What else can be said about America's favorite family, the Simpsons? They have become a milestone in pop culture and are an American insitution. The show is a family favorite and I grew up learning everything I need to know about life from the Simpsons. One of those lessons is that the doughnut ranks as one of the greatest achievements of mankind. So, in honor of this ranking, I made doughnuts which I believe Homer Simpson would even be proud of.

I found the recipe at http://www.instructables.com/id/Krispy-Kreme-Donut-Doughnut-Recipe/. It was really user friendly and I wanted to take the challenge to see if they in fact rivaled my beloved confections from Krispy Kreme. In short, they did.

After making the dough, the funnest part of this recipe was making the doughnut shape. I had no doughnut cutter so I had to make the shapes by hand. My roommate, Matt, and I had a good time trying to come up with original donut designs. We were succesful in making a figure 8 shaped doughnut and a mini braided one which bore a similarity to challah.

 

 

 

I then had a wonderful cooking experience. Having never fried anything in oil before, I put the oil naively on the highest heat and left it for 5 or 7 minutes. The house was a smoker's lounge in minutes and we practically had to crawl around to get any breathable air. Slightly dejected, I went on to try to fry my first doughnut and created a great piece of charcoal instead.

 

 

I was beginning to think I took maybe too many life lessons from Homer. D'oh! Yet, also like Homer, nothing was going to stop me from getting delicious doughnuts! I tried again and came out with a much improved product.

 

Now that they were properly fried, you can't forget the glaze!

 

 

Homer could not have said it better: "Mmmmmm............doughnuts"

P.S. Shout out to my roommate Matt for his help!