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Old 04-01-2007, 03:45 AM
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Default Need Help with Sour Cream donuts.

I was recently hired to run a donut bakery that was on its way out. They did very little in the lines of variety. Just basic stuff.( Easy items) Well i ordered a sour cream donut mix which didn't come with instructions so i've been winging it and they are not blooming properly. I have water cold enough at 31 degrees F. (ice water) I'm frying at 375 for 1 minute per side. My problem is there is no mixing times. and I'm getting a very inconsistent product. There is no water to mix ratio etc. And before i go wasting 59 dollars in mix trying to figure this S#$% out i was wondering if anyone has any experience with this donut. Thx in advance.
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Old 04-01-2007, 09:21 AM
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Call me crazy, but I've always loved frying donuts. Believe it or not, I actually cut out and saved most of the instructions from our donut mixes when I was in school. Thought they'd come in handy someday!

I never made a "sour cream" donut, but I'm assuming that this sour cream donut is a cake type donut. I went through all my old labels for cake donuts, one of which was was a buttermilk donut mix, so I think it's similar to your sour cream one. Also, all my other cake donut mix labels have almost the exact same instructions for each one.

The instructions are:
  • Place water in bowl, then pour in the mix on TOP of the water. (not sure why this was so important, but it was.)
  • Mix on 1st speed for one minute with the paddle attachment.
  • Scrape down bowl.
  • Then, mix anywhere from 2-4 minutes on second speed.
  • Then, the most important part: let the batter rest AT LEAST ten minutes before depositing and frying. The part about resting was universal in all the donut mix labels I saved.
Hope this helps you. That's just crazy that you'd get a donut mix with no instructions.....you never asked your supplier if they had a set of instructions did you? I would have at least complained about it to them. They won't sell much donut mix if a baker can't make it work for them......!
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Old 04-03-2007, 04:26 AM
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Thx for the help but i've tried the basic cake donut instructions and its not the same. It IS a cake donut but it has a completly diffrent set of instructions. Oh the water on bottom helps keep the mix from sticking to the bottom of the bowl.
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