Your favorite donut hole recipe?

[lestblight]

Looking to make a batch with some ice cream.

Can you recommend a recipe?

Thanks

[lestblight]

Btw I'm thinking of this one
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/al...

this is for a yeast donut.. Anyone think I should try another? Cake donut?

I wanted a simple donut with cinnamon sugar

Also I have seen some recipe with buttermilk.

Is that any good?

[bushwickgirl]

I'm partial to yeast-raised donuts, try Alton's basic recipe first and then it you don't like, I have a recipe for cake donuts I'll be happy to post. The cinnamon sugar really belongs on a yeasted donut, rather than a cake, but with ice cream...maybe cake.
Got a donut cutter ready to go??

[lestblight]

thanks ill try that

i was making donut holes.. so i was just going to drop a teaspoon of batter in the oil..

would that work
?

[bushwickgirl]

I would think so, maybe around a tablespoon more than a teaspoon. You can use almost anything to cut the yeast dough after it's rolled out; a small bisquit cutter or small glass jar, say, a caper jar, something with that sized mouth would be good. Or I guess you could hand-form them. Flour your cutter or jar first so they don't stick.

[lestblight]

Thank you.
They came out well!

One question when I floured and rolled them to a circle and let it rest for a bit and then fried tasted different then when I rolled again didn't let rest and fried

I'm not sure why. Is there a preferred method? I just wanted perfect circles for my holes. When they rested they flattened a bit.

Thanks

[bushwickgirl]

Are you saying the ones not rested tasted better/worse or just different, in what respect? Were they tougher, more tender,as compared to teh rested ones?
You were using a yeasted dough, right? After you cut them, you let them rest and they flattened a bit, correct? The dough have have deflated after being worked. If they were better when not rested, I would go with that method. I think donuts should be fried directly after being cut, as not to lose the oomph from the yeast.
Glad they came out well.