Today, I made doughnuts for the first time.
It was a learning experience.
When I lived in Massachusetts, one of our favorite things to do was to run to Smallack farms and get a box of apple cider doughnuts. They were dipped in cinnamon sugar, and they were just about the best things ever. And we didn’t even feel bad about eating them, because we figured that running to the farm and eating a box of doughnuts essentially cancelled each other out.
I wanted to participate in Peabody and Helene’s doughnut challenge, and I got very excited, because there is a market near my house that is only opened on Wednesdays and Sundays, and they sell amazing apple cider. I actually even had a recipe for cider doughnuts from Peabody’s archive that I had been wanting to try for awhile. In my eyes, the planets had aligned, so I got up bright and early on Wednesday, went over to the market, and picked up my ingredients. This is when the learning started.
1. I need to get a one cup measuring cup. Or learn to count. I can’t be sure, but I think I only added two and a half instead of three and a half cups of flour. The dough was more like batter, and I tried so hard to roll it out before I decided that it just wasn’t going to happen.
2. I am not afraid of boiling oil. But I should be. As I was trying to get the temperature right, I ended up scalding the bottom of my pot, making a couple of rejects when the oil wasn’t hot enough, and standing against the wall while the few inches of shortening in the bottom of my dutch oven boiled to five times their original height and threatened to take over my kitchen.
3. The rejects taste awesome.
The Canadian came in to ask me some questions about photoshop, and he took a bunch of the doughnut holes (AKA Tim Bits… Tim Hortons… any Canadians out there? OK. Moving on.) which he enjoyed quite a bit. After awhile, I got a nice rhythm going… but then I was out of dough. So… yeah.
Rejects and Timbits.
Link to Recipe: http://www.culinaryconcoctionsbypeabody.com/2007/10/12/the-joys-of-fried-dough/
Suddenly I’m very hungry, and may have to go out for doughnuts! By the way, I thought Americans called them donuts?!
I think you did a great job. Love your rejects!
Dylan-
I think we do too… but as a Europeanized American who is in love with good spelling and grammar… I just couldn’t do it. Panda says no!
Kristen-
Thanks! I love them too 🙂
The rejects don’t have calories either. 🙂
Thanks for participating.
Not a Canadian but..oh…Timbits…I’ve had friends bring me back some since I have such a Jones for them! I’d eat your “rejects” in a heartbeat 🙂
Lovely entry! these look delicious!
Peabody- Neither does cake batter licked off the bowl. Thanks for hosting the event!
Mrs. L- I know… they’re to die for. And the rejects soaked up a lot more of the glaze… heavenly.
Gretchen Noelle- Thank you, and thanks for stopping by!