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Donut Bouquet Recipe

This donut bouquet recipe is an excellent homemade food gift for that special person in your life. Make it for Valentine's Day or Mother's day.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 60

Equipment

  • 1 stand mixer
  • 1 Dutch Oven
  • 1 food thermometer

Ingredients

Dough

  • 1 1/2 Cup Milk Warm to 110 degrees
  • 2 1/4 Tsp Active Dry Yeast
  • 2 Large Eggs Room temperature
  • 8 Tbsp Unsalted Butter Melted
  • 1/4 Cup Sugar
  • 1 Tsp Salt
  • 5 Cups All-Purpose Flour

Cinnamon Sugar

  • 1/2 Cup Sugar
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp Ground Cinnamon

Instructions

Cinnamon Sugar

  • In a medium bowl add the sugar and cinnamon. Mix until completely combined and set aside.

Dough

  • In the stand mixer add the warmed milk and yeast let it sit for 5 minutes. Add the eggs, melted butter, and sugar. Using the flat beater attachment, mix all until combined.
  • Add the dough hook now and add 4 1/2 cups of flour. Mix on medium speed until the dough starts to pull away from the bowl. If the dough is too sticky add 1-2 tablespoons of the remaining flour at a time. You may not use the whole ½ cup. Top the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rest for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
  • Roll out the dough to about ½ inch thick and using a 1.5-inch biscuit cutter cut out your donuts. Lightly roll the donuts in the palm of your hand to form a ball. Put the donuts on a baking sheet lined with greased parchment paper.
  • Then, top the donuts with a piece of plastic wrap sprayed with cooking spray to prevent the donuts from drying out. Allow the donuts to rise for 30 minutes.
  • Use a deep pot or dutch oven filled with 2 inches of oil (about 4 cups). Preheat the oil to 350 degrees. Working in batches, fry the donuts for 2-3 minutes.
  • Put the cooked donuts on a cooling rack lined with paper towels for up to 1 minute. Then toss them in the cinnamon sugar and completely coat.
  • Once the donuts have completely cooled place a donut on a lollypop stick and place it in a mug filled with rice. Continue until you have made enough to fill the mug. Enjoy!

Notes

  • If the milk yeast mixture doesn't look foamy then the yeast is dead and you will need to start over. 
  • If the dough has not doubled in size in an hour. You can preheat the oven to 200 degrees, turn off the oven, remove the plastic wrap and place the bowl inside. 
  • Since these donuts are round in shape one side will be golden brown and they will need to be flipped. To ensure the donuts don't roll back to the already golden side, you can use the spider to hold the donuts down.
  • You can use any kind of dipping sauce. We use raspberry preserves and Nutella. 
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