05/09/2026
🍩✨ Sourdough Discard Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts (Made from scratch goodness!) ✨🍩
I’m officially starting to share more of what’s coming out of my kitchen, and I couldn’t pick a better one to kick it off than these soft, fluffy cinnamon sugar doughnuts 😍
They’re made with sourdough discard, lightly sweet, perfectly golden, and rolled in cinnamon sugar while still warm… honestly dangerous in the best way.
Here’s how I’m making them today:
INGREDIENTS
• ½ cup warm milk
• 2 tbsp + ½ cup sugar (separated)
• 1 tsp active dry yeast
• ½ cup 100% hydration sourdough discard
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp salt
• 3 tbsp melted butter
• 1 egg
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Warm milk (about 100–110°F). Stir in 2 tbsp sugar, yeast, and sourdough discard. Let sit 5 minutes until foamy.
2. Mix in butter, egg, and vanilla.
3. Add flour and salt, stirring until a shaggy dough forms.
4. Knead on a floured surface for about 5 minutes until smooth.
5. Place in a lightly oiled bowl, cover, and let rise 1 hour (until doubled).
6. Roll dough to ½” thick and cut into doughnuts.
7. Let rise again for 45 minutes.
8. Fry in 350°F oil about 45 seconds per side until golden.
9. Toss warm doughnuts in cinnamon sugar and enjoy!
💡 Recipe credit: About Dinner Thyme
I’ll be sharing more simple, homemade recipes like this as I go—farm kitchen style, nothing fancy, just good food! ❤️
