Imagine you have a pretty good number of donuts. Maybe you took full advantage of one of those buy-a-dozen-get-a-dozen-free deals, or you tried making them yourself and they came out perfect right away, or it was more of a Homer Price scenario.
Freeze homemade donut dough and eat them one by one later
It doesn’t matter how you came to have this fried dough trap; you’re now in a position where you have more doughnuts than you know what to do with, and you can’t (or won’t) give them away. What do you do?
Given their role as a long-term storage facility for leftovers, you might consider freezing them. But… is that right? Conventional donut wisdom (and signs) tell us that these delicacies are at their best when they’re warm and fresh from their oil bath. So is the freezer an option as a last resort? And if so, what’s the best way to freeze donuts, and when should you do it? Here’s what you need to know.
First of all, yes: it is possible to freeze donuts. (Although technically it is possible to freeze most things.) And when you do it does matter. Common sense tells us that freezing donuts that are already old is not a good idea if you care about things like taste and quality. But it is also possible to freeze donuts too early.
