Who can resist freshly made donuts? There’s something magical about biting into a warm, fluffy donut coated in a sweet glaze. When you make them with fresh milled flour, the flavor and texture reach a whole new level of deliciousness. Today, I’m excited to share a recipe that brings this magic to your kitchen: Easy Homemade Glazed Donuts with Fresh Milled Flour.
In this recipe, we’ll walk through each step of the process, from mixing the dough to frying and glazing these delectable treats. Whether you’re an experienced baker or just starting, you’ll find this recipe straightforward and rewarding. Let’s dive in and create some homemade donuts that will delight your family and friends!
Why use fresh milled flour?
When it comes to baking, the quality of your ingredients can make a world of difference. Fresh milled flour is a game-changer for several reasons:
- Superior Flavor: Freshly milled flour retains the wheat’s natural oils and flavors, providing a richer, more complex taste to your baked goods. You’ll notice a depth of flavor in these donuts that you just can’t get from store-bought flour.
- Nutritional Benefits: Milling your own flour preserves the grain’s nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, and fiber, which are often lost in commercial processing. This means your donuts are not only delicious but also more nutritious.
- Freshness: Freshly milled flour ensures that your ingredients are at their peak freshness, which can significantly enhance the texture and rise of your donuts.
- Customization: By milling your own flour, you can experiment with different types of wheat and grains, allowing you to create unique flavors and textures tailored to your preferences.
Using fresh milled flour transforms a simple donut recipe into something truly special. Now, let’s move on to the ingredients you’ll need to get started.
Ingredients for Homemade Glazed Donuts
For the Donuts:
Fresh milled hard white flour Feel free to change this up with hard red or a mix of your favorite grains!
Warm milk
Salt
Instant Yeast
Sugar
Melted butter
Eggs
For the Glaze:
Butter
Vanilla
Powdered sugar
Milk
Pinch of salt
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How to make Easy Homemade Glazed Donuts with Fresh Milled Flour
Mill flour
Mill the grain. In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the warm milk. Add the melted butter, sugar, and eggs to the milk. Add the fresh milled flour, salt, and instant yeast to the liquid ingredients.
Knead dough
Knead the dough for about 8-20 minutes until it is smooth and elastic. The dough should reach the windowpane stage, meaning if you stretch a small piece of dough, it should form a thin, translucent membrane without tearing. Allow the dough to rest in the mixer bowl for 10 minutes, covered with a damp cloth. This resting period helps relax the gluten, making it easier to roll out.
This is windowpane for Easy Homemade Glazed Donuts with Fresh Milled Flour.
Shape donuts
After resting, transfer the dough to a lightly oiled surface. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to a 1/2-inch thickness. Be consistent with the thickness to ensure even frying. Use a donut cutter or two different-sized round cutters to cut out the donuts and donut holes. Place the cut-out donuts and donut holes on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. After cutting out the donuts and donut holes, re-roll the remaining dough scraps and cut out more donuts until the remaining dough is all used up.
Rise
Cover the cut donuts with a damp cloth and let them rise in a warm place until they have doubled in size, about 30-45 minutes. This rise ensures that the donuts will be light and fluffy.
Prepare glaze
When the donuts are toward the end of rising, prepare the glaze. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Add the vanilla extract. Gradually whisk in the powdered sugar, followed by the milk, until you achieve a smooth and pourable consistency. You may not need all of the milk so be sure to pour it gradually. Add a pinch of salt to enhance the flavor.
Fry homemade donuts
In a large pot or deep fryer, heat the oil to a temperature between 350°F and 375°F (175°C to 190°C). Use a cooking thermometer to monitor the temperature accurately. Carefully add the risen donuts to the hot oil, a few at a time, being careful not to overcrowd the pot. Fry each side for about 1-2 minutes or until golden brown. Use a slotted spoon or tongs to remove the donuts from the oil, and transfer them to a wire rack lined with paper towels to drain excess oil. Fry the donut holes. These will only take about 1 minute to cook.
Glaze donuts and enjoy
While the donuts are still warm, dip each one into the prepared glaze, allowing any excess to drip off. Place the glazed donuts back on the wire rack to set.
Your homemade glazed donuts are now ready to be enjoyed! Serve them warm for the best experience. These donuts are perfect for breakfast, a snack, or a delightful dessert. Enjoy the delicious taste of freshly milled flour in every bite.
Overnight homemade glazed donuts
To make these ahead, you have two options:
First, you can refrigerate the dough immediately after kneading. Put the dough into a container or bowl with a lid. The next day, remove from the refrigerator and roll out the dough. Then allow to rise as usual.
The second option is to refrigerate the dough after cutting out the donuts. Cut out your donuts and donuts holes. Place on parchment lined baking sheets and cover with a damp cloth and place in refrigerator. The next day, allow the donuts to sit at room temperature for 45 minutes before frying.
