The Doughnut Cookbook: Easy Recipes for Baked and Fried Doughnuts

by Williams Sonoma

The Doughnut Cookbook , the next book in the Williams-Sonoma Test Kitchen series, is a compact yet comprehensive guide to making doughnuts. Ranging from classic Old-Fashioned style doughnuts, to lemony-glazed baked doughnuts topped with pistachios, and sugar-dusted beignets, this book includes something for all doughnut-lovers.

Yeasted, fried, baked, glazed, and sprinkled, doughnuts are enjoyed in all different shapes and sizes. Learn how easy making doughnuts at home is in this all-inclusive guide from the Williams-Sonoma Test Kitchen. Inside these pages, you'll find recipes for basic doughs and glazes, mouthwatering recipes for classic and innovative doughnuts, tips and tricks for frying and baking doughnuts, and much more.

Recipes Funfetti Doughnuts, Apple Fritters, Maple-Bacon Doughnuts, S'mores Doughnuts, Vanilla and Chocolate Old-Fashioned Doughnuts, Peppermint Bark Chocolate Doughnuts, Savory Cheesy-Jalapeño Doughnuts, and more.

For first time doughnut makers to the moderately skilled, and those who want access to a diverse combination of recipes that everyone will love, The Doughnut Cookbook is for you.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction

64 pages, Hardcover

Published October 4, 2016

About the author

In 1947 Chuck Williams arrived in Sonoma, CA with the idea of building homes—first as a contractor, later as the owner of a hardware shop and finally as the founder of the first Williams-Sonoma store for cooks. Half a century later that small cookware shop has evolved into a multi-billion dollar retailing leader whose products encompass every room in the home.

Reviews

[Delanie Dooms · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a short and simple book of donut recipes. I am not a fan of non-traditional recipes (the "exciting combinations" the book mentions in the preface), but the classic donuts seem good. I have only made the old-fashioned cake donuts with a vanilla glaze. They were wonderful: the vanilla was strong, the donuts were not too dense, and they tasted much better than a store-bought packet of them. I enjoyed the pictures in the text, and hope to try the apple fritters and the cinnamon twists. The filled donut will also be a treat.

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

This recipe book offers lots of insight into doughnut making. The photography is probably the best part of this book as some of the recipes were pretty meh.*

*Obviously I didn't try them all though

[Spiritwindusa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unique recipes

Amount the recipes you will find several very interesting and unique options. I’ll definitely be trying out several over the coming weeks. I gave the book 4 stars only because it was only 64 pages.

[Alexa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great pictures, lots of info about doughnut making for beginners. I have honestly never attempted traditional doughnuts but baked doughnuts are a treat.

[Elizabeth Judd Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic donut recipes, both fried and baked. Looking forward to making these!

[Faith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only 6 recipes for baked donuts.

[reham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent

very good book. I really enjoyed reading it and I applied most of the recipes and it were really delicious