut variations. There are lots of variations, such as the apple pie, s'mores, peanut butter and jelly, apple cider, red velvet, carrot cake, brandied eggnog, german chocolate cake, and maple bacon bars. One of the great things about the book is that there are recipes for people with different sensitivities/diets. There is a gluten-free recipe, a baked raised donut recipe, and a vegan recipe.It also has recipes for donut-like creations, such as malasadas, sopapillas, and loukoumades. The instructions for the recipes are so clear that a beginning baker wouldn't have trouble following them. I had never made donuts before, and the baked raised donuts I made came out very well. They reminded me a bit of a sweet roll, but they were very tasty.Another plus is that you don't need a lot of specialized equipment to make the recipes. Though, the author does suggest buying donut pans if you want to bake any of the donuts other than the baked raised (which can be baked on a sheet pan).

Doughnuts: Simple and Delicious Recipes to Make at Home What an amazing little book this is.The recipes are simple to make and follow, it covers everything - the double chocolate ones are to die for. I love baking and have spent a fortune on Krispy kreme at the local foodstore but not anymore..Next time I am going to go shopping I am buying a doughnut tin so I can try out the "cake" doughnuts - watch this space Doughnuts: Simple and Delicious Recipes to Make at Home

Nice book but I bought it as in previous reviews it said there were recipes for baked donuts. There are , but most are for deep fried donuts.

There is a multitude of different recipes in this book. They are really good. I would give this book a fivestar rating if all the measures had been correctly and consistently printed in both metric and imperial!I hope it comes out with correct measures in metric than i will buy it again! It's that good.

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Excellent book. It has every doughnut you can think of. Pictures are great and recipes easy and clear to follow.