What are donuts and how to make this famous recipe?

The day has come to find out what donuts are, because they are winning more and more Brazilian hearts! So enjoy reading this article that has a recipe and lots of tips, check it out!

Donuts are a treat that have become very popular in Brazil. So this is a dessert that stimulates anyone's creativity, but first let's understand in detail, what are donuts and so you know if you can make extra income with them.

After all, what are donuts and where do they come from?

Soft cookie-shaped cookies threads it would basically be the definition of donuts, with a dough and taste that can be compared to a bakery dream.

It was the U.S that gave donuts the fame they have today, but it was the “Simpsons” which gave even more success to these American donuts.

But so you know how to differentiate a donut from a bakery dream, there are different colored toppings with different flavors.

Original donut dough recipe

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 500 g
• Water – 250 ml
• Sugar – 40 g
• Margarine – 40 g
• Salt – 10 g
• Egg – 50 g
• Dry yeast – 15 g (or 30 g of fresh yeast)

Method of preparation:

1. First, leave water reserved and make a mixture with the ingredients, but pay attention to the yeast and salt are not incorporated together, as this could disrupt the fermentation function.
2. So now add water little by little so that the dough reaches the ideal point.
3. Then, start kneading the dough so that it becomes smooth and releases from your hands, working the gluten in it and making it flexible, trapping the air and thus ensuring that it rises.
4. Afterwards, leave the dough rolled out to a thickness and cut into the shape you prefer.
5. As soon as it grows, cut again, correcting any imperfections using the same cutter you used to shape it.
6. Finally, fry it in less hot oil.

Discover how to make extra income with gourmet donuts

After you've seen what donuts are and the original recipe, know now that donuts are gourmet donuts They end up becoming a great way to make some money.

Even more so, they draw attention to the appearance which has and of course its varied flavors.

Even though they are well consumed in America and around the world, in Brazil it is still something new. Therefore, they can attract a lot of sales, but with good consistency, flavor and aesthetics.

For sell donuts You may be worried because it's something we don't know much about, but remember that every investment requires effort and risks.

Donuts, as they are a new and very tasty product, can be an opportunity to have no competitors and offer good profits, even with this inflation.

Understanding costs and profits

To understand the costs of making a gourmet donut, on average it varies between R$ 3.00 to R$ 5.00.

Now if we think that you sell to stores or even have an average cost of R$1.60 and leave a price of R$3.00 per donuts, your profit margin will be around R$1.40 and if you sell 50 in a single day, your profit it would be R$70.00.

Furthermore, during a week selling five days would make R$350.00 that week and R$1,400 that month. So, what do you think of this investment?

But remember that from this value you have to separate the value of purchasing the material to make a new production.

Many people think about selling gourmet donuts It may be a way to escape those eight hours rush that a CLT worker has, but work on this business little by little and see if you will really be able to make extra income so that you can invest more.

Learning in practice what gourmet donuts are and how to prepare them

If you are really interested in selling this version of donuts, bet on a menu with diverse flavors, they can be:

• Chocolate
• Strawberry
• M&Ms
• Milk cream
• Nutella
• Red fruits

And so many other options roofing and ways of to decorate making it much more presentable and delicious.

They are creative recipes that to be successful in sales they must be beautiful and cute. That's why we're going to bring you recipes for gourmet donut toppings, since we've seen how the dough is made, are you ready to cook?

Gourmet donut toppings

GANACHE TOPPING

Ingredients:

• Noble milk chocolate – 300 g
• Canned cream – 250 g

Method of preparation:

• Before adding the cream, let the chocolate melt and mix it well. Then just put the topping on the donut.

FONDANT COVERING

Ingredients:

• Hot milk – 60 ml  
• Icing sugar – 360 g
• Cocoa powder – 25 g
• Dye of your choice

Method of preparation:

1. First, heat the milk and little by little add it to the icing sugar (do not use iced sugar, as it will give a not so good result)
2. So, add the cocoa and when it's ready, add the coloring you think is best and it's ready to cover your donut.

ICE CREAM SUGAR COVERING

Ingredients:

• Iced sugar

Method of preparation:

1. There's no secret, just involve the iced sugar all over donuts, it will stick and leave an incredible result.  

Choose a quality product

If you are going to invest, it is not worth saving on products thinking about a higher profit margin, as this may result in you not getting customers. Because the flavor is guaranteed with quality products and consequently you will have people interested in your product.

The tip is to buy in wholesale or specialized stores, always choosing the right products over flavor and quality. For example, there is Nutella, O Ninho milk, The Peanut candy, O Ovaltine and many more.

Many professionals who do and know what are donuts, they invest in the gourmet version, because they know that people love these fun donuts.

Above all, use creativity and innovation in your donuts, we at Kitchen Manual We show you the ways, now it’s up to you!