Donuts Life Story

Almost everyone enjoys donuts. The U.S. bought half a million dollars worth of donuts in 2014 alone. What is this treats history, and what is the secret to making it?

No one is sure when donuts were invented but it may have been by Dutch settlers in the 1800s. The first donut recipe was found in 1800 calling them dow nuts. Dow nuts are their second name because they were originally called Olykoeks, oily cakes. Donut phrase was first used in 1800 and donut and was written in a news article of 1809. Donuts didn't always have a hole in them in 1847 Hanson Gregory poked a hole in them. Donuts were not brought up in history again until they became popular in world war one. In 1920 Adam Levit invented the automatic donut machine, which made 87 donuts per hour. Donuts where pronounced the food hit of the century at the Chicago world fair in 1934. If you would like to learn how to make this treat, read below!

How to make baked donuts
Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons of oil
• ¾ cup of milk
• ½ cup of granulated sugar
• ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon of salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

 

1. Preheat oven for 350 degrees
2. Add flour, salt, and baking powder into a mixing bowl and whisk together, set aside
3. Whisk in the egg into sugar
4. While whisking add in vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and milk
5. Add the two mixtures together
6. Spoon into donut pan until each spot is ⅔ full
7. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown
8. Enjoy oven baked donuts

How to make fried donuts
Ingredients

• Pre-made dough
• Donut whole cutter
• Small rolling pin

 

1. Open up the dough and stick two things together, make sure they aren't too flat, just press the edges together
2. Roll out the donuts until they are about half a centimeter thick
3. Poke a hole in the donuts
4. Heat up oil in a pan
5. Put donut into the hot oil for about 45-60 seconds
6. Flip it over and fry for 45-60 seconds
7. Take out the donut and place it on a paper towel to remove excess oil

How to make donut glaze
Ingredients

• ½ cup of melted butter
• ¼ cup of milk
• 2 ½ cups of confection sugar (icing sugar)
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon of light corn syrup

 

1. Add all of the ingredients into a bowl while mixing
2. If your glaze is to thick add more milk if it is to thin, add more icing sugar.
3. Dip your donuts into your glaze by holding the bottom and sticking the top in.

Donuts are one of America's favorite treats. There are many ways to make them and they have an interesting history. I know what I will be doing on the first Friday of June, national donut day!

Story by Anabel Kehoe

Sources: 
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-history-of-the-doughnut-150405177/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeiNNZ8tfT8&t=292s&pbjreload=10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y3gtcf_yH0
https://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/03/dollars-to-doughnuts-us-eats-half-a-billion-worth.html

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