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Hi Bold Bakers!
I don’t know anyone that can resist a donut! What’s not to love about light and fluffy, crispy-fried dough coated in sweet glaze or cinnamon sugar? My homemade donut recipe for No-Yeast Donuts makes this irresistible treat something anyone can make at home, by hand, and without any special ingredients or professional tools. These donuts will taste as good as the ones you’d find at a bakery. Get ready to be a donut pro!
How Do You Make Homemade Donuts?
My donut recipe is super simplified as it requires no yeast, is made entirely by hand, and shallow fried as opposed to deep fried. I know it may sound too good to be true but this recipe is absolutely foolproof. These donuts are incredibly flavorful thanks to tangy buttermilk, sweet cinnamon, and aromatic nutmeg. If you don’t have buttermilk, don’t worry. You can simply make your own buttermilk substitute at home.
The dough itself is made by combining the wet ingredients into the dry in one bowl. From there I flatten the dough with my hands and cut my donuts out using both a large and small cookie cutter. What you’re left with are professional-looking donuts that came together in no time.
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Making Donuts Without Yeast
These donuts are quintessentially old-fashioned. Similar to a cake donut, my donuts are leavened with raising agents. You don’t need to wait for your dough to proof or worry about if your yeast activates since this recipe is yeast-free. While a different method than a traditional donut, you’ll still yield the same amazing results.
Just be sure not to forget your baking powder or baking soda! If you do not have one or the other, you can learn how to substitute baking powder and soda with my recipe.
Do You Need to Deep Fry Donuts?
Now, the frying process is enough to put most off to making homemade donuts, but I’m here to show you this can be done easily and safely at home through shallow-frying. This means heating up a pan with just about an inch of oil. Shallow frying cuts down on splatter and oil burns and makes frying in small batches really manageable. All you do is fry your lovely little donuts and donut holes for about 3 minutes per side, just until golden brown and puffed up. If you’re still interested in baking your donuts, check out my baked donut recipes below – from my churro donuts to my chocolate donuts, you can’t go wrong.
After removing from the oil, I drain the donuts on a wire rack and then get started on glazing!
How to Make Glazed Donuts
My classic donut glaze recipe is made of just three things: powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla. All three of these ingredients come together to make a super shiny and sweet glaze. With just one simple base, the possible flavor variations are endless. From chocolate to maple syrup, zest or extracts, I encourage all of you to add your favorite flavorings to my classic vanilla glaze.
Learn how to make chocolate-glazed donuts, maple-glazed donuts, Funfetti-glazed donuts and other donut glazes.
Be sure to check out my other donut recipes:
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