Bohemian Raised Doughnuts Recipes

MY MOM'S RAISED DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Pour 1/2 cup of warm water into a small bowl, and stir in the yeast and 1 teaspoon of sugar. Allow the yeast mixture to stand until it forms a creamy foam layer on top, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Place milk and vegetable shortening into a small saucepan over medium-low heat and cook until the shortening has melted and the milk has tiny bubbles around the edge. Remove from heat.
• Place 1/4 cup of sugar and the salt into the work bowl of a large stand mixer and pour the milk and shortening into the bowl. Mix on low speed just to dissolve sugar; and allow mixture to stand until warm.
• Beat in the yeast mixture, eggs, and 1 cup of flour on low speed until smooth. Gradually beat in remaining flour to make a soft dough.
• Continue beating the dough on low speed until dough leaves the sides of the bowl, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Turn the dough out onto a well-floured work surface and knead until smooth and elastic, 2 or 3 more minutes.
• Form the dough into a ball and place into a large greased bowl. Grease the top of the dough, and cover the bowl with waxed paper. Set the bowl into a warm place; let the dough rise until doubled in size, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Punch down the dough and roll out on a floured work surface to 1/2 inch thick. Cut doughnuts out of the dough with a 3 1/2-inch round doughnut cutter with a 1-inch smaller cutter in the center. Let the doughnuts rise on the work surface until very light and fluffy, 40 minutes to 1 hour.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Gently pick up and drop the doughnuts into the hot oil, working in small batches of 2 or 3 at a time, and cook until the doughnuts are light golden brown, turning once, about 2 minutes.
• Drain the doughnuts on paper towels to absorb oil.
• In a bowl, mix 1 tablespoon of warm water and vanilla extract, and stir in the confectioners' sugar to make a glaze. Spread a thin layer of glaze over the warm doughnuts.

INCREDIBLE & EASY RAISED DONUTS

Steps:

• Mix yeast, water and sugar.
• Wait until bubbles form in mixture.
• Add egg, butter, cinnamon, vanilla, salt and flour.
• Mix to form dough.
• Knead dough for 1 minute.
• Roll out and cut out donuts.
• Allow to rise for 30 minutes on floured surface.
• Fry in oil until golden brown. Oil should be approximately 390°F.
• Coat in cinnamon & sugar mixture or your favorite topping.
• These freeze very well after they have fully cooled, if there are any left.

OLD-FASHIONED RAISED DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Combine milk, 2 teaspoons sugar, and the yeast in a small bowl, and let stand until foamy, about 10 minutes. Whisk egg, water, and vanilla in a bowl.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and remaining sugar in the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. With mixer on low speed, add yeast mixture, egg mixture, and butter, beating until just combined. Switch to the dough hook, and beat on medium speed until dough forms a ball, 18 to 20 minutes. Place dough in a large buttered bowl, and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and coat parchment with cooking spray. On a lightly floured work surface, roll dough to 1/4 inch thick. Cut out rounds with a 4-inch cutter, then cut out centers with a 1 1/2-inch cutter. Space rings and holes 1 inch apart on prepared sheet. Coat another piece of parchment with cooking spray, and cover doughnuts. Let rise in a warm place for 1 hour.
• For the topping: Combine sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl.
• Heat oil in a large pot until a deep-fry thermometer registers 375. Meanwhile, line a baking sheet with paper towels. Working in batches so as not to crowd pot, lower doughnuts (both rings and holes) into hot oil. Fry, turning them as they cook, until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes total. Drain on paper towels for 2 minutes, then roll warm doughnuts in topping to coat. Doughnuts are best the day they are made, but they can be stored in airtight containers overnight.

KNEECAPS

Steps:

• Pour warm water into a small bowl, and sprinkle yeast on top; set aside for 5 minutes. Cream together the shortening, sugar, and salt. Add the eggs, one at a time, while continuing to mix. Pour in the milk and the yeast alternating with the flour until smooth. Place dough into a greased bowl, and turn over to grease the top.
• Cover with a light towel, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Once the dough has risen, punch down, and roll out on a floured surface to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into rounds with a 2 inch round cookie cutter, cover, and allow to rise another 30 minutes.
• Heat deep fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Use your thumb to make an indent in the center of each kneecap. Fry in the hot oil a few at a time until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Remove to drain on a paper towel, and allow to cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. To serve, dust the kneecaps with confectioners' sugar, fill the indents with whipped cream, and sprinkle with colored sugar to decorate.

BOHEMIAN RAISED DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Blend yeast with 2 teaspoons sugar.
• Add lukewarm milk, sugar, and enough flour to make a thin sponge.
• Mix well and let rise in warm spot one hour or until sponge is bubbly and light.
• With a spoon, add eggs, lard, salt, nutmeg, and enough flour enough to make a thick dough.
• Let rise until doubled, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Put dough on a floured board.
• Cut into pieces smaller than egg.
• Flour each piece and roll around and around.
• Let rise until doubled.
• Just before dropping into hot fat, make a hole in middle of each by bringing the thumb and middle finger towards each other through bun and stretching a little.
• Fry.
• Roll in sugar.

