Donut Masterclass: Classic, Custard Filled and Glazed

Name: Donut Masterclass: Classic, Custard Filled and Glazed
Rating: 4.8 (120 reviews)

Master Techniques to make Soft Brioche Donuts at Home

Created byShubranshu Bhandoh

Last updated 5/2023

English

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What you'll learn

Understand the Role of Ingredients in Making Donut Dough
Essential Concepts to Build a Strong Foundation such as Dough Temperature, Fermentation etc
Shaping Techniques used in Making Berliners, Braided and Ring Donuts
Techniques to Fry Different types of Donuts
How to Make A Classic Custard Donut
Making the Chocolate Glaze and Glazing the Boston Creme
How to Make an Icing Glaze
Techniques to Glaze and Decorate a Ring Donut

Course content

8 sections • 14 lectures • 1h 8m total length

Introduction2:15
Learn to make brioche donuts from scratch, kneading and fermenting dough to airy perfection, then shape, fry, and fill with vanilla custard or chocolate glazed Boston kreme.
How to Download Class Resources1:06
For the class project, share a photo of any donut recipe to track progress and receive feedback, and download the pdf file by opening the course, introduction, and resources.

Understanding Ingredients and Dough Percentage4:57
Explore the ingredients and dough percentage behind brioche-based donuts, learning how flour types, hydration, and percentages (milk 40%, sugar, salt 1.6%, yeast 1.4%, butter 20%) shape gluten, texture, and rise.
Making the Doughnut Dough8:29
Master brioche dough for donuts by layering liquids first, activating sugar and yeast, adding flour, salt, then butter, kneading to a glossy window pane before overnight cold fermentation.

Classic Custard Donuts: Filling the Donuts1:25
Decorate classic custard donuts by coating them in caster sugar or cinnamon sugar, dipping when slightly warm, then tossing and removing excess sugar to reveal a fluffy, airy interior.
Making the Creme Patisserie (Vanilla Custard)2:40
Create a smooth pastry cream for a custard filled donut by whisking eggs with sugar, then incorporating flour and vanilla paste, heating milk, and whisking constantly. Chill the custard.
Custard Filled Donuts6:09
Learn to craft custard-filled donuts by loosening vanilla pastry cream, piping it into sugar-coated donuts, and finishing with a final fill to balance dough to custard.

Requirements

Tools: Stand Mixer, Bread Baking Tools like Digital Scales and Bench Scrapers
No Prior Baking Experience Needed as all the concepts are covered in the class

Description

A Soft Pillowy Donut with a warm cup of Coffee has to be one of my favourite comfort foods! This class covers all the details and fundamentals required for you to master Donuts at home

It combines simple ingredients through techniques and precision and enables us to make something really beautiful for the ones we love. The satisfaction of making beautiful donuts is so satisfying.

This course is designed for you to learn and understand concepts like dough temperature, dough percentage, role of yeast, fermentation process etc and apply them to make really soft donuts

This course covers the essential techniques used in Making Donuts and a comprehensive detail about the ingredients and how to make the dough and the fermentation process. Understanding these concepts will provide you with confidence to make donuts in your home kitchen

This is a Course suitable for students just starting out in their baking adventure or have experience and want to improve their baking skills. In this course I have put together all aspects and steps in making a brioche donut from scratch, making Custard Creme and a Classic Vanilla filled donut, Boston Creme Donut and a Icing Glazed Ring Donut with Cake Sprinkles. We will be making all the recipes from scratch and we will follow the step by step directions of the whole process together. I will also explain everything about the ingredients we are using.

The course will help everyone from complete BEGINNERs who have never baked before to PROFESSIONALS who bake in professional bakeries.

The course will also make an amazing gift to your friend or a family relative who are aspiring bakers and want to pursue to become professionals or just want to have fun baking

Some skills you will learn:

Understand the Ingredients required in Making Donut Dough
Essential Concepts to Build a Strong Foundation such as Dough Temperature, Fermentation etc
Shaping Techniques used in Making Different Donuts
How to Measure Ingredients and prepare before Baking
How to Make A Classic Custard Donut
Making the Chocolate Glaze and glazing the Boston Creme
How to Fry the Donuts
How to Shape and Glaze a Ring Donut with Birthday Sprinkles

Who this course is for:

Aspiring Bakers, Home Bakers, Professionals

Donut Masterclass: Classic, Custard Filled and Glazed

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 3min

Making the Dough2 lectures • 13min

Shaping The Donuts: Round, Braided and Ring Donuts2 lectures • 13min

Proofing the Donuts1 lecture • 4min

Techniques for Frying Different Types of Donuts1 lecture • 11min

Custard Filled Donuts3 lectures • 10min

Boston Cream Donuts1 lecture • 5min

Ring Donuts: Classic Glazed and Birthday Sprinkles2 lectures • 9min

Requirements

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