Homemade donuts

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Ornlu
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6:34p, 5/1/22
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Had some fun with the kids this afternoon. Have ya'll ever made homemade donuts? It took several hours, but was fun! Three toppings for this one - simple crushed cinnamon toast crunch, a bacon pistachio, and a s'mores.

I followed this recipe:

https://www.joshuaweissman.com/post/30-cent-gourmet-donuts-3-ways-but-cheaper

https://imgur.com/gallery/F4h21Km

Fresh outta the fryer:


Topping station:


First glaze coat. They were drippy.


All of the topping were made by "forced" child labor.


Took a few tries to get the toppings to stick. Needed a much thicker second glazing.


Quality control:


Bacon pistachio up close. Deliciously salty.


9/10. Would do again!
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HTownAg98
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7:40p, 5/1/22
I've mDe the ChefSteps Old-Fashoined sour cream donuts a couple of times, and they are excellent. https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/old-fashioned-doughnuts
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FIDO*98*
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9:33p, 5/1/22
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Donuts may be #1 on my list of "not worth the effort" foods. All about the kids though
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Ornlu
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In reply to FIDO*98* • 9:37p, 5/1/22
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This was definitely for the kids. I don't even like donuts.

At what age would you let your kids handle a deep fry by themselves? I'm talking about drop the dough in, flip, and remove.... all by themselves? 8 isn't old enough.
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Max Power
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In reply to FIDO*98* • 9:03a, 5/2/22
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FIDO*98* said:
Donuts may be #1 on my list of "not worth the effort" foods. All about the kids though
Same, I find that true about breakfast vs other meals in general. I'm fine going to a lot of effort for lunch/dinner, but I just don't want to put in the effort for breakfast. The only breakfast food items that I like putting in some effort on are homemade biscuits and tortillas. I've never been happy with the results of my homemade cinnamon rolls to the point it justified how much work it took to put them together. But on the same hand I'll gladly put in the effort for pizza dough and the results of homemade pizza night are always worth it.
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9:19a, 5/2/22
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Looks like a ton of fun!
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GunRangeGal
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10:00a, 5/2/22
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I made some a few weeks ago when we had guests. We don't have a decent donut shop up here, so it was worth it for us!
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In reply to Ornlu • 3:01p, 5/2/22
YOU are a GREAT parent.
They grow and mature so quickly these days. It's good you're securing your spot before the boys converge on your doorstep
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LeisureSuitLarry
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11:19a, 5/3/22
You can also deep fry canned biscuits.
Serve with honey butter or sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Quick, easy and tasty.
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RustyBoltz
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11:34a, 5/3/22
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I still have fond childhood memories of my grandfather making beignets. He'd prepare the dough the night before and then roll it out thin for us to cut our own shapes out. He set up a fry station on the back deck, dunk our funky, misshapen dough pieces and remove them to towel off. My sister and I were then in charge of placing the warm beignets into a brown paper sack full of powdered sugar and shaking vigorously to coat.
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10:28a, 5/4/22
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Man those looked good before all the toppings. Never did understand the cereal on donut thing. Even my kids who are cereal fiends don't ever want it on donuts.. just chocolate, icing, fillings, etc.

Light dusting of cinnamon and sugar is perfect, outside of a donut made from blueberry cake of course.
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Decay
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9:25p, 5/6/22
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"at what age do you let the kids handle deep fry"

somewhere between 25-40
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Ornlu
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In reply to Decay • 9:49a, 5/7/22
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I don't know how you parent, but my goal's to have fully-capable adults by age 18. They already know how to cook basic pasta, pancakes, rice, stir fry, and pizza (minus the dough) themselves. Frying seems a little dangerous though, so probably wait till 12 or so.
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1:45p, 5/7/22
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We let our 10 year old drop the shrimp or fish into oil when we are frying. He has gotten better with more practice but the first few times it was nerve racking bc he didn't grasp the fact that if the fryer dumped over it was a seriously bad deal.
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Decay
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In reply to Ornlu • 2:04p, 5/7/22
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Ornlu said:
I don't know how you parent, but my goal's to have fully-capable adults by age 18. They already know how to cook basic pasta, pancakes, rice, stir fry, and pizza (minus the dough) themselves. Frying seems a little dangerous though, so probably wait till 12 or so.

Frankly we don't fry much so it was pretty tongue in cheek. We let our kids help cut stuff up with age appropriate knives and whatnot. I don't want my kids to be like me and be almost helpless in a kitchen when I went off to college, that's for sure.
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