Pumpkin Doughnuts

By Texaschef11

Ingredients

• * Glaze:
• 1 * 1 cup sugar
• 2 * 2 eggs
• 2 * 2 tbsp softened butter
• 1 * 1 cup solid pack pumpkin
• 4 * 4 cups flour
• 2 * 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 * 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 * 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 * 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 * 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 * 1 cup cream
• * oil for frying
• 3 * 3 cups powdered sugar
• 3 to 4 * 3 to 4 tbsp milk or cream

Preparation

Step 1

Beat sugar, eggs and butter in a large bowl. Beat in pumpkin. Add flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Beat in milk. Chill 1 hour. Heat oil in deep fryer or skillet until very hot but not smoking. While oil heats, knead dough and roll out on floured surface to a thickness of 1/2 inch. Cut with doughnut cutter, then drop into oil for 3 minutes, turning once with tongs. Drain on paper towels. When cool, mix glaze ingredients and drizzle over doughnuts. Makes about 36 doughnuts.