Dunkin Donuts Vanilla Filled Doughnuts
Source: Posted by Laurie April 27th 1999
Donuts:
1 package regular or quick-acting yeast
1/8 cup warm water (105 to 115 degrees F)
3/4 cup lukewarm milk (scalded then cooled)
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/6 cup shortening
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Vanilla Filling:
1/4 cup solid vegetable shortening
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon milk
Dissolve yeast in warm water in mixing bowl. Add milk, sugar, salt, egg, shortening and 1 cup of flour. Beat on low speed scraping bowl constantly, 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 2 minutes.
Stir in remaining flour until smooth. Cover and let rise in warm place until double, approximately 50-60 minutes.
Turn dough onto floured surface. Roll dough 1/2-inch thick. Cut with round cookie cutter. Cover and let rise on floured baking sheets until double, 30-40 minutes.
Heat vegetable oil in deep fryer or Dutch oven to 350 degrees F. Slide doughnuts into hot oil. Turn doughnuts as they turn golden brown, about one minute on each side. Remove carefully from oil (do not prick surfaces) and drain.
When cool, make small hole to insert vanilla filling (recipe follows) . Take a sharp narrow knife and carefully make a large cavity inside of the doughnut to hold the filling. Fill the doughnuts generously and dust heavily with confectioners’ sugar.
Vanilla Filling: Cream butter and shortening, gradually add sugar 1/2 cup at a time. Add milk and vanilla extract; beat until light and fluffy. Will keep for 2 weeks in airtight, refrigerated container. Fills 12 doughnuts.
Servings: 12
Elsah Landing Pineapple-Coconut Pie
Source: The Elsah Landing, Grafton, Missouri - St. Louis Post-Dispatch 7/24/00
3 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple
1 cup flaked coconut
1 (9-inch) pie shell, unbaked (see recipe)
Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large bowl, combine beaten eggs, sugar, salt, flour, melted butter, pineapple and coconut. Mix until well-combined. Pour into pie shell. Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes.
Lower temperature to 300 degrees F; bake for 20 to 30 minutes more or until center seems set and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Yield: 8 servings.
Elsah Landing Pastry for One-Crust Pie:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening
2 to 3 1/2 tablespoons ice water
Spoon flour lightly into a 1-cup dry measure. Level off. Sift flour and salt together into a large bowl. Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture forms particles slightly larger than grains of rice. Sprinkle with ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Toss gently with a fork until all particles are uniformly moistened and will barely stick together. Shape mixture into a ball. Roll out on a lightly floured pastry cloth to form pie shell. Ease into pie plate; flute edges.
Yield: 1 (9-inch) pie crust.