Everyone loves the simple joy of a donut, but youโ€™re just not living life until youโ€™ve had a hot donut.

Edit: Change this up based on how many youโ€™re warming up and how strong your microwave is. It takes a little bit of getting to know the donuts from your local shop and your microwave and how they interact.

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If you like donuts, at least once in your life you have to find a Krispy Kreme brick and mortar with the donut machine and the neon hot now sign on. Donโ€™t take it away, sit down and eat that hot melting donut at the table, sometimes you just gotta stop for a minute.

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I like to eat raw donut dough, then drink hot oil and let it cook in my stomach.

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I like to eat all the raw ingredients, do jumping jack, punch myself in the stomach a bunch of times, then drink the hot oil to cook them.

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I think it must depend on the kind? more than 10 seconds would turn a glazed donut into soggy lava bread

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Depends on the power of your microwave and how many youโ€™re warming up. A single glazed donut in a 1200W microwave will be absolutely terrible after 15 seconds. But two glazed donuts in a 900W microwave will be divine after 20 seconds.

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OP trying to ruin peopleโ€™s donuts. Air fryer might make sense tho for 15-20 seconds

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Fresh doughnuts are fairly common here (UK).

Have yโ€™all really never had them fresh and hot? Thereโ€™s nothing like it.

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Morrisons doughnuts are the shiz

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Our donuts come in a truck and get put on a rack. Youโ€™re lucky if theyโ€™re not getting stale at the edges.

'Murica

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They often have stalls where they cook them in front of you and put them in a bag. Best thing in the world.

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Here they do that at orchards and cider mills. Cider donuts are the best because theyโ€™re fresh made.

However the most popular donut chain no longer makes their own. Donuts are dropped off from a central bakery before opening and sit around all day until theyโ€™re gone. And the business seems surprised donuts donโ€™t sell like they used to

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Krispy Kreme, anyone?

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The trick is to lower the output power of your microwave to about 60% then heat them. It avoids the melting hot spots next to the cold dead spots. Also not soggy. Also much more uniform heat distribution. Works for anything.

Stop using your microwave at 100%!!!

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Are there microwaves that change the power output? Every microwave ive used the power setting only cycle the power off. Like at 60% for 1 minute just means at even intervals the microwave is only on for 36 seconds out of the given minute.

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My LG one Iโ€™ve had for a few years seems to vary the output. I donโ€™t notice it turning on and off at least.

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How do you do this with a microwave with a turning knob?

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There is usually a power button you press, then hit 6 to set it to 60%

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Thereโ€™s this bakery I went to a long time ago that on weekends late at night they sell fresh made donuts out the back door in the parking lot. Absolutely divine

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