Homemade donut recipes
Homemade donut recipes – the tastiest and in various versions
Today I have for you a delicious compilation of homemade donut recipes. During carnival, and especially on Fat Thursday, delicious donuts are a must. I prefer to make homemade donuts because they give me a lot of satisfaction and always taste heavenly. So, see what donut recipes I have prepared and check out how to make donuts at home!
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Fat Thursday is coming soon, and then the donut craze begins. I most like to fry homemade donuts. Such freshly fried, still warm ones are the best in the world! Do you also make donuts at home yourself?
How to make donuts at home – tips and advice for a good start
It’s not that difficult at all!
You need good yeast for them – I always use fresh yeast, but if you have dried, use half the amount given in the recipe. Let the dough rise well so that the donuts are fluffy later. Don’t add too much flour, because the donuts will be tougher.
And one more thing about frying – the oil must be hot so that the donuts don’t absorb fat. I prefer to fry the dough itself – it’s faster – and I add the filling right after frying. I use a long piping tip for this – I “press” the filling into the warm donuts with it. You can fry them immediately with the filling – then they usually fry longer. You also need to seal the dough very well so that the filling doesn’t leak out during frying.
That’s all for my basic advice.
Below you will find homemade donut recipes – with various filling flavors (and more).
There are also many recipes on the blog for various cheese donuts and angel wings – I invite you there too :)
Bożena Dykiel’s donut recipe
This donut recipe has been with me the longest, and I must admit that I use it most often – that’s why it’s at the top of my list. This recipe yields a lot of donuts, and they are wonderfully light, fluffy, and delicious. You can traditionally fill them with marmalade, rose jam, or advocaat cream. Such donuts taste excellent drizzled with icing and sprinkled with candied orange peel, but even just dusting with powdered sugar is enough to bring out their extraordinary flavor. I highly recommend it!
Baked donut recipe
I must admit that the recipe for these oven-baked donuts is very popular during the carnival season. I’m not surprised, because these donuts taste excellent and have far fewer calories than traditional deep-fried donuts. Whenever I mention this recipe, there are (fortunately, isolated) voices saying that such baked donuts are not donuts, but sweet buns, because a donut must be fried, period! I, on the other hand, believe that in today’s world, where tradition passed down from grandmother to mother and beyond thrives in combination with modernity, such oven-baked donuts also have their place and can be proudly called donuts!
Donut recipe with xylitol
Such donuts with xylitol used in the dough instead of regular sugar are another nod to modernity. Xylitol is healthier than regular sugar and has slightly fewer calories, so it can successfully replace sugar in sweet baked goods. One might say that donuts are, after all, moderately healthy because they are deep-fried. I, however, think that every even small change to healthier ingredients counts!
Donuts with xylitol and strawberries
African donut recipe
These uniquely shaped donuts look a bit like a unicorn horn. But it’s not just their appearance that distinguishes them, but also the preparation method, because this yeast donut dough is made with condensed milk. Thanks to it, the donuts retain freshness better and longer. If you haven’t made donuts with condensed milk before, you definitely should try this recipe!
Donuts with vanilla cream
These donuts with homemade crème pâtissière, or vanilla cream, turn out like from the best bakery! The donut dough itself is wonderfully fluffy, light, and fragrant. After frying, the donuts are filled with sweet cream, then drizzled with simple icing and sprinkled with candied orange peel. It’s a true delight for the palate!
Italian donut recipe
Zeppole are mini donuts very popular in Italy. They are very simple and quick to make; you don’t need to prepare donuts from dough, but simply spoon the batter onto hot oil and fry small, irregular donuts. After frying, it’s good to drain such donuts on a paper towel to get rid of excess fat. Finally, sprinkle the donuts with powdered sugar and serve them still warm.
Mini donut recipe with white chocolate
After frying, I filled these perfect bite-sized donuts with a delicious and sweet white chocolate cream and additionally coated them in granulated sugar. This created an ideal sweet snack perfect for munching. If you like such sweet mini donuts, you definitely must make them with white chocolate.
Mini donuts with white chocolate
Donuts with raspberry cream
I prepared these donuts with an amazing raspberry cream, specifically raspberry curd. Such curd is a fruit cream prepared with a butter base, which gives it a velvety consistency and ensures stability and thickness. After frying, I filled the donuts with this raspberry cream and finally drizzled them with icing. We all devoured them with trembling ears!
Poppy seed donut recipe
This poppy seed donut recipe is a sentimental return to my youth and high school days. Back then, after classes, we would go to the bakery for donuts. But we didn’t buy ordinary donuts there, oh no! We bought exactly these donuts filled with poppy seeds. How I loved these donuts – there were no better ones in the world for me. That’s why I decided to recreate such donuts and prepare poppy seed-filled donuts at home myself. It turned out to be a complete success, and poppy seed donuts have found a home on my blog. You absolutely must try them if you haven’t!
Cheese donut recipe
Mini cheese donuts and, by the way, cheese rings, are one of the oldest recipes for this type of sweets on the blog. Yeast dough with added cottage cheese tastes amazing, and the donuts and rings fried from it are the best in the world! You absolutely must prepare such cottage cheese rings and donuts at least once during the carnival season!
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Try my step-by-step donut recipes and prepare the best donuts. Surprise your family with perfect yeast donuts with incredible flavors and various fillings. Prepare fluffy donuts with filling, or super mini donuts for one bite. Kids will especially love such small donuts :)
By the way, I highly recommend my recipes for angel wings - try them all!