BASIC YEAST-RAISED DOUGHNUT

Steps:

• To make the glaze: Combine the confectioners' sugar with 2 tablespoons of water in a small bowl. Mix well then add a little more water, if necessary, to make a smooth, creamy glaze. Cover the glaze directly with plastic wrap and reserve. (For tips on making flavored glazes see the Cook's Note below.) To make doughnuts: Heat the milk in a saucepan over medium-heat. When the milk reaches a simmer pour it into a mixing bowl and allow it to cool.
• Meanwhile, measure 1/4 cup of lukewarm water into a small bowl. Sprinkle the yeast into the water then let the mixture stand until the yeast dissolves, about 7 minutes. Stir the yeast mixture into the milk along with 1 tablespoon of the sugar. Mix in 1 1/2 cups of the flour (by hand or with an electric mixer) then cover the dough starter with a clean towel and set it aside to rise and rest in a warm place for 1 hour. When the dough has relaxed, cream the butter with the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar. Beat the butter mixture into the dough a little at a time. Mix in the egg and salt then mix in the remaining 3 cups flour. Work the dough until it is smooth then place it in a well-greased bowl. Cover again with a clean towel and set aside in a warm place until doubled in bulk, at least one hour.
• Turn the dough out onto floured board and roll it out about 1/2-inch thick. Using a floured doughnut cutter, cut out the doughnuts. Transfer the doughnuts to a clean floured board or baking sheet. Cover once again with a clean towel, and set aside to rise until doubled. Heat about 2 inches of oil in a deep pot over medium-high heat until the oil reaches 375 degrees F. Working in batches of 2 or 3, fry the doughnuts until they float. Once they bob to the surface of the oil, carefully flip them over. Continue cooking, turning as necessary, until the doughnuts are uniformly golden-brown.
• Transfer the cooked doughnuts to a plate lined with paper towels to drain. While the doughnuts are still warm, dip 1 side of each into the glaze then set aside to cool until the glaze firms. Serve warm or at room temperature.

OLD-FASHIONED YEAST-RAISED DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Melt butter in milk and cool to lukewarm. Place water in a warm large mixing bowl, sprinkle in yeast, and stir until dissolved; add milk mixture and sugar. By hand, beat 2 1/2 cups flour in until smooth; mix in eggs, salt, and spices. Mix in remaining flour, adding a little extra, if needed, to form a soft but manageable dough. Knead lightly 1 minute on a floured pastry cloth; shape into a ball, place in a greased large bowl, cover, and let rise in a warm, draft-free spot until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
• Punch dough down, roll 1/2-inch thick on pastry cloth, using a floured, stockinette-covered rolling pin. Cut with a floured doughnut cutter and place 1 1/2-inches apart on un-greased baking sheets. Reroll and cut scraps. Cover with cloth and let double in bulk.
• Meanwhile, begin heating fat in a deep fat fryer. When doughnuts have risen and fat has reached 375 degrees F, ease 4 doughnuts into fat, 1 at a time. Fry about 2 minutes until golden brown all over, using tongs to turn. Drain on paper toweling.
• While doughnuts are warm, roll in topping.
• Jelly Doughnuts: Prepare as directed, but roll dough 1/4-inch thick instead of 1/2-inch. Cut in 2 1/2-inch rounds and put 1 teaspoonful tart jelly in the center of 1/2 the rounds. Top with remaining rounds, moisten touching edges slightly, and pinch to seal. Let rise, then fry as directed. Roll in confectioners' sugar while still warm.
• Crullers: Prepare as directed, but instead of cutting into doughnuts, cut in strips 8-inches long and 1/2 to 3/4-inch wide; let rise, then twist strips several times and pinch ends. Fry at once and roll in topping while still warm.

RAISED DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in 1 cup warm water.
• Beat eggs, add sugar,oil,salt,2 cups hot water and some flour.
• Then add yeast mixture and rest of flour.
• Put in warm place to rise.
• Let rise 1 1/2 hours, in a covered bowl.
• If it is VERY sticky add some more flour.
• Punch it down every half hour.
• (If using rapid rise it may only need about 45 mins in a warm spot to double and be ready.) Roll out to 1/2" thick and cut.
• Put on floured cookie sheets and cover.
• Let rise about half an hour.
• Fry in fry daddy one at a time unless you can fit more in comfortably In our fry daddy we do one minute each side.
• Glaze with chocolate glaze, white icing or confex glaze while warm.
• Sugar and cinnamon are good too.

