Simple Foods

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.

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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.

This recipe is so easy to make and yummy my daughter makes it for us often.

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