From zesty lemon to classic chocolate frosted, these beginner-friendly doughnut recipes prove you don’t need a deep fryer or special equipment to make bakery-quality treats at home.

Making doughnuts at home is easier than it sounds and you do not need special tools to start. With simple ingredients, you can enjoy a fresh sweet treat anytime. This post shares easy doughnut recipes ...

FARGO — Few foods delight my family more than doughnuts. Variations of these sweet treats appear at most of our special occasions — birthdays, holidays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays … you know, all of ...

Many bakeries fry their doughnuts but don't actually prepare the dough on site. So maybe you're not quite ready to make — or even try — pomegranate-thyme doughnuts. Don't worry. This recipe for fried ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Doughnuts are such special treats, aren't they? Each chewy, sweet bite confirms it was totally worth ...

Weeks ago, my partner suggested I develop a recipe for doughnuts made in the air fryer. I tried to explain to him how deep fried doughnuts are always better than baked ones, adding, “unless you wanna ...

Mix the sugar, cinnamon, and sesame seeds in a medium-size bowl. Pop open the tube of dough and pull apart the biscuits—they come preportioned, so this will be easy. In a big, heavy pot, heat the ...

Once you make your doughnuts with brioche dough, Yewande Komolafe writes, you may never go back. By Yewande Komolafe As a young pastry cook in the early 2000s, my 2 p.m. shift at the restaurant Tatin ...

Chai-spiced doughnuts. The best kind of oil for these doughnuts is one that's flavorless and has a high "smoke point." The smoke point is the temperature at which a given oil starts to smoke; it can ...

Plenty of us have a perfectly understandable fear of frying. After all, it can be both messy and dangerous. But it doesn't have to be. And since eating fried food is one of life's great joys, it's ...