Breakfast: The Best Doughnut Recipe Ever

Watch as Better Homes and Gardens shows you how to make the best doughnut recipe ever! No longer will you have to stop into your bakery to get these ever-popular breakfast foods: warm and flaky doughnuts. This easy doughnut recipe is great for sharing with family and friends at brunch. Start out one of your new favorite breakfast food ideas by measuring out 3-1/4 cups of all-purpose flour in a large mixing bowl. Add to this 1 tablespoon of baking powder, 1 teaspoon of ground cinnamon, 3/4 teaspoon of salt, and 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg. Combine the dry mixture and set this bowl aside for now as you turn your attention to combining the wet ingredients. Mix 1/3 cup of milk and 1/2 cup of melted butter together in a measuring cup and set this aside, too. Continue creating these homemade doughnuts by cracking 4 eggs into a large mixing bowl. Pour in 2/3 cup of sugar to the bowl of eggs and beat with an electric mixer on high until it thickens after about five minutes. Add in the milk and butter mixture, stirring with a wooden spoon to bring this breakfast food to a creamy consistency. Add the dry ingredients and stir again until the dough is smooth. Cover the doughnuts recipe with plastic wrap and let it chill in your refrigerator for at least two hours. Once the dough is chilled, it will remain slightly sticky, so lightly flour your work surface before forming your homemade doughnuts. Roll out the dough evenly to 1/2-inch thickness. To cut the dough, you can use a floured doughnut cutter if you have one, or a 2 1/2-inch round cutter and a1 1/4-inch round cutter to make the hole in the center. In a deep fryer or Dutch oven, heat 1 quart of cooking oil to 375 degrees, using a candy thermometer to check the heat of the oil. Begin frying the doughnuts two or three at a time, allowing them to fry for 2-1/2 minutes and flipping them halfway through so they come out golden brown. Drain the doughnuts on paper towels and continue frying the remaining doughnuts and doughnut holes. This cake doughnut recipe is fine to eat as is, but for a sweet bonus, coat the doughnuts with powdered sugar or cinnamon sugar. These breakfast ideas are a great way to bring a bit of the bakery magic into your home! Best Doughnut Recipe: http://www.bhg.com/recipe/breads/best-doughnuts/ Subscribe to the BHG Channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=bhg Watch our Best Cookie vidoes: http:/www.bhg.com/topics/best-cookie-recipes.htm?showVideo=true Official Website: http://www.bhg.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mybhg Twitter: http://twitter.com/bhg Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/bhg/ GooglePlus: https://plus.google.com/114700401799581477045/posts Instagram: http://instagram.com/betterhomesandgardens#

This recipe includes superfoods such as:

Cinnamon, Nuts

Health benefits of The Best Doughnut Recipe Ever

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Nuts are a natural source of Inositol, a derivative of Vitamin B (which is often prescribed in the form of supplements for women with PCOS). Inositol can effectively control the symptoms of PCOS by reducing insulin resistance and improving insulin sensitivity.

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