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Time to Make the Doughnuts
Jul. 28th, 2011 10:55 am I think last time they came up in the breakfast rotation I took a pass, as they are cumbersome to make and pretty rich and sweet to eat, especially first thing in the morning. But today I was up to the challenge.
My plan to mix up the dry ingredients for a full dozen and use that to mix up as much dough as I want immediately seems to be working out. Today I made four donuts (yes, I am inconsistent with spelling. It's a choice and I choose variety); I could probably have done with less, but I'm also not too stuffed to move.
As always, getting the oil to a consistent temperature is hard. I don't have a pan suitable for deep-frying that works on the induction burner, sadly, but I have recently acquired a candy thermometer complete with clip and temperature alarm, so that helped. Even so, I ended up with the oil a little too hot for the first batch and a little too cold for the second, which mostly made for differences in crispiness. Both quite edible, though, and puffed up like they are supposed to. This post is mostly meant as a reminder to myself for next time to take more care with that aspect. And also maybe make only two.
My plan to mix up the dry ingredients for a full dozen and use that to mix up as much dough as I want immediately seems to be working out. Today I made four donuts (yes, I am inconsistent with spelling. It's a choice and I choose variety); I could probably have done with less, but I'm also not too stuffed to move.
As always, getting the oil to a consistent temperature is hard. I don't have a pan suitable for deep-frying that works on the induction burner, sadly, but I have recently acquired a candy thermometer complete with clip and temperature alarm, so that helped. Even so, I ended up with the oil a little too hot for the first batch and a little too cold for the second, which mostly made for differences in crispiness. Both quite edible, though, and puffed up like they are supposed to. This post is mostly meant as a reminder to myself for next time to take more care with that aspect. And also maybe make only two.
