Bread, doughnuts, and biscuits. Doesn’t that sound comforting ? I consider anything with flour, sugar or honey, butter, olive oil, eggs, salt, soda, yeast or any leavening, basic simple staples that can be turned into good old-fashioned food. Here are some of our favorites.
Challah Braid
1 pkg. active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (105-115)
1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 T. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 egg
1 T. shortening
2 1/2 – 2 3/4 cups unbleached flour
1/4 cup warm water (105-115)
1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 T. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 egg
1 T. shortening
2 1/2 – 2 3/4 cups unbleached flour
Dissolve yeast in warm water, then stir into the lukewarm water, sugar, salt, egg, shortening and 1 1/4 cups of flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in remaining flour. Knead for 5 mins. Let rise 1 1/2 hrs. Punch down and braid, now brush with butter and let double (40 mins.) Heat oven to 375. Brush with egg yoke mixture
(1 egg yoke, and 2 T. cold water) Bake 25-30 mins.
(1 egg yoke, and 2 T. cold water) Bake 25-30 mins.
This recipe is so easy to make and yummy my daughter makes it for us often.
Doughnuts!
This is my friend’s recipe. She really knows how to make a doughnut 🙂
I love these doughnuts! The first time I made them they turned out perfect. Great recipe.
Better than Crispy Cream’s Doughnuts
1 T Yeast
1 3/4 C lukewarm Water
1/2 C Sugar
1 tsp Salt
2 Eggs
1/3 C Shortening
5 C Flour
- Dissolve yeast in water. Add sugar, salt, eggs, shortening and 2 cups of flour. Beat on low for 30 seconds, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in remaining flour until smooth
- Cover and let rise until double (50 to 60 minutes)
- Turn dough onto flour surface – coat lightly with flour. Gently roll dough 1/2″ thick with floured rolling pin
- Cut with floured doughnut cutter
- Cover and let rise until double (30 to 40 minutes)
- Heat oil to 350 degrees
- Slide doughnuts into hot oil with a wide spatula
- Turn doughnuts as they rise
- Fry about 1 minute on each side
- Remove from oil
- Dip in glaze or roll
Doughnut Glaze
1/3 C Butter
2 C Powdered Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla
4 – 6 T Hot Water
- Heat butter until melted
- Remove heat
- Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth
- Stir in water, 1 T at a time, until desired consistency
Maple Frosting
1/2 C Butter
3 C Powdered Sugar
2 tsp Maple Flavoring
- Thoroughly cream butter and powdered sugar
- Add maple flavoring
- Beat until spreading consistency
Delicious doughnuts,thanks for the recipe. But Enola Gay, seriously?
Can’t wait to try all of your recipes!!!
Yay, I’m glad you here and enjoying our recipes!