Buttermilk Doughnuts Donuts

This is so far the first and the best by far, in my opinion fool proof doughnut recipe that i have tried. I got the recipe from food.com  posted by Marg on May 25, 2004. I don't know how to post the link to the recipe so here it is!


Buttermilk Doughnuts Donuts

1 tbsp active dry yeast

1/2 cup warm water

1/2 cup buttermilk (I didn't have buttermilk, so I used milk and added 1/2 tsp white vinegar and i let it sit for 5 minutes before adding to the rest of the ingredients)

3 tablespoons shortening, melted (DO NOT use oil)

3 tablespoons sugar

2 1/2-3 cups flour

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

vegetable oil

2 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar

1/4 cup milk

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1.Dissolve yeast in warm water in a large bowl; let stand 5 minutes.

2.Add buttermilk, shortening, sugar and 1 1/2 cup flour, baking powder and salt; mix well.

3.Add enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.

4.Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead several times.

5.Roll dough to 1/2 inch thick and cut with a 2 1/2 inch doughnut cutter. I didn't have a doughnut cutter or a cookie cutter so i just used a mason jar lid and a soda pop lid for the doughnut holes.

6.Place doughnuts on lightly floured surface, cover and let rise 45 minutes or until double in bulk.

7.Heat 2-3 inches of oil to 350°F. Drop in 3 or 4 doughnuts at a time.

8.Cook about 2 minutes or until lightly golden in color, turning once.Drain well on paper towels.

9.Combine 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar with 1/4 cup milk, stir until smooth. Dip each doughnut in glaze while still warm; allow excess glaze to drip off. Cool on wire rack or serve warm. and for the doughnut holes i just rolled them in cinnamon and sugar.

Double Chocolate Banana Muffins

Recently, my almost 4 year old son Emrin suggested that we should make some banana muffins since we had some "brown" bananas sitting around. Hmmm, sure not a bad idea! but then he thought it would be great to make it chocolate banana since he loves both of them. He said it would be really yummy to have both in a muffin that he likes and since my 8 1/2 month old daughter loves chocolate cake too, i said why not?

I have been using a recipe that I saw on foodnetwork channel made by Giada de Laurentiis. tried the recipe once and we love it and since then it's my go to recipe for banana muffins! I didn't have the patience to look around for recipes online at that time so I just went on with the recipe that I have and just started adding a little bit of what I think I would want and need to make the muffins chocolate and to my son's liking. I got lucky this time and it turned out to be pretty good and moist as well! So here's the recipe:


 Double Chocolate Banana Muffins

3 c all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 c brown sugar
1 c granulated sugar
1 1/4 c vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 c unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
5-6 bananas, mashed
1 c semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 c mini chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Line muffins tins with cupcake liners.
2.In a medium bowl, combine all dry ingredients and whisk together. Set aside.
3. Mash bananas.
4.In a large bowl, mix together brown sugar, white sugar, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, eggs. Add half of the dry ingredients. Add  bananas. Then add the rest of the dry ingredients, careful not to overmix. Fold in the chocolate chips.
5. Bake for 25 minutes.

Who We Are

Hello everyone!  We are The Kitchenmaids...pretty much 3 sisters who live far from one another but are constantly brought together by FOOD!  San lives in California.  Maika is in Washington.  And Meg is in Texas, ya'll.  However, we constantly exchange recipes and have learned what works, and what doesn't, to make that dinner/snack/dessert/lunch/etc. a success for the whole family!!!