Homemade Donut Recipe Ingredients
- Milk – Milk adds fat to the dough making it softer.
- Dry active yeast
- Butter – Melted butter also adds fat to the dough, making it pillowy soft.
- Granulated Sugar – The sugar acts as a tenderizer and interferes with the gluten in the flour, leading to a tender crumb and soft texture. That’s why you’ll find more sugar in this dough than a typical bread dough.
- Salt
- All purpose flour – I specifically developed this recipe to utilize all purpose flour because I know that is what most home chefs have on hand. You’re welcome.
- Oil – I like to use an oil with a high smoke point and a neutral flavor profile like peanut oil. Vegetable and canola oil will also work well, but do not try to use olive oil here!
