Hi Bold Bakers! You know I am a huge fan of making donuts, however, one of the most common
questions I get from you is can you make them without yeast? You will be delighted to know
that I have the perfect donut recipe for you that you do not need yeast for. And, you don't
even need a stand mixer to make them, we’re gonna mix them all up by hand. Super easy
recipe. As always, the recipe for these donuts and all of my other recipes can be found on
my website, BiggerBolderBaking.com. Okay, let's get started in a nice large bowl. Add
in your flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. And then
whisk all of these ingredients together. All we want to do here is make sure that all of
our raising agents and spices get mixed all the way throughout. So now we are gonna set
this aside, and we’re gonna mix together our wet ingredients in a separate jug. Add
in buttermilk, melted butter, vanilla extract, and eggs. And then whisk all of these ingredients
together. So now if you don't eat eggs, that is totally fine, you can substitute them for
applesauce or mashed banana. Feel free to reference my egg substitute chart on my website,
it’s really, really helpful if you're vegan or you don't eat eggs. Okay this is looking
good, now we’ve got our wet ingredients, and we’re gonna mix it straight into our
dry. Using a spatula I find it best to just bring the two ingredients. Now this will form
a bit of a dry dough, we’re just gonna mix it till we get it as much together as we can.
And then I'm gonna go in with my hand and just pull the dough together. It doesn't need
more liquid, you might think it does but it doesn't really, you see when you touch it
it’s nice and wet. So just bring it all together to form a ball. Now I'm gonna turn
it out onto my floured surface. I really love this dough because the donuts that it yields
are so soft and kind of cakey. But the thing about it is you don’t need a stand mixer,
you don't need to wait two hours for a dough to rise. It’s just so simple. All we’re
gonna do is flatten this dough out with our hands, to around ¾ of an inch thick. Because
we want to make nice thick donuts. Okay so to cut out our donuts you do not need to go
and buy a donut cutter, we have a round cutter here, and a little small one. This is around
3” and this one is around 1.5”. And all we’re gonna do is boop, like this, and make
our donuts. So just go ahead, and cut out all of your nice donuts. And then go along
with your inside part, and right in the middle, there we go. Now obviously these little ones
left over are donut holes, so they will also get eaten. Perfect, look at that. Gorgeous
donuts. Then with the rest of your dough kind of fold it back together, press it out, and
continue cutting out your donuts until all your dough is gone. So our donuts are cut
out, we are ready get frying. Now the thing about is you do need a deep fryer to cook
these off, we are going to shallow fry them in a heavy bottomed saucepan, with a vegetable
oil, or a canola oil, or even a sunflower oil, any kind of a flavorless oil. A good
safety tip is to keep your pan at the back of the stove so it’s not on the edge. Now
if you want to check the temperature of your oil to see if it’s ready and if you have
a thermometer, it should read 375ºF, however what I like to do is take a little bit of
dough, pop it in there, and see how long it takes to go brown and that’s roughly how
I know if it’s good to cook off my donuts. So it only took around two minutes for my
piece of dough to go brown so now that my oil is hot enough to start cooking off my
donuts. So I'm just gonna put a few in at a time, around 4, to give them enough space
to cook by themselves. So I like to use a spider when I make donuts but just make sure
that whatever utensil you use has a wooden handle so the heat doesn't go all the way
through it. So you just wanna cook your donuts for around 3-4 minutes or until they're golden
brown before you flip them over. Once your donuts are brown, flip them over and cook
them for a further 3-4 minutes. So now in case you do not want to fry your donuts, do
not worry, I have got loads of baked ones, from carrot cake, to red velvet, my favorite
is chocolate, and they can all be found on my website. Last but not least don't forget
to cook off your donut holes, now these guys will take a little less time because they're
smaller. Our donuts are gorgeous and golden brown, they smell amazing, so here's the secret
to donuts just like the way you get them in a donut shop, duck them in glaze while they're
still warm, because when you do that, it soaks it all up and it gives you a lovely crisp
shell. So whatever glaze you like, just dip it in. I like to dunk them in fully for some
of them, and then for others I like to just get the top. And let the excess drip off.
Now I have loads of different glazes here, and I actually have a post on my website dedicated
to donut glazes, that's how popular they are, so make sure you go check that out. I have
to say that these donuts look pretty legit, it’s like when you go out to buy special
donuts, this is exactly what they look like. Now however I'm a serious fan of donut holes,
so I'm gonna try this one. [Crunch!] Oh, man. I love these, because they're nice and cakey
in the middle, and they're crunchy on the outside, you can probably hear that. Mm. These
are awesome, you are definitely gonna want to try this recipe. I get so many requests
for donuts so I'm delighted to be able to do one finally that has no yeast in it. I
really hope you enjoyed this recipe and I’ll see you back here really soon for more Bigger
Bolder Baking.