Original Glazed Donut Recipe

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the best recipe for making Original Glazed Doughnuts at home. This recipe is 10 times better than Krispy Kreme, and will give you melt-in-your-mouth, soft, fluffy, glazed doughnuts. What more could you ask for in a donut? Also, for those who want to make this recipe vegan, simply replace the butter with vegan shortening, and you're good to go!

This recipe yields about 10-15 doughnuts, depending on how thick you cut them. Here's what you'll need:

Equipment:

• Bench-top mixer (like a KitchenAid)
• Dough hook or paddle attachment for the mixer
• Scales
• Large bowl
• Pot
• Rubber spatula
• Teaspoon
• Rolling pin
• Doughnut cutter
• Baking tray
• Glad wrap
• Chopsticks (to flip the doughnuts when frying)
• Metal ladle (to remove the doughnuts from the fryer)

Ingredients for Dough:

• Strong bread flour: 1 kg (8 cups)
• Caster sugar: 60 grams (1/2 cup)
• Salt: 8 grams (1.2302 tsp)
• Yeast: 4 teaspoons
• Water: 600 ml (600 grams) (room temperature is better, not cold water)
• Filtered water is better
• Butter or vegetable shortening: 100 grams (1/2 cup)
• Room temperature is essential
• Olive oil or other vegetable oil for frying: 10 litres

Ingredients for Glaze:

• Soft icing mixture or icing sugar: 700 grams (5.6 cups)
• Fresh vanilla beans: 1 pod
• Hot water: 100 ml (add first half, then add the second half on top)

Follow these instructions to make your own delicious doughnuts:

1. In the bowl of your bench-top mixer, add the flour, caster sugar, salt, and yeast. Mix these ingredients together until they are well combined.
2. Slowly pour in the water, while mixing on low speed. Add the butter or shortening, and mix until the dough comes together.
3. Change to the dough hook attachment, and knead the dough for 10-15 minutes, until it becomes smooth and elastic.
4. Place the dough in a large bowl, cover it with glad wrap, and let it rest for 1 hour.
5. After the hour has passed, roll out the dough on a floured surface to a thickness of about 1.5 cm.
6. Use a doughnut cutter to cut out your doughnuts, and place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
7. Cover the doughnuts with glad wrap, and let them rest for another 30 minutes.
8. Heat up the oil in a pot to 180°C. Fry the doughnuts, 2-3 at a time, until they are golden brown on both sides.
9. Use chopsticks to flip the doughnuts while frying, and remove them with a metal ladle.
10. Place the fried doughnuts on a wire rack to cool.

For the glaze:

1. Split the vanilla bean pod lengthwise, and scrape out the seeds.
2. In a bowl, mix the icing mixture or icing sugar with the vanilla seeds and hot water.
3. Mix well until the glaze becomes smooth and glossy.
4. Dip the cooled doughnuts in the glaze, and place them back on the wire rack to set.

That's it! Your delicious Original Glazed Doughnuts are ready to eat. For more doughnut recipes and content, follow me on Instagram or Tiktok @thedonutdaddy. And if you're in the market