{"id":1978085,"date":"2024-04-05T17:22:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T21:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?post_type=recipe&p=1978085"},"modified":"2024-04-19T14:05:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T19:05:42","slug":"homemade-glazed-doughnuts","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/recipes\/homemade-glazed-doughnuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Homemade Doughnuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doughnuts taste amazing anytime, but there’s something magical about a fresh-out-of-the-fryer yeast doughnut. It’s special enough to make you want to pull over when they hang that “hot fresh donuts” sign at the best doughnut shop in your state<\/a>! The warm dough is incredibly light and fluffy, and the sugary glaze gives the exterior a lightly crisp bite. It’s a completely different doughnut than one that has sat in the case for hours.<\/p>\n

Learning how to make doughnuts at home allows you to recreate that experience anytime. This yeast doughnut recipe is perfect for any level of baker, even beginners. It doesn’t require any special equipment or non-standard ingredients. After you feel comfortable making glazed doughnuts, you can use this recipe as a starting point for other types of doughnuts<\/a>. Change up the doughnut glaze recipe with different flavors, or leave the doughnut hole intact for filled doughnuts.<\/p>\n

How long does it take to make doughnuts?<\/h2>\n

Doughnuts don’t require much hands-on time, and the doughnut dough is ready in about 25 minutes. However, doughnuts require a little bit of patience while the dough rests. After the dough is formed and kneaded, yeast doughnuts have to rise until the dough doubles in size, about one hour. Then, they rise for an additional hour after they’re shaped. Once the dough is ready, the doughnuts fry in minutes.<\/p>\n

You might think that cake or old-fashioned doughnuts<\/a> would be faster since these doughnuts use leavening agents like baking powder instead of yeast. But cake doughnuts also have to rest for about two hours. Chilling the dough allows the sugar to absorb the liquid from the other ingredients. It’s the only way to create firm-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside doughnuts. (Here’s more about the difference between cake doughnuts and yeast doughnuts<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Ingredients for Yeast Doughnuts<\/h2>\n