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Easy Homemade Glazed Donuts with Fresh Milled Flour
Ingredients
For the Donuts:
- 500 g Fresh milled hard white flour Use 20g more milk if using hard red wheat
- 254 g Warm milk
- 5 g Salt 1 tsp
- 8 g Instant yeast 2 1/4 tsp
- 35 g sugar
- 112 g Melted butter 8 Tbsp
- 2 eggs
- 48 oz Oil or lard for frying
For the Glaze:
- 8 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- Pinch salt
Instructions
Mill flour
- Mill the grain. In the bowl of a stand mixer, add the warm milk. Add the melted butter, sugar, and eggs to the milk. Add the fresh milled flour, salt, and instant yeast to the liquid ingredients.
Knead dough
- Knead the dough for about 8-20 minutes until it is smooth and elastic. The dough should reach the windowpane stage, meaning if you stretch a small piece of dough, it should form a thin, translucent membrane without tearing. Allow the dough to rest in the mixer bowl for 10 minutes, covered with a damp cloth. This resting period helps relax the gluten, making it easier to roll out.
Shape donuts
- After resting, transfer the dough to a lightly oiled surface. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough to a 1/2-inch thickness. Be consistent with the thickness to ensure even frying. Use a donut cutter or two different-sized round cutters to cut out the donuts and donut holes. Place the cut-out donuts and donut holes on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. After cutting out the donuts and donut holes, re-roll the remaining dough scraps and cut out more donuts until the remaining dough is all used up.
Rise
- Cover the cut donuts with a damp cloth and let them rise in a warm place until they have doubled in size, about 30-45 minutes. This rise ensures that the donuts will be light and fluffy.
Prepare glaze
- When the donuts are toward the end of rising, prepare the glaze. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Add the vanilla extract. Gradually whisk in the powdered sugar, followed by the milk, until you achieve a smooth and pourable consistency. You may not need all of the milk so be sure to pour it gradually. Add a pinch of salt to enhance the flavor.
Fry homemade donuts
- In a large pot or deep fryer, heat the oil to a temperature between 350°F and 375°F (175°C to 190°C). Use a cooking thermometer to monitor the temperature accurately. Carefully add the risen donuts to the hot oil, a few at a time, being careful not to overcrowd the pot. Fry each side for about 1-2 minutes or until golden brown. Use a slotted spoon or tongs to remove the donuts from the oil, and transfer them to a wire rack lined with paper towels to drain excess oil. Fry the donut holes. These will only take about 1 minute to cook.
Glaze donuts and enjoy
- While the donuts are still warm, dip each one into the prepared glaze, allowing any excess to drip off. Place the glazed donuts back on the wire rack to set.
- Your homemade glazed donuts are now ready to be enjoyed! Serve them warm for the best experience. These donuts are perfect for breakfast, a snack, or a delightful dessert. Enjoy the delicious taste of freshly milled flour in every bite.
I’m so glad to come across your blog. I found you through your cinnamon roll recipe on Pinterest. My husband made them today. Delicious!
I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed them!
Have not made these yet, but wanted to ask:
if I could fry the donuts then have them sit out over night…? I wanna have then done for tomorrow, but not sure if it will work out.
Just like bakery donuts, they’re best enjoyed as soon as possible.
This donuts are SO GOOD! We had friends over that eat fast food often – no FMF in their home. I made these and that child said “these are better than Krispy Kreme”
These are amazing and my family loves when I make them! Thank you for your wonderful recipes.
Just made these for the first time today, and they turned out amazing! I have never deep fried anything before and was a little intimidated, but this was so easy and I can’t wait to do it again. I don’t have a donut cutter, so I cut them into a beignet shape which my family really enjoyed. I fried them in tallow and then dipped into the glaze. DELICIOUS!
Yum! So excited to try!
What do you do with all that tallow?! That is why I have fried anything in big batches because I don’t want to waste it.
Would love to know your thoughts.
Hi! I reuse my tallow. I store it in a jar in the fridge.
48 oz of a non-seed oil is a little too much $ for me to fry these. Are they good baked?
Hi! I’ve never baked these. You can use less oil. Just use a smaller pot so the donuts have a little depth the fry. You can fry them 1-2 at a time in a smaller pot.
I took half of the donuts and air fried them in the oven and the other half I fried in coconut oil in a very small cast iron dutch oven. They were delicious! I was told better than Krispy Kreme. The air fried were nowhere near as good as the fried.
Delicious! Only needed half of the glaze (covered only half of the donut and it was still plenty sweet. Made these for my son’s 15th birthday.
This recipe was a huge hit with my family this Saturday morning! I’m very experienced with sourdough, but am transitioning to using freshly milled flour and would love to see more variations for using sourdough or hybrid of sourdough/yeast as levain. Thank you for sharing the recipe!