The Original Old Fashion Paczki Recipe
(music) gemma's bigger bolder bakinghomemade donuts hi bold bakers! this week's recipe has beenthe most requested on bigger bolder baking. what is it? donuts! more specifically, bakeddonuts. my donuts look and taste just like fried but without all the extra fat. so it'sa win-win! so let's get baking. so i know what you're thinking, if these arebaked donuts then they're probably those cakey donuts that you pipe into a mold. no, they'renot. this is a really great yeast dough and i'm going to keep a big secret about it untilthe very end so see if you can figure out what it is. in stand mixer, we're going to add our flour,sugar,
salt,and yeast. a little tip when adding in yeast. don't letit come in direct contact with the salt orit will actually deactivate the yeast. now mix your ingredients together separatelyso everything is well combined. in a separate jug, we're going to measureout our milk, our water,and butter. we're going to heat this mix in the microwaveuntil the butter melts and it's blood temperature. if you can't feel the liquid around your finger,it means it's the same temperature as your blood which means it's blood temperature.
lastly, add your vanilla extract into yourliquid. turn your machine on and add in your liquid. we're going to mix it on low for two minutesto actually wake up the yeast and get it activated. the recipe for this dough can be found belowthe video in the description box. after your two minutes on low,turn the machine on to medium speed and we're going to knead for around 6-8 minutes untilit starts to clean the bottom of the bowl. our dough is done, it's been on for 8 minutesand it's good to go. so we're going to turn it out on a flouredsurface. it's kind of a sticky dough so make sure youhave flour around.
and we're going to scrape the bowl cleanand we're going to pour a little bit of flavorless oil into the bowl so it helps the dough to rise and then popit back in. you see when you push on the dough and itbounces back at you. that is exactly what you want. it means thatyour dough is alive. now cover your dough tightly with cling filmso no air gets in and i like to lay a tea towel over the topto keep it warm. and just so you know, you can make this doughthe day before and then bake it the next day. now we're one step closer to making our homemadedonuts.
it's been two hours, our dough is lookingfantastic so we're going to turn it out onto a floured surface. roll your dough out to around 1/2 an inchthick. we want our donuts to be nice and big. this is bigger bolder baking after all. to cut your doughnuts, you do not need a specialdonut cutter. i just use a regular cutter and to cut out the donut holei just use the bottom of a piping tip. then just tap out your donut hole. and then straight onto a baking tray andgive them a little bit of space so they can rise and grow.
my first job in the united states was actuallyas a bread baker. and i used to have to get up and go to work at 3am in the freezing coldand snow. but i loved it. so because this is bigger bolder baking, we'regoing to make a few different varieties of homemade donuts. if you want to make stuffed donuts,just cut another round and don't cut out a donut hole with the leftover doughgently rework it and cut out more donuts. once you've cut out your donuts, we need toproof them again a little bit longer for around another 30minutes
and then they're ready for the oven. our donuts are proofed and they actually onlytook only 20 minutes you can tell when they're done when they'renice and rounded out. you see how you can't see the lines of thecutter anymore. before they go in the oven, we're just goingto brush the tops with melted butter and this gives them a really nice color. now one thing i iike to do when working withyeast dough is to sprinkle the tray with water so then when the water evaporates it createssteam and it helps all of the yeast to rise and also ithink it gives your donuts a nice soft top.
our donuts are ready for the oven.i can't wait for them to be baked. while our donuts are in the oven, we're goingto get cracking on the glaze because we want to dip them straight away when they come outof the oven. in a large bowl,add in your icing sugar, vanilla extract,and a little bit of water. and then just whisk together.add enough water to get a thin icing. this glaze is really easyand it's very reminiscent of a krispy kreme flavor if you know what i mean. our donuts are finished baking. you wouldnot believe what my kitchen smells like right now. look at these beautiful donuts!
why would you eat fried if you could justbake them off and they're going to be just as good. oh man, they smell so good. ok, i have to stop touching them. we're going to glaze them and we're going to get eatin'. once your donuts come out of the oven, thebest thing to do is glaze them straight away because all that warm dough kind of soaksup the glaze and that's exactly what you want. can you believe these are baked donuts? what i like to do with these donuts is toactually double dip them in the glaze. so i do one layer, let it setthen i put them back in again for another layer. it makes them really good and keeps them nice and soft.
if you needed any convincing that these aredonuts then just look at this! so now it's time to get really big & bold. dip your donut holes in butter while they'restill warm and then toss them in sugar and pumpkin piespice. i love the sweet and salty flavors together. i like to serve these donut holes around theholidays for easy entertaining with chocolate sauce. oh, these are so good.check these out. by tasting this you'd never know it was a baked donut. so do you remember these donuts that we madefor stuffing? we are going to fill them with nutella.
just make an incision in the bottom,fill your piping bag with nutella, and then squeeze.you will actually see it getting bigger. and then add a swirl to the top. now you have a big & bold box of homemadedonuts. remember that secret i mentioned earlier,well my donut dough is also my monkey bread dough. it works really well for both. i really hope you guys try out my homemadebaked donuts. you will not be disappointed. don't forget to subscribe to my channel andi'll see you back here again next thursday for more bigger bolder baking.
