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 Chocolate Glazed Doughnuts

4 Ounces unsweetened chocolate
1/4  Cup butter
2 eggs
1 1/2  Cups sugar
1/2  Teaspoon salt
4 Teaspoons baking powder
4 Cups flour
1 Cup milk
Cooking oil for frying doughnuts
2 Cups powdered sugar -- sifted
5 Tablespoons   boiling water
1/4  Cup flaked coconut
1/4  Cup finely chopped toasted pecans
        -- or your favorite nut
4 Ounces white chocolate -- melted
   -- for drizzle (optional)

Melt 1 ounce chocolate with 1 tablespoon butter in top of double boiler over simmering water.
Let cool. Beat eggs and sugar until well blended. Add cooled chocolate  mixture to egg mixture.
Sift together salt, baking powder and flour.
Alternately add flour mixture and milk to egg mixture to form a dough.
(You may not need to add all of the Milk. Just add enough to form a dough ball).   
Gather dough into a ball on a floured board. Roll out to 1/3 inch thick.
Cut with a floured doughnut cutter.
Fry 3-4 minutes in oil heated to 375 degrees.
Drain on paper towels.   
Glaze: melt remaining 3 ounces chocolate with remaining 3 tablespoons butter
in top of double boiler over simmering water.
Stir in powdered sugar and enough boiling water to make a thin glaze.
Dip cooked doughnuts into glaze. Place on wire rack.
Sprinkle with coconut and/or chopped nuts if desired.
Drizzle white chocolate glaze over some for an elegant doughnut!   

Sweet Milk Doughnuts

4 1/2  cups Sifted flour
3 1/2  teaspoons Baking powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
3 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
3/4 cup Sugar
3 tablespoons Softened butter
3/4 cup Milk

Sift flour, salt, spice and baking powder.  Beat eggs and sugar.
Add vanilla, melted shortening, milk and dry ingredients.
Make a soft dough and roll to 1/3 inch thick.
Cut as for doughnuts and drop into hot oil (375 degrees).
Serve plain or roll in confectioners sugar.


Doughnuts

4 egg yolks, or 2 whole eggs
1 c. sugar
2 tbsp. soft shortening
3/4 c. sour milk
3 1/2  c. flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Turn onto floured board.  Roll dough to about 1/3 inch thick.
Let rise 20 minutes.  Cut with doughnut cutter. Heat deep fryer
to 380 degrees.  Oil will cool as foods are dropped in. 
Keep oil at 370 degrees at all times.  If grease is too hot or too cold,
food will not turn out. Drop doughnuts in oil (as many as can
easily be turned). Turn as they rise to surface and show color.
  Fry about 2 or 3 minutes completely brown on both sides.
  Lift with fork and place on absorbent paper. 
Cool and sprinkle with sugar.

Raised Doughnuts

1 cup Milk -- scald & cool
1 package Dry yeast
1/4 cup Water -- lukewarm
1 tablespoon Sugar -- granulated
1 1/2 cups Flour -- sifted
3 tablespoons Butter or Margarine
3/4 cup Sugar granulated
1 Egg -- well beaten
1 1/2  teaspoons Nutmeg
1 teaspoon Salt
3 cups Flour -- sifted
Melted Fat
Powdered sugar -- for dusting
                       
Scald Milk. Cool to lukewarm in large bowl.
Sprinkle yeast in lukewarm water. Let stand 5-10 min., until dissolved.
Stir up; stir into milk with 1 tablespoon sugar.
Add 1 1/2 cups flour; beat well with hand or electric beater.
Cover with a clean towel; to let rise in warm place
(80-85 degrees) about 1 hour.
Work butter with spoon until creamy. Add 3/4 cup sugar gradually,
while beating with the spoon until light.
Add egg, nutmeg and salt; stir into yeast mixture.
Add 3 cups flour; place in well greased bowl.
Brush dough with melted fat; cover with clean towel;
let rise until double in bulk in warm (80-85 F).
Turn out on floured board, roll 1/2" thick.
Cut with floured doughnut cutter,
Place on a floured board and cover, and let rise in warm place
until double in size.
Fry doughnuts in 1 1/2" fat or salad oil heated to 375 degrees F.
test with thermometer, or until a day old cube of bread
browns in 60 seconds.
Fry only as many doughnuts at one time as can float easily in fat.
As soon as doughnuts rise to surface, turn with long handled fork
(do not pierce) Turn once more until golden brown.
Remove and drain on brown paper.
Cool and dust with powdered sugar, or a cinnamon and sugar mixture.
can also be frosted if desired.

[CindyLouWho]

umm i love donuts, u should make bunch of em & share em with all us forum members!  :))  anyway, thanks for the recipes!  O0

[DeepFer]

        I love donuts too.,So I am so glad that in this discussion  I got the information that I really need.,





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