Baked Donuts Recipe

Rating:  ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ / 5

Makes 12 donuts | Serving: 1 doughnut | Calories per serving: 252

Ingredients:

• 1 cup whole milk, warmed
  
• 2 and 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
  
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar, divided
  
• 2 large eggs
  
• 6 Tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• 4 cups of flour

Directions:

1. Whisk the 1 cup of warm milk, 2 1/4 tsp of yeast, and 1 Tablespoon sugar together. Loosely cover and allow to sit for 5–10 minutes until foamy and frothy on top.
   
2. Add 4 tbsp of sugar, 2 eggs, 6 tbsp of butter, 1 tsp of vanilla, 1/4 tsp of nutmeg, 1/2 tsp of salt, and 2 cups flour. Whisk for 1 minute. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a silicone spatula as needed. Add remaining flour and beat on medium speed until the dough comes together and pulls away from the sides of the bowl, about 2 minutes. If needed, add more flour, 1 Tablespoon at a time, until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Don’t add too much flour, though. You want a slightly sticky dough.
   
3. Knead by hand on a lightly floured surface for 5-7 full minutes. If the dough becomes too sticky during the kneading process, sprinkle 1 teaspoon of flour at a time on the dough or on the work surface/in the bowl to make a soft, slightly tacky dough. Do not add more flour than you need because you do not want a dry dough. After kneading, the dough should still feel a little soft. Poke it with your finger—if it slowly bounces back, your dough is ready to rise.
   
4. Lightly grease a large bowl with oil or nonstick spray. Place the dough in the bowl, turning it to coat all sides in the oil. Cover the bowl and allow the dough to rise in a relatively warm environment for 1.5–2 hours or until double in size.
5. After the dough rises, Preheat oven to 375F. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until lightly golden and firm to the touch.
   
6. If dipping in a glaze, dip straight out of the oven and then let cool for 5-10 minutes.

adapted from https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/how-to-make-homemade-glazed-doughnuts/#tasty-recipes-70433

Bread Machine Bread

Rating:  ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ / 5
Makes 1 loaf / roughly 14 slices | Serving: 2 slices | Calories per loaf: 2060 | Calories per slice: 147

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of water, very hot
• 1 egg
• 4 tbsp of cold butter
• 1/4 cup of sugar
• 1 1/4 tsp of salt
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tbsp of dry yeast

Directions:Place 1 cup of hot water, the egg, 4 tbsp of butter, 1 1/4 cup of sugar, and 1 1/4 tsp of salt in bread machine
Add 3 cups flour. Make a small well in the flour and add yeast.
Set bread machine to "dough" for 90 minutes (1 hour 30 minutes) and start.
When dough is finished. Pour directly into a greased bread pan. If needed, gently turn the bread or tuck in the edges so the top is smooth (it's okay if it is sticky).
Place bread in COLD oven and set oven to 350 degrees. Set timer for 30 minutes.
When finished baking, remove from oven and carefully remove bread from the pan.Place on a baking rack to cool and spray the top with butter.
adapted from https://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/bread-machine-bread/#wprm-recipe-container-32663