# Krispy Kreme Donuts

This video shows how to make Krispy Kreme donuts at home.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1.25 cups warm milk
- 2.25 teaspoons active yeast
- 0.25 cup regular sugar
- 8 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
- splash vanilla
- 4.25 cups bread flour
- powdered sugar
- splash milk
- salt
- jarred chocolate frosting

## Instructions

1. Add warm milk to a mixing bowl.
2. Add active yeast.
3. Add regular sugar.
4. Add melted and cooled butter.
5. Add eggs and whisk well.
6. Add salt.
7. Add vanilla.
8. Add half the bread flour.
9. Set on mixer with dough hook attachment and mix slowly until incorporated.
10. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the other half of the flour.
11. Mix until the dough forms and it pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
12. Add dough into an oiled bowl, flip it and cover with plastic wrap.
13. Let rise on the counter for one to two hours.
14. Sprinkle surface with flour.
15. Pull and stretch the dough out instead of using a rolling pin.
16. Press out dough to about a half inch thick with a cookie cutter.
17. Cut the middle out of the donut.
18. Let sit to rise a little more.
19. Set the edge in oil and gently drop it in.
20. Flip after about twenty seconds.
21. Put onto a plate with a paper towel.
22. Sieve powdered sugar.
23. Add a tiny splash of milk and some salt.
24. Whisk together until nice and smooth.
25. Drop donut in to glaze.
26. Flip it over and put it on your tray.
27. Heat up jarred chocolate frosting in the microwave for literally 10 seconds.
28. Drop donut in to frosting

## Equipment

- mixing bowl
- measuring cups and spoons
- whisk
- stand mixer
- dough hook attachment
- spatula
- plastic wrap
- flour sifter
- rolling pin
- circle cookie cutter
- piping tip
- pan
- tongs
- paper towels
- sieve

## Tips

- Melt the butter and let it cool before adding it in.
- Scrape the sides of the bowl.
- Mix just until the dough forms and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Do not twist the cookie cutter.
- Let the donuts sit and proof to rise a little more before putting them into the oil.
- Set the edge of the donut in oil and gently drop it in.
- Don't drop it or it will splash everywhere.
- Heat jarred chocolate frosting in the microwave for literally 10 seconds.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdhHWmwP/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/25bad923-da9d-424d-8077-83c02060f560
- Extracted: 2025-05-23

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