Printable Recipe
Halloween Doughnut Shaping and Decorating Guide
This source is not a complete doughnut recipe. It only preserves the shaping, frying and decorating sequence.
Prep time
30 min
Cook time
15 min
Total time
1 hr
Yield
Approximately 12–20 pieces claimed; dough recipe not supplied
Ingredients
7
Steps
13
Filed under: chocolate, deep fried.
Source channel: CakeAcake
Key ingredients
batch prepared and proofed yeast doughnut dough, Food-safe cotton cooking twine, Frying oil, as required by the doughnut recipe, batch prepared doughnut glaze, melted chocolate, for spider decorations.
Ingredients
- 1 batch prepared and proofed yeast doughnut dough
- Food-safe cotton cooking twine
- Frying oil, as required by the doughnut recipe
- 1 batch prepared doughnut glaze
- 100 g melted chocolate, for spider decorations
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder, optional
- Orange or green food coloring, optional
Method
- Prepare and proof a complete, tested yeast doughnut dough according to its own recipe.
- Divide the dough into 12–20 portions, depending on the desired size.
- Shape some portions as standard ring or filled doughnuts.
- For pumpkin shapes, form dough balls and loosely tie food-safe cotton twine around each ball to create segments.
- Allow the shaped dough to complete its final proof according to the dough recipe.
- Heat the frying oil to the temperature specified by the complete doughnut recipe.
- Fry the doughnuts until evenly golden and fully cooked.
- Drain on a rack or paper towels.
- Carefully remove the twine from the pumpkin doughnuts.
- Prepare the glaze according to its own complete recipe.
- Color some glaze orange or green for pumpkin decorations.
- Use melted chocolate to pipe spider bodies and legs.
- Allow all decorations to set before serving.