Frugal Baked Donuts Anyone Can Make

Frugal baked donuts are good. Not to mention slightly more healthy than store bought. Never did I think I would be baking donuts, but fast forward to this stage of my life and we baked donuts. They turned out really well.

Homemade is not from my generation. We grew up with dishwashers, and microwaves. Most snacks came from the microwave after school. 

My view on frugal baked donuts has always been that I needed a fryer, oil and lots of patience to make donuts. That sounded expensive and time consuming.   Baking homemade donuts did not seem frugal.

When I decided that I wanted to try homemade baked donuts it took me a year to commit. This new task of baking was daunting.

Homemade Baked Donuts Experience

Every time I opened the cabinet the donut pan was staring at me. This frugal baked donut pan haunted me. Frugal people do not buy what they will not use. It is a wasted expense.

Moreover everyone knew I wasted money. My husband had asked why I would buy something then let it sit. The inevitable was coming.

The next factor for me was this recipe going to cost more money than it was worth?

When I try recipes they have to be cost efficient. Many recipes have I tried that cost more than going out to eat. Even with food my frugal tips are used. 

My kids would say “Mom when will you make baked donuts”? 

My answer was always “I don’t  know”. 

Furthermore, the  true answer was more like I did not know how and didn’t feel like trying. 

Since we had to quarantine at home, I decided to try my hand at this homemade donut . I used a more cake recipe and added my own touch for a twist.  Frugal cooking recipes, videos, magazine design covers that feature food and other advertisements always lead me to make more food at home and  save money.

The more I learn about baking at home, the less my grocery bill is each week. I have been implementing lot of homemade frugal tips to gain money on our groceries.

Ingredients:

3 c. flour

2 eggs

1 tsp. Vanilla

1/2 tsp. nutmeg

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1 c.  cup milk or buttermilk

3/4 c. sugar

1 tsp. salt

2 tsp. baking powder

2 Tbsp. olive oil

Frugal and Easy Sugar Topping:

1/2 cup of white sugar in a ziplock sandwich size bag.

Directions:

First preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Second, grease the donut pan for baking homemade baked donuts.

Greasing the pan with a paper towel and oil is one of many frugal tips I derived from my grandmother’s kitchen. She never used stop bought oil for greasing. Butter worked well for her, so that is what I use.

Next, Combine all ingredients into a medium sized bowl. Mix well with a mixer, or by hand. 

Finally, either spoon the dough into each pan, or use a disposable piping tube, or sandwich size ziplock bag, and cut the corner off of the bag to pipe the ingredients into the pan. 

The dough should not be watery or thin. If dough is thin, add 1 more cup of flour. 

When the donut tray is filled place in the oven for 12 minutes. The donuts will cook fast and be crispy if left in more than 12 minutes. Test with a toothpick to make sure they are done. 

Baked Donut Sugar Topping:

While the homemade frugal baked donuts are still hot, place them in the ziplock bag. Shake to cover the entire donut. Place on a tray and serve. Another one of my frugal tips for reusing supplies is to reuse the sugar. After I bake the donuts I seal up what is left to use again the next time.

After trying my own homemade donuts, I was glad that I tried something new. Five years’ ago my journey towards homemade food began. Therefore, my cooking skills are getting better. Just like anything in this life, the more you do it, the better you will become. Try something new. Then repeat it and keep going. Homemaking brings satisfaction and joy when you see that something you made brought a smile to your families faces. Nothing compares to it at all. By the way, all of the donuts were eaten and dunked in milk!

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