Yeast Doughnuts

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I wish there were half stars, as I classify this as a nearly flawless recipe. The one recommendation I would make is the following: people should be aware that there may be a need to put more flour in the recipe during the mix phase. All purpose flours are different from one another (even types...bleached, unbleached, organic, etc....and that plus that day's humidity will effect the overall flour needed. If the dough isn't fully pulling away from the bottom of the bowl (sides are not the best judge; there will ALWAYS be some sticking there, you may need to add up to a quarter cup extra, just be sure to add it up a tablespoon at a time. That being said, it IS a sticky dough...not as sticky as biscuit dough, but considerably more sticky than a standard bread dough, so be prepared.

Overall, this makes wonderful doughnuts...light, airy, and a perfect pair with the vanilla glaze mentioned on the same show. I might add a little cinnamon to the dry goods, but that's just my taste preference.

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Besides melting a plastic colander while doing this, the doughnuts turned out very golden a delicious! Personally I do feel that they need some type of glaze.

If this recipe seems to hard though you can always do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbs64GvGgPU


For sure a good recipe to try!! Yum!

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I made this recipe 2 times....The first time I did this recipe I put nutmeg in it and i disliked the nutmeg. I didnt enjoy the results because of the nutmeg. So I made the recipe again without any nutmeg and i liked the results. If your a big fan of nutmeg this recipe is for you....but for you who dislike it then you shouldnt put it in.Other then that I liked this recipe.

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Made these last night. I added a little more sugar and 1/4 tsp cinnamon instead of the nutmeg, as we are not big on nutmeg. I had the same trouble as many others, as the dough just simply would not come together in a ball in my stand mixer. No matter what. I probably ended up adding an additional cup and a half of flour to try and make the sticky batter come together. Now, here's the deal: I wish I would have just stayed with the measurements in the recipe and poured the batter into a large bowl to rise. Reason is that although the doughnuts were tasty (and the chocolate glaze is excellent they were much denser than I had hoped... not light and fluffy and airy. So please resist the urge to "correct" Alton's measurements. Just do what the recipe says and you won't be disappointed. Apparently, as the dough (sticky batter rises, it absorbs the flour and becomes a dough. Just use plenty of flour to roll them out. That is my scientific analysis. LOL

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i loved this doughnut it was light and fluffly and it couldnt get any better. i will keep this recipe. this was the first time i made doughnut and it was really easy. the dough was sticky but it came out perfect.

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I've never made doughnuts before and this was the first recipe I tried. Was tempted to throw the dough out as it was too sticky to work with, but kept adding flour to get it to what I thought was more manageable. The recipe calls for 23 oz. of flour and I wonder if maybe the amount was transposed and should actually read 32 oz?
The doughnuts came out great and my family loved them, but next time I will try 32 oz. of flour to start.

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I read quite a few comments/reviews before making these for my wife on Mother's Day. She misses the homemade donuts that she enjoyed growing up. Well, I just don't understand what some found so sticky about the dough. I made the recipe without measuring the flour by weight. I used 5 cups, as someone suggested. Two packs of quick rise yeast, and plenty of flour down on the bakers table I created by covering the kitchen table with aluminum foil. The dough rose, just like it was supposed to, and cut easily. Then I let the donuts rise again, and they cooked up great. I WOULD recommend 50 seconds per side, not a full minute. Too dark on the outside at a full minute. By the way, I have never baked before, nor had I used the stand mixer, which was a recent gift for my wife's birthday. So it is not like I am an old pro. Maybe it was beginner's luck, but this recipe worked great for me. No reason it shouldn't work great for you too.

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I really couldn't believe the way this recipe turned out. This is the third time I've attempted this recipe for donuts and the dough always turns into a sticky and unmanageable mess. The first time I added more flour to no avail (and I did have a scale so the measurements weren't a problem for me. This last time I thought that perhaps the amount of mixing required heated up the mixture and prevented it from forming the appropriate dough ball. So I placed a bowl of ice beneath the mixing bowl to encourage the formation. Didn't work.

I'm sorry, but something must be getting lost in translation from what Alton is doing on the show to what is being prescribed to viewers on the website. This isn't the first time this has happened with one of Alton's recipes (case in point: mustard, and it has forced me to the point where I feel attempting these recipes isn't worth my time nor the wasted ingredients.

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS RECIPE TO ANYONE UNTIL IT GETS STRAIGHTENED OUT!

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My DH really really wanted to try these after he saw the show the other day, even insisted on making some last night, but forgot to use two packs of yeast instead of one, so with only one yeast pack, the donuts were heavy, like cake donuts, and not sweet at all. Needless to say, that batch didn't go over so well...

So this afternoon/evening I made another batch with the two packs of yeast, and had to increase the sugar from 1/4 to a 1/2 cup, and it seemed to make the donuts overall sweeter, but also probably used over 5 cups of flour! I was surprised at the amount of flour that this recipe called for. I was surprised there is not a conversion from the weight to cups (for the flour, not everyone has a cooking scale at home. Sure it might be accurate and all that, but really.

These donuts reminded me of KK, I used canola oil for frying, which imparts a fish fry kind of smell in the house, not sure if I like frying with canola oil, but I really really do not like peanut oil, it's way too heavy. Will try veggie oil next time. I didn't make the glaze, made sugar and cinnamon mixture and everyone loved them! I have some leftover tho, and have even more dough to fry up tomorrow, it was a very large recipe and have really no one to share them with. Does anyone know how well the dough holds up the next day to fry again?

The recipe is fairly easy, just time consuming. I didn't try the glaze. Try it, you'll like it!!! =

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OK. so i was running out of time so i let it rose for 30 minutes in a bowl and then another 30 minutes after they were cut. Sure there was less but they turned out GREAT!!!!!!!! Also, the glaze wasnt too good so we put normal sugar on them and cinamon sugar on them.. DELICIOUS!