Re: Recipes on gopher space

On 2025-05-04, Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote:

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> writes:
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On 2025-04-17, Daniel <me@sc1f1dan.com> wrote:

For those in this NG who still browse gopher sites, I wanted to
share the love.

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Thanks for sharing!  I welcome feedback and ideas for improvement.
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-Ben

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So, I've been quite frustrated finding a good home recipe for normal old
fashioned donuts. The standard round donut with the hole in the
middle. Comes glazed, chocolate covered, etc.
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When searching online, most recipes yield donuts that are more dense.
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I searched your amazing database in gopher and it yielded many results,
but these popped my attention:
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Buttermilk Old-fashioned Doughnut
Dunkin Donuts Glazed Donuts
French Market Doughnuts
Grandma's Donuts
Merne's Nantucket Donuts
Raised Donuts
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The last one on the list is the most involved time-wise.
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They are mostly, quite similar to each other barring the buttermilk one.
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Have you succeeded in making homemade old fashioned donuts? Those are my
favorite, honestly, other donuts are good but I prefer the basic
schmasic.
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PS I haven't looked TOO hard online. Was reninded to check on your
search engine and was delighted to see the results.

Yeast or cake donut?

I trust these guys.

https://www.seriouseats.com/search?q=doughnuts
https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/#search/q=doughnuts

Even if you don't use their recipes, they have information
on technique.

--
Cindy Hamilton