As this blog turns three months, thenotsocreativecook wants to thank everyone for the nice comments, for taking time to visit, and for the thumbs up. I am also pleased to meet new friends here on WordPress and excited to receive future updates about your life, your kitchen and everything you enjoy doing. As today is 23, my blog’s birth date, I am sharing something new to me. **** I really love donuts as long as it is not too sweet. I’ve always dreamed of making my own but no matter how I love to cook, I am so lazy when it comes to kneading. When I see a recipe that calls for yeast, like breads and donuts, I automatically reject them – most probably because of this kneading stuff and the waiting time. I am an impatient person and I don’t like to wait that long when it comes to food, haha! So, I knew that I will never, ever make bread or anything that has anything to do with kneading and waiting. That’s what I thought… When I saw this video from Laura Vitale, I had no second thought of trying it. She has this effect on me – I feel that she makes everything easy. I just had two small problems – (1) I didn’t have a thermometer; how shall I know the temperature of the oil? And (2) I didn’t know what yeast should I use. But those petty issues didn’t make me changed my mind; I bought a thermometer and I bought an instant yeast. When I bought the yeast, I remembered that instant yeast is directly added to the flour (according to the search I made) and she mixed the yeast with the milk and sugar. So, I bought a new yeast – active dried. Though I was not sure about the effect of it, I still gave it a shot. When its time to make the donuts… I gathered all the ingredients needed and warmed up the milk using a microwave. I mixed the yeast with the milk and sugar and waited for five minutes or until foamy. Five minutes and I guess nothing happened; the yeast did not activate. My friend came to me at the kitchen and saw this sad face on me. She asked me to warm the milk again and she did the yeast-milk-sugar mixture. And after five minutes was a magic, haha. She did it. I was glad she was with me that time as her being patient helped me make the donuts a success! 😀 Okay, so after the successful yeast mixture, everything went well. Like Laura Vitale, I am not professional and I don’t have any cutter except for the cute star-shaped cutters and I only used a small mouthed glass for the little round ones. I also covered some with granulated sugar and they’re so GOOD!! I enjoyed the glazed one and the sugar-coated. I’m sure I’ll be making more donuts and this time, I will try to activate the yeast myself; it’s time to test my patience. 🙂 Related articles: Homemade doughnuts with plum jam (http://landofbreadandhoney.wordpress.com) Glazed Yeast Doughnuts (http://sweetrevelations.wordpress.com) Mini rainbow vanilla bean donuts (http://justbakedbyme.wordpress.com) Please follow and like us: