Baked Sunday Mornings: Farm Stand Buttermilk Doughnuts

BUTTERMILK  DOUGHNUT TOWER

For the past couple of years I have reveled in reading and baking  from Matt Lewis and Renaldo Poliafito’s highly acclaimed books Baked and  Baked Explorations .  A couple of years ago I ordered the Baked cookbook after watching Matt bake his beautiful and complex creation,  Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake on one of Martha Stewart’s shows.  I was absolutely mesmerized and drooling over his beautiful cake and I was fascinated by his adding salt to the caramel; an ingredient I had never heard of using with this type of  confection, topping or cake, and now it is such a trendy thing to do.   Since that show I have tried salted chocolates, brownies, cupcakes and other items, and in large part, this popularity is due to creative bakers such as Matt and Renaldo who are not only great bakers but also great teachers.  They share freely and are personable and fun, so who wouldn’t want to bake just like they do?

MIXING THE WET WITH THE DRY

I am  excited to join this baking group that will give me goals to push me along as I work my way  through Baked Explorations.  I plan to catch up on the recipes already assigned as this group is already in progress.  I am having fun as I begin working first on the Farm Stand Buttermilk Doughnuts.

USING MY DO-NUT CUTTER MAKES THIS TASK EASY

SO MANY YUMMY DOUGHNUTS IN THE MAKING

 Sunday is a great day at our house.  After church lots of our grown up kids come home with their young families to enjoy Sunday dinner and some family time.  Last Sunday was no exception.  My Frolicking Night Owl daughter and her hubby and their 3 children arrived for dinner, to work on sewing new dresses for their cute little girls, to take pictures of my brand new grandson, and then for dessert, we decided to make the doughnuts together.  ALL THE BETTER!

LOTS OF FRYING BUBBLES

We mixed the dough, fried the doughnuts outside on the patio...it was a wonderful Arizona evening and fun to be outside, decorated the doughnuts, and through it all, my Frolicking Night Owl daughter took all the photos.  She is a great photographer, has a very nice camera (much better than my little point-and-shoot) and so we are calling our experience a joint effort.  And then, the kiddies helped eat the yummy doughnuts which were enjoyed with hot chocolate proclaiming our efforts, “Really Good!”

Every Halloween I make about 800 doughnuts and 800 holes as part of our neighborhood fun.  These are yeast doughnuts and the process takes quite a long time.  The buttermilk doughnuts were fun, quick, had a great flavor, and will be enjoyed often as we can make them without planning ahead.