Ronco Donut Maker

Momma used to have an anodized aluminum cake donut dropper, made by West Bend, if I remember correctly. I was a little reluctant to buy something plastic to use around hot grease, but that turned out to be no real problem. The bug problem was the recipes that came with it. The batter was so thick, it didn't want to come out, and although I could coax it, I ended up with something shaped like a Funion - think of a donut that's all hollow and collapsed, and won't hold a round shape. When I mentioned this to my sister, she said Momma never used hers much because she wasn't happy with the results. They used to have a machine in the window of G. C. Murphy's downtown that worked this way, and it was *constantly* busy; people would come in to get a dozen donuts every time they went downtown, because the donuts were purely wonderful. I also keep getting these ads for "Lil Obits" equipment to build a carnival business around, so they must be succeeding as well. If the G C Murphy machine can make great donuts this way, surely I can as well. It's just sa matter of getting the recipe right. Currently, my recipe is 2 cups flour, 1/4 cup sugar, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, 2 ounces lard, a scant cup water,1 egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla If you get your lard in a box, cut it into stickks like butter, and 2 ounces is 1/2 stick. Or if you're not health-conscious, a quarter cup of vegetable oil will work. The sugar in the recipe means your doughnuts turn very dark if overcooked, so don't let the french fryer get to hot. The recipe should be about the same thickness as cake batter, and you shouldn't go too far wrong simply using cake mix for your donuts. It takes some practice to learn how much batter to drop. My first time with this, I ended with a mass 5-6 inches across and 1 1/2 8inches thick. It was hard to flip it over when half fried, but dusted with granulated sugar, it slid down my gullet right easy, and before the battrer ran out, my donuts looked as nice as Little Debbie or Sap's.

Listen...this thing is as cheap as they come. And yet, for once, the el-cheapo thing actually does the job, plain and simple. My husband loves making homemade donuts for our kids up at our cottage. We figured for a few bucks, we could try this thing, and if it was awful, no major investment lost. Turns out it's just fine. Yes, you do need to make sure the batter is thin enough to come thru it okay. And the last donut or two are tougher to get out without the weight of the other batter pushing them down, but not difficult. We're not a bakery churning out dozens a day; we're just a mom and dad occasionally making donuts for our kids in the summer, and this does the trick. Kind of funny...we rent our cottage out a couple weeks each summer, and while we leave our expensive Vitamix blender out, my husband hides this silly Ronco donut maker! :-)

In my quest to recreate the best donuts I've every had while in Duck, NC. I purchased this rondo donut maker to make deep fried cake donuts. Needless to say- my quest continues. The recipes I've found, and the ones included have the batter so thick that it takes a good 15-20 second for the batter to come out and drop into the oil- and that's when there is the weight of all the batter in the maker- the last few donuts take forever to drop. I when you get done you have enough batter to make 2-3 more donuts that is now coating the device and unless you want to take the thing apart to salvage the batter- you end up washing it down the drain. When I loosened up the batter then the donuts ended up being more like fritters then cake donuts. All well the quest continues with the Ronco Donut maker abandoned in my wake.

I like this little donut maker. It is messy that is for sure and my own donut batter is a little thick so I needed a spoon to push the batter out. But other then that it works great and fairly easy to clean.

The Ronco donut maker is not expensive but it is deceptive too. It claims to make 24 donuts in a single filling, which turns out to be a measured 2 cups of batter. I think not unless the donuts look like scarecrows. The description should give the volume to avoid unhappy customers.

I like to make donuts but making yeast donuts is a lot of work. I always thought batter donuts wouldn't taste as good until I tried apple cider donuts and they are now my favorite type of donut. If you want to make a whole bunch of donuts faster than what it would take to make yeast style, this is a good device. If you plan on making thousands of donuts, this is not the device. There was some learning on the get go to keep from making a mess all the time. If you use a spout to pour in the batter to the hopper with, no mess (don't use a spoon or ladle -- big mess). If you make donuts all the time, maybe get a more reliable product. But for the occasional donut maker (like myself), this is a great product.

I researched for over an hour. After reading and praying I went with this. I LOVE IT. I used to use my grandmas old one but my mom took it when she moved. The aluminum ones don’t cut it as it winds up dropping weird and not a donut shape. This is easy to fill, drops perfectly. I used coconut oil to cook them in. Finally, a donut dropper that works

this kind of works. it does make small donuts though, more like donettes! wish it came with more recipes, i had to buy a separate book for them.

Great little tool. Im was so happy to be able to replace my Mom's whi h broke after many years of use. She had one of the original ones. The old recipe is much better than the new one so Im glad I kept the side panel from the box!

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