Sugar Dusted Doughnuts
Doughnuts always taste better fresh, warm and doused with sugar. This recipe makes about two dozen.
Ready
- 4 cups all-purpose flour (and some extra for flouring surface)
- 3 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 3 Tbsp melted butter
- Fat or oil (for deep-fat frying)
Set
- Deep fat fryer
- Plate with paper towels
- Slotted spoon
Go
- Sift together sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and flour.
- Beat eggs thoroughly, then stir into dry ingredients. Add the milk and melted butter and stir.
- Roll about ½ inch thick on a floured board and cut with a doughnut cutter.
- Fry several at a time in 375°F fat or oil until nicely browned.
- Remove doughnuts from oil with slotted spoon ansd drain on paper towels.
- Dust with granulated or confectioners’ sugar.
What you should know
You should always allow oil temperature to get back up to 375°F before frying the next batch.
Some people call them donuts, some call them dough nuts, and I call them doughnuts. No matter what you call them you will call them delicious after you taste them.
I just tried these donuts with my kids and they were a grand slam. A perfect afternoon snack with milk or coffee. Try dusting them with confectioners’ sugar and cinnamon and/or powdered vanilla sugar. Yum!
Delicious! I just made these doughnuts but with one critical addition. After they were fried nice an golden brown, I heated some honey in the microwave and rolled the doughnuts in the honey. Once the honey dried ( few seconds) I sprinkled the powder sugar on. Wow! Next time I’ll remember to share some with my kids.
Rolling the doughnuts in honey was a great suggestion. Rolling them in chopped coconut after rolling them in honey makes them even better.
Great doughnuts. Perfect for the holidays. I love the suggestion to roll them in honey and coconut. Very nice.
This recipe sounds like a lot of fun, but I don’t have a doughnut cutter. What can I do to get around this handicap?