RAISED DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• In a small saucepan over medium heat, heat milk until warm to the touch. Transfer to the bowl of a mixer fitted with a dough hook, and add yeast. Let yeast soften 1 to 2 minutes, then stir to combine. Add 2 3/4 cups flour, without stirring. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap, and set aside in a warm place until surface of flour cracks, 30 to 40 minutes.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together egg yolks, sugar and salt. Whisk in 1/4 cup flour, and set aside.
• In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Split vanilla bean lengthwise, and scrape out pulp and seeds into butter. Swirl pan as butter heats, and cook 3 to 5 minutes, until bubbles subside and liquid is dark brown. Remove vanilla bean.
• Whisk butter into egg mixture. Stir in vanilla. Add to yeast mixture. Return to mixer, and mix on low for 1 minute. Add remaining 2 tablespoons flour, and mix to combine. Turn mixer up to medium-high for 1 more minute. Dough should be very sticky.
• Sift a light coating of flour onto a work surface. Scrape dough onto it, and gather into a ball. Clean mixing bowl, and lightly coat with oil. Add dough, cover and allow to rise for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until doubled.
• Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface, tuck edges to deflate and return to oiled bowl. Cover and allow dough to rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
• In a deep, heavy pan, heat shortening to 365 degrees. Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface, and gently pat into a rectangle about 1/2 inch thick, flouring surface of dough as necessary. Dip a 2 1/2-inch doughnut cutter in flour, and cutting as close together as possible, cut out doughnuts. Let doughnuts and holes rest 15 minutes. Gather scraps of dough together, gently roll or pat to 1/2-inch thickness and cut out remaining doughnuts.
• Add doughnuts to pan, a few at a time. When they rise to surface, turn them over. Adjust heat to keep oil at 365°F Fry until browned, about 30 to 50 seconds, then flip once more and brown other side. Drain on paper towels. Fry remaining doughnuts. Fry holes separately; they will take less time. Cool, then sift powdered sugar over doughnuts. Or, dip them in one of the following coatings.
• Topping variations:
• Honey glaze: In a pan, heat 3/4 cup of honey until it is warm to the touch, and then dip the warm doughnuts in to coat.
• Cinnamon sugar: Combine 1/2 cup sugar with 1 teaspoon sea salt and 1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon, and dip the warm doughnuts in to coat.
• White glaze: Combine 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sifted powdered sugar in the top of a double boiler over simmering water with 1/4 cup heavy cream, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1/8 teaspoon Kosher salt. Heat until just warm, stirring frequently, until thin and translucent. Use a pastry brush to coat doughnuts.

GLAZED YEAST DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Stir together scalded milk, sugar, and salt in a large bowl; set aside to cool until tepid. Dissolve yeast in warm water in a small bowl; let stand until creamy, about 5 minutes.
• Stir together flour and nutmeg in a bowl. Add 2 cups flour mixture to milk mixture; beat until well-blended.
• Stir yeast mixture into milk and flour mixture, then mix in butter and eggs. Mix in remaining flour mixture, 1/2 cup at a time. When dough is firm enough, turn it onto a floured surface and knead for 3 to 4 minutes. Place into an oiled bowl, cover, and allow dough to rise until doubled, 30 to 35 minutes.
• Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut into circles using a donut or round cutter. Set aside to rise until light, 30 to 40 minutes.
• Heat 1-inch-deep oil in a deep, heavy frying pan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Fry donuts in hot oil a few at a time. Cook each side until golden brown, then remove to drain on paper towels. Glaze while warm, or sprinkle with sugar.
• Stir together confectioners' sugar and 6 tablespoons milk in a bowl until smooth. Dip warm donuts into glaze; set aside to cool.

BAKED YEAST DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Place 1/3 cup of the warm milk in the bowl of an electric mixer. Stir in the yeast and sugar and set aside for five minutes or so to let it proof. Stir the butter into the remaining cup of warm milk and add it to the yeast mixture. With a fork, stir in the eggs, flour, nutmeg, and salt - just until the flour is incorporated. With the dough hook attachment of your mixer beat the dough for a few minutes at medium speed. Adjust the dough texture by adding flour a few tablepsoons at a time or more milk. You want the dough to pull away from the sides of the mixing bowl and eventually become supple and smooth. Turn it out onto a floured counter-top, knead a few times (the dough should be barely sticky), and shape into a ball.
• Transfer the dough to a buttered (or oiled) bowl, cover, put in a warm place, and let rise for an hour or until the dough has roughly doubled in size.
• Punch down the dough and roll it out 1/2-inch thick on your floured countertop. With a 2-3 inch cookie cutter, stamp out circles in the dough . Transfer the circles to a parchment-lined baking sheet and stamp out the smaller inner circles using a smaller cutter. If you cut the inner holes out any earlier, they become distorted when you attempt to move them. Cover with a clean cloth and let rise for another 45 minutes.
• Bake in a 375 degree oven until the bottoms are just golden, 8 to 10 minutes - start checking around 8. While the doughnuts are baking, place the butter in a medium bowl. Place the sugar and cinnamon in a separate bowl.
• Remove the doughnuts from the oven and let cool for just a minute or two. Dip each one in the melted butter and a quick toss in the sugar bowl. Eat immediately if not sooner.
• Makes 1 1/2 - 2 dozen medium doughnuts.