I’m not always the most giving mom. I mean, I know that there are people out there who would do anything for their kids… who want the best of the best for them. Of course, I want what’s best for my kids and I want them to do well in life and to succeed. I love them dearly and I would do almost anything for them. Almost…
When it comes to food, I just can’t seem to sacrifice the best for them. The best piece of steak would be gobbled down and not appreciated for it’s flavor by a 4 year old. My 9 year old is only concerned with how much he can get into his mouth in the shortest amount of time… he barely even tastes what he puts in there.
Why am I sharing this with you today? Because when it comes to doughnut holes from our favorite Daylight Donuts shop up the road, I always peer into each bag before handing them out and save the best of the best for myself. The doughnut holes that are perfectly cooked… not too done, still warm, and soft and fluffy. Most mom’s would probably give those to their kids, taking the doughnut holes that aren’t as stellar. But, I’m selfish and if I am going to spend any calories on doughnuts, those little gems need to be the best of the best to make it worth it!
My kids and I decided to make homemade doughnuts and doughnut holes this past weekend. They helped with cutting the dough and dunking the doughnuts into the glaze. Luckily, almost every single doughnut was the best of the best, so I didn’t have to be selfish mama. We could all enjoy soft, tender, warm doughnuts and doughnut holes without my inner struggle regarding my un-willingness to sacrifice the best doughnut holes for my kids.
Recipe: Homemade Yeast Doughnuts & Doughnut Holes for the Bread Machine ABM
- 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons warm water
- 3/4 cup lukewarm milk
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 eggs
- 3 tablespoons shortening
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 quart vegetable oil for frying
For the glaze:
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons hot water
- Place the first 8 ingredients into your bread machine in the order recommended in the users manual (Mine suggests all liquid first, sugars next, flour and yeast last). Turn on and set to dough cycle setting.
- Once the dough cycle is complete, turn the dough out onto a floured surface and roll out to 1/2 inch thickness. Using a floured doughnut / biscuit cutter, cut into desired shapes.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in confectioners’ sugar and vanilla until smooth. Remove from heat, and stir in hot water one tablespoon at a time until the icing is somewhat thin, but not watery. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large heavy skillet to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Slide doughnuts into the hot oil using a wide spatula. Turn doughnuts over as they rise to the surface. Fry doughnuts on each side until golden brown. Remove from hot oil, to drain on a wire rack. Dip doughnuts into the glaze while still hot, and set onto wire racks to drain off excess.
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Oooh! Delightful. Homemade pasta and now homemade doughnuts? That’s it. I’m moving in.
Amy | She Wears Many Hats´s last [type] ..Dust
Amy we can share a room…….I’m moving in to Kristen’s too!!
This is NOT a post I should be looking at at 6am! now I’m craving donuts! Wish I still had my bread machine
Girl, I could shove every one of these delectable yummies down my pie-hole (or doughnut-hole) this very second!
Lisa
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I am so making these – all for me!
Thanks so much for sharing the recipe.
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Love that you cooked with the kids.. and made such a fun delicious food!! Can I be your kid???
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I think moms should get to be a little selfish every once in a while, go ahead enjoy the best doughnut holes, you deserve it!
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Such a cute post – love your honesty here! I agree – if you are going to spend the calories on a doughnut, it should be an awesome donut and these look fantastic.
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They look better than any doughnut I’ve ever eaten from a doughnut shop. Doughnut holes are my absolute favorite!
The doughnuts look perfect!
I totally just pictured your kids going “Oh, that’s what they’re supposed to taste like.” LOL
This will have to go into my “things to do with my kids” pinterest board.
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Kristen, I am so impressed! These doughnuts look as if they came from a bakery. Come teach my class how to do these. They look so yummy!
Kristin, I knew there were so many reasons I love you. I too would dig frantically through that bag until I found the perfect donut. Then I would proceed to beg them for theirs
Thanks for this recipe – my kids would love me more if I made these. xo
These look fantastic. I can understand why you save some for yourself. I like your combination of ingredients for the glaze. Gotta give it a try!
KRISTEN!!!!!
Did you know donuts are my all time favorite food?? These look AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING. We also have a Daylight Donuts in town…best donuts ever. But these look better!! I want some. NOW.
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I’m not sure I’d have the willpower to stay away from these while on WW. This from the girl who is making pancakes for breakfast this AM. Daily struggle. Food is too good, isn’t it?? These look like some great donuts.
Lori @ RecipeGirl´s last [type] ..Lemon- Raspberry Cupcakes- Frosting for the Cause
I don’t blame you one little bit! Too many moms always put the kids first. Moms need to come first in their own lives at least some of the time, and ESPECIALLY when it comes to something like fresh donut holes!
Amber | Bluebonnets & Brownies´s last [type] ..Weeknight Chicken Noodle Soup
YUM!! I always say I will share anything EXCEPT my food… lol. And of course, you make some good points about kids not really knowing how to appreciate some foods!
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Donuts is something we have been wanting to make but they always seem so….annoying? (with the frying and all) You’ve inspired me to give it a try.
Katie | GoodLife Eats´s last [type] ..Easy Dessert Crepes with Ricotta and Raspberries
I’m adding these to my “things I can make from the dough cycle on my bread machine”. I’ve been obsessed lately with it and these are perfect. Fun post!
