Electric Donut Maker Success!!!
Okay, partially, anyway. Last week, as I mentioned in a thread, I found a vintage (turns out that it's from 1977) Sears and Roebuck electric donut maker that I was eager to try.
I made the most successful, easy to make, plain glazed donuts over the weekend! They were beautiful and tasty and frankly, even though I made them on Saturday, this morning, there were still rather tasty! They kept their shape, texture, moisture and everything. I love them! And the best part is that they are eay to make, and baked, so no mess from splattered oil, less fat and still great! Now, I can make them for my parents (who both love donuts, but are both pre-diabetic) :)
However, I had only slight problem, which I am sure that other bakers have all experienced at least once. I didn't realize it at the time, but I made a batch of chocolate donuts that looked great! We all tried them and couldn't take a single bite. we all spat it out and I couldn't figure out how I got them wrong....well, at about 2am I woke up and realized that I had somehow, in my enthusiasm, forgotten the sugar!!! Please don't do that to chocolate donuts...not a great idea.
Anyway, I wanted to let everyone know, and to let you all know that other companies (at least from what I saw on Ebay) are making and selling newer versions of the same thing, so I encourage you all - if you are donut lovers - to try them! They are fantastic!!!
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7 Comments:
nice! i was wondering if you had tried it out!
wish i'd come across one for seven bucks-too cool!
what did you do with the oil?
gastronomeg at 9:51AM on 07/21/09
You just pour a 1/2 teaspoon into the top of the lid, which then filters down onto the donuts, and that's it! How great is that?
Traveller at 10:00AM on 07/21/09
Fun stuff! There are some good baked donut recipes at King Arthur Flour, too.
jmoilanen at 12:26PM on 07/21/09
Russell Hobbs makes an electric doughnut contraption, like a waffle-maker, but I don't know if it's available in the U.S.
For baked doughnut fans, it might be a nice toy.
yehudisg at 1:37PM on 07/21/09
I found this one, that makes more than mine does a time (mine only makes two) on the King Arthur Flour website. You can also find them pretty cheap online from places like www.thefind.com and probably Ebay, too. But now, I am a firm advocate of them! Especially if you can't resist them, but want/need to watch how many you consume. :)
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/doughnut-maker-mini?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=MiscNew&utm_content=DonutMakers&utm_term=electric+donut+maker&gclid=CMTdyoG755sCFSDxDAodADFq5w
Traveller at 2:49PM on 07/21/09
Whoohoo! Now I've gotta find one for me. I know, I know, the only single-use piece of kitchen equipment I should own is a fire extinguisher, but those donuts sound awful good.
betteirene at 2:20AM on 07/22/09
@betteirene: I love Alton Brown, really, sometimes you have to break the rules.
Traveller at 11:13AM on 07/22/09