I don’t know what’s going on with this particular post, but I’ve tried three times to publish it to no avail. So we will try again and hope for better results.
This is some of our gang at our annual fall donut making event. We have done this for many years, and it’s become a family tradition to have donuts and cider during the month of October. This year I bought a new propane deep fat fryer that will do nine donuts at a time. The old fryer would only do three, so this process was made much faster by the new equipment. One recipe will make 60 donut’s, plus donut holes for the kids. We let them put their own toppings on, and they have a choice of powdered sugar, frosting, and sugar and cinnamon. We also let them add some “sprinkles” if they want.
It took about two hours to prepare everything and another hour to clean up, but it only took 20 minutes to get rid of 60 donuts. You can’t plan on having a donut and coffee, in the morning, with this crew. You can’t really blame us though, as these home made pastries are deliciously light and fluffy.
Usually we have a bon-fire to go along with the festivities, but we raked leaves into a big pile this year, and let the kids slide into them from the play set in the backyard. They had a blast playing in the leaves, and I was able to burn part of the half million leaves in my yard the next day. We are planning to include a kids hay ride next time we do it, which could be soon, if the weather holds out.
Mike
Yum! Homemade donuts. That sounds like a fun day and a great feast.
Good times! I was wondering about this post – I saw it in my Google Reader three times, but each time I tried to click through to it it wouldn’t work. Glad to finally get to see what the picture was all about! I love Fall for all the hunting and the neat colors, but also it seems like Fall is always family time for some reason. I love it!
Yum! I love donuts and cider…..and having homemade donuts..yum! Even better.