Love this! For hot cross buns, will you leave this in the refrigerator until the morning and then shape and bake? Should I look at a different hot cross bun recipe if we aren’t doing donuts at all?
I think I will shape them later, while I’m making supper, and stick in the fridge for baking tomorrow morning.
The donut dough is brioche — any sweet roll dough will do. This one is very rich, lots of butter. I usually just make a sweet roll dough with milk and an egg or two.
Great idea to get several uses out of the dough! I will remember that for the future.
I never made doughnuts before. I am from Lancaster, PA where everyone eats fassnachts (pa Dutch for eve of the fast) of fat Tuesday. I now live out of state and always miss them and have always wanted to make it. This year I finally did, and want to recommend it as it may be less time consuming than a normal donut! If you aren't blessed with a grandma nearby to do it!
They are a square fried dough and can be plain, glazed or dipped in powdered or granulated sugar. Because they are square and have no hole you can just roll out the dough and use a bench scraper to cut into rectanglish shapes. No perfection required, the ones on the ends can be triangles or whatever. Then fry and dip in a tray of powdered sugar while the next group is frying. I used a stockpot to fry so there was no splattering and I fried in lard, which was a delight and didn't get smoky or anything. I stood on a step stool bc the stock pot was high. I've already assumed peoples interest in this far too much, but am happy to share the recipe with any interested parties. Happy Fassnacht Day!
I was actually looking for such a method… it appeals to me for sure! I use bacon fat and there’s just nothing better than frying dough up in it (or lard)!
I would love the recipe!
I made the KA recipe with half the sugar so it would translate to hamburger buns, and it’s fine, because of the frosting.
Thank you for saying the doughnut frying is probably best left to a grandma! Lol, this will free me from trying to add it to my list of things to try in this phase of life!
Love this! For hot cross buns, will you leave this in the refrigerator until the morning and then shape and bake? Should I look at a different hot cross bun recipe if we aren’t doing donuts at all?
I think I will shape them later, while I’m making supper, and stick in the fridge for baking tomorrow morning.
The donut dough is brioche — any sweet roll dough will do. This one is very rich, lots of butter. I usually just make a sweet roll dough with milk and an egg or two.
Great idea to get several uses out of the dough! I will remember that for the future.
I never made doughnuts before. I am from Lancaster, PA where everyone eats fassnachts (pa Dutch for eve of the fast) of fat Tuesday. I now live out of state and always miss them and have always wanted to make it. This year I finally did, and want to recommend it as it may be less time consuming than a normal donut! If you aren't blessed with a grandma nearby to do it!
They are a square fried dough and can be plain, glazed or dipped in powdered or granulated sugar. Because they are square and have no hole you can just roll out the dough and use a bench scraper to cut into rectanglish shapes. No perfection required, the ones on the ends can be triangles or whatever. Then fry and dip in a tray of powdered sugar while the next group is frying. I used a stockpot to fry so there was no splattering and I fried in lard, which was a delight and didn't get smoky or anything. I stood on a step stool bc the stock pot was high. I've already assumed peoples interest in this far too much, but am happy to share the recipe with any interested parties. Happy Fassnacht Day!
I was actually looking for such a method… it appeals to me for sure! I use bacon fat and there’s just nothing better than frying dough up in it (or lard)!
I would love the recipe!
I made the KA recipe with half the sugar so it would translate to hamburger buns, and it’s fine, because of the frosting.
I am a sucker for fried anything!
Thank you for saying the doughnut frying is probably best left to a grandma! Lol, this will free me from trying to add it to my list of things to try in this phase of life!
Though, I do wish for some fresh fried doughnuts, so it's tough...haha
When I did make them, this was why!
My best donut-making times were Sunday afternoon, another family coming over, cider and homemade donuts.
I.e. nothing else to do right then.