Yes, I am spoiled. No question. When your husband gets up and makes homemade pumpkin doughnuts for breakfast while you’re in the shower? That’s having it all!
Dave Making Pumpkin Doughnuts
Can you tell he was surprised when I took his picture?
I got out of the shower to this wonderful smell of – can it be? – yes! Doughnuts! Dave got a recipe from Cooks.com for pumpkin doughnuts that are wonderful! You can read the recipe here on Cooks.com. It’s copyrighted so I didn’t want to copy it.
Here he is combining the last few bits of dough to make just a few more of these.
Combining the Dough Ends
Dave had some bits and pieces left after cutting out the doughnuts. He combined the doughnut holes with the last of the dough to roll it out. You have to be careful not to use too much flour or the last couple doughnuts will be tough.
Getting Ready to Roll Out the Last of the Doughnut Dough
Once the dough is rolled out, then cut them with a doughnut cutter. Dave likes this one because it’s nice and sharp. You can just see the tempered glass counter protector. It’s under the deep fryer to the right. (Yes, making doughnuts is messy.)
Cutting Out Doughnuts
Once the doughnuts are cooked, transfer to a lined pan to drain. Dave follows my Mom’s lead and puts a paper grocery bag underneath to absorb the grease, then covers each layer with several paper towels.
Pumpkin Doughtnuts In Progress
Once they drain, you want to sugar them before eating. The easiest way is to put sugar in a zip bag, add the doughnut and shake gently.
Sugaring Up the Doughnuts
Besides a good recipe and an appreciative wife, hungry family, you need only a few tools to make doughnuts.
Use a big Wood Pastry Board that you can flour to roll out the dough and a rolling pin. Dave loves the marble rolling pin we got as a wedding present way back when. My Mom swore by her wooden one, so it’s all a matter of preference. The marble one stays cool which helps when the dough is sticky. Dave got his board on Amazon and I’ve some links below that can help.
Must Have Doughtnut Making Tools. Wooden Pastry Board and Rolling Pin
Of course you need a deep fryer. This one is Presto brand and I don’t think it was particularly expensive. It is the style that you can use to cook regular food in too. It’s a good idea to use a glass heat protector to keep your counter from cracking. The red handled tool on the right is a slotted thingy that you use to fish out the doughnuts.
Must Have Doughtnut Making Tools Deep Fryer
Of course, what would a blog post be without showing the final product? Here we go: Dave’s Pumpkin Doughnuts!
Pumpkin Doughnuts All Sugared and Ready to Eat!
Must Have Tools
Amazon no longer has the exact same board Dave uses but this one is the same size and has sizes marked on it that are easy to read.
This rolling pin looks identical to Dave’s.
Dave tried many deep fryers. I don’t recommend the Fry Daddy line for doughnuts because the oil doesn’t get quite hot enough and temperature variations make the doughnuts greasy. He has a large, expensive rectangular one that he used for a while but I wouldn’t get that either. For one thing it takes up a lot of space on the counter or in the cupboard and for another it uses a ton of oil.
This basic one from Presto is like ours and should work great.
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