My son took me my brother and two grandsons to a local donut shop. Dozen donuts and three
OJ's I'll bet was 35 bucks. I think when I was a kid a donut was about a quarter.

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It's everything

Indeed, and most who don't operate a business have a hard time understanding how many other things have gone up in price, and how that impacts the final price.

I remember when $3 got you a baker's dozen. I would bring a couple dozen to the office. Last I looked which was recent, it's up to $1.49 each.

My two hopeless addictions are double chocolate chip muffins and cinnamon rolls from the bakery at the Yooper grocery store,
$1.25 each.

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Video 1 Direct Link: www.YouTube.com/watch?v=w6TxH8ha8XU

Dough Ingredients:
280 gr of All Purpose Flour (2 cups + 3 tbsp flour)
40 gr Sugar (3 tbsp)
1/2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Nutmeg
1 egg
120 gr Whole Milk (1/2 cup) (Every flour absorbs liquids differently, so you may need an extra 2-3 tbsp of milk)
40 gr melted Butter (1/3 stick)
7 gr Dry Yeast (1 packet)


Glaze Ingredients:
250 gr Powdered Sugar (2 cups)
75 gr Butter (2/3 Stick)
3-5 tbsp Milk depending how thin you like your glaze
1 tsp Vanilla

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Video 2 Direct Link: www.YouTube.com/watch?v=CcjHH9l4HNs


Dough Ingredients:
1.5 cups (360ml) whole milk
1 tablespoon (11g) instant yeast
1/3 cup (74g) sugar
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
4.5 cups (675g) all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon (6g) fine sea salt
1/2 cup (115g) unsalted butter, room temp
2g amylase OPTIONAL
Vegetable oil for frying (at least 2 quarts)

Plain Glaze Ingredients:
5 cups (641g) confectioners sugar
1/4-1/2cup (59g-118g) hot tap water
1 teaspoon (4g) vanilla extract (optional)

Cereal Ingredients:
1/2 cup milk - 120ml
1/2 cup cereal of choice, rough crushed plus more for topping
Cornflakes - 13g
Fruity pebbles - 22g
Frosted Flakes - 13g
Reeses Puffs - 20g
2 cups (248g) powdered sugar
small pinch salt

Peanut Butter Ingredients:
1/4 cup (39g) milk
4.5 tablespoons (24g) cocoa powder
2 cups (248g) powdered sugar
1 cup (123g) cocoa puffs for topping

Peanut Butter Glaze Drizzle Ingredients:
3 tablespoons (64g) peanut butter
1/2 cup (47g) powdered sugar
water to thin


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Video 3 Direct Link: www.YouTube.com/watch?v=OlwsPgHevQA

Dough Ingredients:
8-count canned biscuit dough
cooking oil for frying


Glaze Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 Tbsp cold water to start


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We have a Gourmet Donut shop here in Whintah Phaark, which translates to "City with More Money than You".

https://theglassknife.com/

You can get holiday specials like the Strawberry Jelly (Sufganiyot) a Hanukkah tradition, Chocolate Peppermint Cruller, Maple Pecan, Carmel Apple Fritter, or brunch Eggs Benedict, Avacado and Egg Toast, Lunch.

$5 Donuts, now they are hand made, custom finished, a half dozen is $24. It's the place you use the Company Card to take a couple dozen to your best clients morning meeting you are invited into..

I mostly buy the Little Debbie's bags of small sugared donuts. The one in the stores are too sweet for me.

flashguy

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Indeed, and most who don't operate a business have a hard time understanding how many other things have gone up in price, and how that impacts the final price.

^^^^^^^^^
Clueless. I once had an attorney ask for a discount. I told him the blue light special was on Thursday last week. He shut up.

Congratulations on the weight loss, was your Blood Sugar high too? If so talk to the Emm Dee about Ozempic, one of it's side effects is weight loss.

So much so that the hoity-toity's of TeeVee fame aka acting, are buying it for the weight loss even though they have no sugar issues. Making a shortage of the drug.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Drug is now restricted. Besides it is 1000 or so per month. A little spendy. Folks gain the weight back and often experience unremitting diarrhea and vomiting when taking the drug.

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Originally posted by sleepla8er:
[Donut Recipes]

If you're going to try making your own, I'll share the best baking tip I ever received:

Invest in a quality digital kitchen scale, and weigh your dry ingredients (stuff like flour and sugar). Use recipes that list these ingredients by weight, like the ones provided above by sleepla8er.

It makes a much bigger difference than you might expect.

Baking is much more of a science that most other types of cooking. Think of it like a chemistry lab experiment. This requires precision. And the variance in ground/powdered/granulated stuff like flour and sugar when measured solely by volume (like half a cup, 2 cups, etc.) is immense. You can end up putting in significantly too much/not enough of that ingredient if measuring by volume, based on how loose or packed the item is in the measuring cup that time.

Measuring by weight is the best way to be precise enough for quality, repeatable baked goods.

Near everyone feels guilty after eating those excessively (although delicious) fried concussions. If I never had another it would be okay. So many tasty options around. They need be careful they don't price themselves out of the market. Pay a hefty price and push yourself along the heart attach path. We'll see,

I haven't eaten a doughnut in over 30 years. The Diabetic Beast behaves much better if I apply due diligence before gumming down any such treat.

Even many styles of bagels prove to be inappropriate for me. Those I can eat, maybe 1 or 2 every few months. Hate it when my BG jumps 100 points unexpectedly & the only thing I can blame it on is the....BAGEL.....

For the rare treat: Bavarian Filled Bismarks, French Crullers, and Apple Fritters ! YUM!

But yeah... prices are CRAZY!

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For the rare treat: Bavarian Filled Bismarks, French Crullers, and Apple Fritters ! YUM!

I love crullers. And other donut types of pastries. My problem isn't price. My problem is that I can't find a decent donut w/in 100+ miles. Well, there is one place but it's seasonal - only open for the winter until end of year.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
It's everything, was at the cheap grocery store last week, wanted something quick and easy. Frozen pizza that wasn't store brand was prices $6-12 each. On average they were 30-40% higher than a year or two ago depending on brand and type.

A 9oz bag of damn Fritos is over $5. It’s cutting into my enjoyment of an occasional Frito Pie.

I'd be happy to pay $24 for a dozen donuts if they didn't taste like crap. they took all the good stuff out. No matter where I've tried ,,,,,hole in the wall "best donuts in 6 states' places, Dunkin, Krappy Kreme. Not a one compares to the donuts of my youth.

Think the last Dunkin Bavarian Creme and a small coffee i had on shift was 5 bucks. And about as satisfying as an inflatadate.

You can't bet someone "Dollars to donuts" anymore. That quaint expression has gone away along with "dropping a dime".

Last week of August, 1995 was the last time I had a donut, so I'll pretty be in for a real shocker when I retire and buy me a jelly filled.

Are donuts that expensive at mom and pop shops or at just the big name brand places like Dunkin and KK?? I RARELY eat donuts, so I haven’t seen recent prices.