Wow, your doughnuts look incredible! I can’t wait to try these!
I am a sucker for doughnut holes…I love that this recipe can be made in a bread maker. One day I’ll invest in a fryer, which seems much easier than doing it on the stove top. Lovely photos!
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I’m definitely partial to the doughnut holes, but honestly, your doughnuts look so good that I’d happily have whatever you could spare!
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These look so tempting! You are a great momma!
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Donuts are Little Buddy’s weakness. I really should make them with him soon. You are my inspiration!
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Me oh my, these doughnuts look wonderful Kristen! So decadent and delicious, and my kind of breakfast! Thanks for sharing. You have a beautiful blog and I’m so glad to have found it. I’m looking forward to exploring your recipes and seeing more!
– Georgia
My daughter Sassafras loves, I mean LOVES doughnuts. I got her a doughnut pan and doughnut mix for Christmas just so I wouldn’t be badgered by her to go get doughnuts every Saturday (me selfish mama too). We have now used up all of the doughnut mix so your timing is splendid! I shall pass this on to Sassafras a.s.a.p.!
Thank you! ♥
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I’m right there with you!! Even though Abbi is only 2, she’s notorious for wanting to eat whatever I’m eating. I’ll save things until she goes to bed or is occupied in another room! These doughnuts look absolutely perfect!
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I get indigestion just watching my ten year old son eat! What is up with that? Is it the age? Anyway…do I have to buy another appliance? Your doughnuts look so perfect that I feel as though I need a bread machine. Your cooking project with the kids is a good one.
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oh my! I so didn’t need to know that I could make doughnuts at my house!
Btw, you’re being featured in frugalrecipesdaily . Cool to see how connected everything is .
Pretzels, pasta, now doughnuts. I’m getting fat just reading. Yum.
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Can you teach me to cook like you? Or can I come eat there for let’s say 7 meals a week! Alli is very impressed ……she said mom…. Can you do that or ask her for some? I see a business in your future!! Sell them at Emily’s with their new coffee
Help! These look wonderful, and amazing timing too–my little guy was just asking if we could make doughnuts, “you do know how to make doughnuts, don’t you Mommy?” Now I do!
Except. . . I don’t have a bread machine
Can anyone tell me what to do to achieve “set to dough cycle setting”? Do I let it rise –once? twice?
Thanks for the help, and Thank You for the recipe!
Lorna´s last [type] ..Therell Be Days Like This
was on the farm this weekend and had homemade doughnuts. tough call, the doughnuts or the cinnamon rolls … had to eat plenty of both to decide which was better!
when folks think about hawai’i, it’s usually the beach, the sun, and the waves that come to mind. but what I miss most about living there are the malasadas, doughnuts fried up on the side of the road sold from carts and trailers. you’d go for a saturday morning bike ride and grap a bag on the way home. mmmm, mmmm, mmmm.
Steve @ HPD´s last [type] ..Seventeen Days until St Paddy’s Day
Love all these wonderful doughnut recipes that are exploding all over the blogworld recently! Yours look absolutely delicious!
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Sounds yummy – do you let the doughnuts rise after cutting to shape and before frying?
They look amazing! I’m sure I would have a hard time controlling myself!
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i look at this situation as being selfless – really Kristen, think about it . . . you’re saving your children from the calories, from the sugar, from having to run on a treadmill to get rid of all that sugar and calories . . . yep, i’m seeing this as a very, very selfless act . . . in fact, i vote you mother of the year!!!
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MOG. you make me want to have donut hole right now. They are my favorite part of doughnut, but what I’m I going to do now 11 pm !!! I have to wait until tomorrow to try it, so I will not feel to guilty about it
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I’ll give this a try! I made one previously that I didn’t fancy because it turned out too rich, too much butter and eggs. Yours look promising! Thanks for sharing!
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Those look so professional (well, of course!)! Now I’m really wishing I’d gotten my bread machine fixed while it was still under warranty. It’s been this massive “paperweight” in my pantry for the past 5 years. Sigh…sounds like it’s time to find a repair shop.
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That is so funny! I would probably do the same thing if I had kids old enough to eat doughnuts
Thanks for sharing this recipe. It looks awesome! – LeAnne
This brings back so many fun memories of making donuts with my mom and sisters. So why haven’t I done this with MY girls yet?! Yours look completely delicious – they’re beautiful!
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Learning to make homemade doughnuts was on my list of things to do this year, and your recipe looks perfect! Thanks so much for sharing. (And I’m with you, my 4 year old would never appreciate the “best bite” haha)
I just love making donuts. Each year on Christmas day we make them this way, frying. Sooooooo good.
I’d love for you to share this recipe on my linky for Sweet Tooth Friday. http://alli-n-son.com/2011/03/03/monster-cookies/
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I love that the dough is made in a bread machine. It makes it so much easier!
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Wow these doughnuts are awesome! Here is a picture of the doughnuts I just made
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HA- Kristen. This totally made me laugh- because we do the same thing. I always thought I was the only mom out there that would save the best of certain things for myself. Now I feel better & I am going to enhance that even more once I make these doughnuts.
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Just finished making these for our Christmas morning treat. They were everything you said and more. Thank you for posting and sharing the recipe!!!
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