Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Time to Make the Donuts


I don't know why my brain is cluttered with old Dunkin Donuts commercials, but it is and I wanted to share in case you were born after this masterpiece aired in the 1980s. My donut pan was delivered yesterday afternoon, so it was time for me to make the donuts.

I used this recipe for my first try.


It took just a few minutes to mix the batter and get the donuts into the pan. This recipe is supposed to make eight donuts, but I made such a mess with my handmade piping bag (a plastic bag with the corner snipped off) that I only got six, but that was perfect for my pan. The batter is thick and delicious. 


They bake for only 9-10 minutes so I had a half dozen donuts in about the same time it would have taken me to drive to Dunkin Donuts. The only change I made to the recipe was in the amount of melted butter and cinnamon-sugar used to coat the donuts. The recipe advises one-half cup of melted butter (I used just two Tbsp.), one cup of sugar mixed with one tsp. cinnamon, but I used only three Tbsp. sugar with about one tsp. of cinnamon. My quantities were plenty. 


Six delicious cinnamon-sugar donuts!


I'll have to be careful because these were very easy to make and quite delicious. I definitely don't need to eat donuts every day, but it's nice to know I can make a batch to enjoy occasionally (after I do yoga or take a good long walk)!

13 comments:

  1. Oh dear! I may now need to order a doughnut pan. Those look absolutely scrumptious Bonny! And easy to make. This would be a fun change to pancakes or waffles or French toast!!

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  2. Yum! I love cake doughnuts, Bonny, so these look fabulous. How about some blueberry doughnuts? They are really my favorite. I have been tempted so often to buy a pan, but I have managed not to do it yet. I hope they added some cheer to your winter morning. Happy Tuesday!

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  3. They look scrumptious! I know how dangerous it feels to have a doughnut pan and know how easy it is to mix up a batch, but remember that they're still vastly better for you than the fried kind!

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  4. Oh man! Those look amazing! Hmmm, I might need to get a donut pan! :)

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  5. I am not looking at donut pans. I am not looking at donut pans. I am not...Man do they look good!

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  6. They look delicious! I'll bet they would be good with white icing too. Oh the possibilities!

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  7. I have a donut pan like that, I bought it to make homemade apple cider donuts. They were okay but not great. I might have to try your recipe instead! I remember that commercial so well . . . are these donuts FRESH today? hahahaha! I teased Hannah with it a lot when she got a job at Dunks.

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  8. I don't have a donut pan. I know that . . . if I did, I'd be in Big Trouble!!!! Those look delicious! (And those Dunkin Donuts commercials are so ingrained in my memory. . . )

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  9. I have baked some agave sweetened doughnuts and they are actually very yummy. I skip the bag and just use a spoon to scoop them in. Yours look delicious. Stay safe.

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  10. yum! around here the line is ridiculously LONG for dunkin. So it's been almost a year since we've had them. I have never made donuts before!!

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  11. Oh my, those look scrumptious. My aunt used to make deep fat fried doughnuts back in the day. I think baking them in a pan sounds infinitely easier and better. I haven't had a Dunkin Doughnut for ages but there are stores not too far from me.

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