I baked some sourdough chocolate donuts and heart shaped muffins this weekend.  At last the fresh cherries are flowing so I chopped up a pound of fresh Bing Cherries to fold into the batter (and some chocolate chips too).  

The wild culture (sourdough starter) that I used in these donuts and "love loaves" was captured in Mexico City last year and is one of my favorite cultures for baking (especially for pairing with chocolate).  The sourdough keeps them moist and tender.  They are disappearing fast!

Does anyone have a recipe that will work for baked sourdough donuts? I got a pan for mini donuts from King Arthur and I'd really like to try some baked donuts. The recipe that came with the pan is for a "quick rising" donut. Yuck! I've found lots of yeast recipes for baked donuts but I'd really like to try some sourdough ones.

I'm a little bit new to frying, but I love donuts. A couple weeks ago, I made Alton Brown's donut recipe, and it turned out excellent. But the quart and a half of oil is still hanging out in my dutch oven. I have heard conflicting reports about reusing oil. Could y'all set me straight? When and how is it appropriate to reuse vegetable oil? How do I dispose of it? Can I compost it? The last time I used donuts, the recipe said to use shortening to fry, but I didn't like the taste, why would I use shortening?

-Loafer