National Donut Day - Recipe Monday

7:00 AM Johanna 0 Comments

I've decided to share my love of cooking with a new weekly series: Recipe Monday! Every Monday I will be sharing a recipe with you - my lovely readers - of something I've made over the past week.

Since this past Friday was National Donut Day and because Donuts are some of the best treats ever, I decided to make some.



 Most donut recipes call for yeast but I'm kinda impatient and wanted donuts so I used baking powder instead and I think it worked out pretty well. This recipe makes about 2 dozen donuts (or a lot of Timbits)


What You'll Need - Ingredients 
Donuts
1 cup of milk
1 cup of sugar
2 1/2 tablespoon of butter
1 1/2 teaspoon of salt
3 eggs
4 teaspoon of  baking powder
1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
3 1/2 cups of sifted flour
Oil for deep frying - I used vegetable oil

Glaze
1 1/4 cup of icing sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
2-4 tablespoons of milk

How To Make It - Directions 
Donuts

1. In a mixer combine sugar and butter. Add each egg separately and continue combining. 
2. In a separate bowl sift together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. 
3. Gradually add flour mixture to the liquid mixture beating vigorously. 
4. Lightly flour your work surface and knead lightly. If needed keep adding small amounts of flour to keep dough from sticking.
5. Roll out the dough to about a 1/4 inch thick rectangle. Use a doughnut cutter (or a glass and egg cup) to cut dough. 
6. Fry small batches in hot oil being super careful since the oil will splatter.
7. When the sides of the doughnuts are a golden brown flip. Drain doughnuts on paper paper. 
8. Dip in glaze and let glaze harden for about 5 minutes. 

Enjoy! And try not too eat too many in one sitting! :)