Usually she ends up running late because she has to drive down to Safeway and get a box of average looking and tasting donuts. She hates it. Like, really really abhors detests HATES it. It's the worst part of her morning. So I took it upon my baker self to make homemade donuts for everyone. It was a win win win situation. I get to spend all night (and some parts of the early morning) in the kitchen, my mom wouldn't have to drive to Safeway and pick the least-stale box of donuts and thus avoid late arrival at church, and everyone would get to eat homemade donuts!
These should make about 3 dozen (plus donut holes!). I don't have a donut cutter so I just used a biscuit cutter and then a pastry tip turned upside down to cut out the middles.
- 4 1/2 c flour
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 c sugar
- 2 Tbs unsalted butter, melted
- 1 c milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Sift together the dry ingredients.
- Beat eggs with sugar until light.
- Add butter, milk, and vanilla.
- Add dry ingredients and mix until a soft dough is formed. Do not over mix, it will make your donuts hard and stiff instead of fluffy.
- If dough is too soft to roll, chill it for half an hour.
- Roll dough out 1/2 inch thick on a floured surface and cut with donut cutters.
- Fry in hot oil until golden on both sides, turning once. (I'm guessing the oil was about 350 degrees, I just eyeballed it because my thermometer is broken.)
- Remove from oil with a slotted spoon, hold over hot oil for a few minutes to drain, and then finish draining on paper towels.
- Top/decorate them however you like! I shook them in a bag with cinnamon and sugar or powdered sugar for the church goers. We also made a chocolate glaze with cocoa powder, sugar, and milk and topped them with chocolate jimmies. You could cover them with nuts or rainbow sprinkles too if you wanted. :)
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