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Well I have been searching for ways to make my dough lighter and fluffy...and possibly last longer. I may have stumbled upon something recently and I will be giving it a go this weekend with the PB&J doughnuts. For the lasting longer, I discovered that the bigger corporations use dough softeners and conditioners to make the dough last longer after cooking, yeah kind of like fabric softener and hair conditioner...yay chemistry!....not a fan of that idea so I will stick with what nature intended. The issue I have been having is the lack of that light ring around the middle, the dough comes out good and all, but it gets too dark when cooking fully. This is caused by a dense and heavy dough, even after proper proofing...it is too heavy and sinks into the oil, while it should be floating on top. After this weeks doughnut I will be taking a break for a week from the fried goodies and take a stab at cinnamon rolls...(my mom isn't able to eat fried doughnuts and she has been wanting me to make something she can eat). So we'll see how that goes. I intend on revealing the name I hope to use for my doughnut shop in the near future, it is a bit funny and some of you that even look at this blog already know it. I would also like to thank those of you who do give this blog some traffic, hopefully someday soon you can actually eat one of the doughnuts in the pictures!

Key Lime Pie Doughnuts

This weeks doughnut was a key lime pie doughnut, it turned out great and it seems to be the most popular one yet...here are some pictures:

They have a lime custard filling, vanilla glaze, and graham cracker crust crumble on top. They tasted like eating a slice of key lime pie!

On a side note proofing dough without the correct conditions can be tricky, but it turns out an indoor greenhouse works great!

Lastly here is a picture of the makings of the filling, it was interesting to make and oddly enough one of the few times I've used a double boiler.

I think the next doughnut will be a PB&J doughnut....gonna go with a peanut butter glaze on a straberry filled doughnut and see how it turns out!

Yesterdays Doughnuts

Yesterday I was able to make up some doughnuts...it has been awhile but I think they turned out great...anyways here are some pictures:

These ones are a chocolate cake doughnut dipped in caramel and then covered in peanuts.

I made some doughnuts today and I learned two things. Having a stand mixer makes everything so much simpler and baking a plain cake doughnut is just a fancy sugar cookie with a hole in the middle. I have come to a conclusion on what my next doughnut will be with a little bit of help from my brother I have decided to give the chocolate cake doughnuts another go, but with a twist this time. They will be dipped in caramel and then rolled in crushed peanuts....should be pretty good!

 

Chocolate Cake doughnut

This weeks doughnut came a little early, here are the pictures:

These are a chocolate cake doughnut with a vanilla glaze. They came out a little dry, but full of flavor. Hopefully any issues I have been having with the dough may be coming to an end....I ordered a nice stand mixer, so now I won't have to do it by hand! Not sure what doughnut I'm going to try next, I will post when I do.