What kind of dough do you use to make typical american donuts?

What kind of dough do you use to make typical american donuts (the ones that Homer Simpson loves). I'm from Italy and I've tried using flour and baking following some tutorials but no way: is not the same.

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There are two major families of North American style donuts:

Yeast raised donuts are a very sweet yeast raised dough. (Sample recipe from Pioneer Woman blog).
So-called "cake donuts" which are made from a quickbread like batter very similar to muffin batter, only fried instead of baked. (Sample recipe for chocolate cake donuts from Serious Eats.)

If you google, you will find a multitude of donut recipes, in a wide variety of styles and levels of complexity, but almost all of them fall into one of the two groups above.

Note: I am not sure that The Simpsons has ever revealed Homer's preference in donuts.

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What type of dough is used for donuts?

All-purpose flour is better for cake doughnuts, which don't need the same gluten development, and are prone to getting a bit tough with bread flour. Active-dry yeast is typically used in raised doughnut recipes, but you can use instant yeast, in the same quantities, if you prefer.

What are regular donuts made of?

Yeast-leavened doughnuts are made with ingredients that include flour, shortening, milk, sugar, salt, water, yeast, eggs or egg whites, and flavorings. Doughnuts produced in sanitary baking conditions in grocery stores, bakeries, or franchises often come from pre-packaged mixes.

What makes an old-fashioned donut?

The old-fashioned doughnut is the jolie laide ring of dough that's cousin to the cake doughnut. It's risen with a chemical leavener and made into either batter or dough. It's fried at a lower temperature than other doughnuts, thereby creating a craggy, rough-edged specimen.

Classic American Donuts

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