The BEST Glazed Donuts You’ll Ever Make (Grandma’s Secrets)

📚 Both of my baking books together for less (these donuts are in my Everyday Baking Book, page 183): https://carolbaking.com 🎁 My free Christmas Cookie Tin: https://carolbaking.com/free These are soft glazed yeast donuts, sweetheart, light as air inside with a thin glaze that crackles. For years I was on the frying crew for our church's spring bake sale, and those early mornings in the church basement taught me the two things most people get wrong with yeast donuts. Today I'll show you both, plus my parchment paper trick, how to cut them with a drinking glass if you don't own a donut cutter, and the sugar-shaken donut holes we made at the church. 0:00 Soft glazed yeast donuts 0:37 The church bake sale frying crew 1:02 What you need 1:53 My two baking books 2:13 Step 1: Warm milk (mistake 1) 2:51 Step 2 and 3: Make the dough 3:17 Step 4: Knead 3:39 Step 5: The first rise 4:20 Step 6: Cut them (no donut cutter? use a glass) 4:49 The parchment square trick 5:06 Step 7: The second rise (mistake 2) 6:01 Step 8: The glaze 6:14 Step 9 and 10: Frying at 350°F 7:15 Step 11: Glazing 7:28 The taste 7:42 Sugar-shaken donut holes 8:01 If they went flat or wrinkled 8:15 Storing and what it costs RECIPE 1 cup whole milk (110°F) · 1 packet active dry yeast (2 1/4 tsp) · 1/4 cup sugar · 2 large eggs · 1/3 cup butter, melted and cooled · 1 tsp salt · 4 cups all-purpose flour · about 6 cups vegetable oil for frying Glaze: 3 cups powdered sugar · 1/4 cup milk · 1 tsp vanilla Proof yeast 5-10 min until foamy. Knead 6-8 min. Rise until doubled, 1-1 1/2 hours. Roll 1/2 inch thick, cut 3-inch rounds (or use a drinking glass and a bottle cap). Rise on floured parchment squares 30-45 min. Fry at 350°F, 3 at a time, 60-90 seconds per side. Dip warm in glaze. Makes 16 donuts and 16 holes. Did your mother or your church ever make homemade donuts? Tell me in the comments, and tell me where you're watching from, too. And do you like yours glazed, or shaken in sugar? Subscribe for more of my old-fashioned recipes. Thank you for baking with me, sweetheart. Carol #donuts #glazeddonuts #grandmasrecipes