Easy Bread Machine Donuts
This Easy Bread Machine Donuts recipe is a simple method for making fresh homemade donuts using your bread machine! A tasty combination of flour, yeast, and sugar and you will have homemade donuts in no time.
What are Bread Machine Donuts?
Using a bread machine is such an easy way to make donuts and saves a ton of time. This great recipe lets you skip the step of kneading the dough, and lets the machine do the work for you! It really is the easiest bread machine donut dough recipe and results in fluffy, sweet homemade goodness.
How to Make Bread Machine Donuts
The butter, water and egg should be at room temperature and the milk slightly warm.
To begin place all ingredients into bread machine pan in the following order (dry ingredients last!). Milk, water, butter, egg, sugar, salt, flour and yeast. Do not stir! Set the bread machine to “Dough Cycle” and push start.
When the cycle is complete you will have soft risen dough, perfect for making donuts!
Remove dough from bread machine and place on lightly floured surface.
Sprinkle the rolling pin with flour and roll dough to 1/2 inch thickness.
Dust donut cutter or circle cookie cutter with flour and cut into perfect donut circles.
Transfer to a baking sheet lined with wax paper. Place another layer of wax paper on top and cover with a tea towel. Let the dough rise for 30-40 minutes until slightly raised.
While the donuts are rising, heat vegetable oil to 375º. Fahrenheit, (190ºC) in a deep fryer or large heavy pot. Fry 2-3 donuts at a time until golden brown on both sides.
Drain on a paper towel. Sprinkle with granulated or confectioners sugar.
A tasty homemade treat that will fly off the plate!
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Bread Machine Donuts
Ingredients
- 2/3 cups milk slightly warmed
- 1/4 cup water room temperature
- 1/4 cup butter soft (room temperature)
- 1 egg slightly beaten
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups bread machine flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoon bread machine yeast
- 1 quart oil for deep frying
- 1/4 cup confectioners sugar optional
Instructions
- Place milk, water, butter, egg, sugar, salt, flour and yeast into bread machine pan in exact order listed. Do not stir!
- Insert baking pan securely into baking unit, close lid, select dough setting and push start.
- When cycle is complete, remove dough from pan and transfer to lightly floured surface.
- Using rolling pin lightly dusted with flour, roll dough to ½ inch thickness.
- Cut with floured dusted donut cutter or circle cookie cutter.
- Transfer donuts to baking sheet that has been covered with wax paper. Place another layer of wax paper on top, then cover with clean tea towel. Let rise 30-40 minutes until slightly raised.
- While donuts are rising heat vegetable oil to 375º (190ºCº) in deep fryer or large heavy pot.
- Fry donuts 2-3 at a time until golden brown on both sides. About 3 minutes.
- Drain on paper towel.
- Sprinkle with granulated or confectioners sugar
Nutrition
Can these be made the night before? I want to make them Christmas morning!
Hi Kylene, homemade donuts always taste better fresh, but I’m sure they would still be good made the day before. Just do not refrigerate them.
I meant whether the dough can be made the night before. How would I go about doing that?
Hi Kylene, I honestly can’t tell you, as I have never made the dough ahead of time.
Wonderful recipe!
Can you use an air fryer to finish the donuts instead of oil?
Hi Kate, I’m not sure as I have never tested this out with an air fryer.
My family loved these donuts! Easy and will definitely be making more!
Awesome Shelby, thank you, so glad you enjoyed the recipe.
Can’t wait. To try these.
What bread maker do you use?
I’m currently in the market for a new one!
Hi Kate, my bread maker is Cuisinart. I bought it about 6 years ago.