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Ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 quart Vegetable Oil for frying
Preparation
Step 1
Step 1: In a medium mixing bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
Step 2: In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter. Add sugar and beat well. Add eggs and beat well.
Step 3: Add milk and vanilla and stir until combined.
Step 4: Slowly add flour mixture and mix until dough holds together. Roll into a ball.
Step 5: Cover and chill 2 hours.
Step 6: On a floured board, roll out doughnut dough to 1/3" thick and cut with a donut hole cutter.
Step 7: Heat vegetable oil in pan or deep fryer to 365 degrees and fry until lightly golden brown.
Step 8: Drain on a plate lined with paper towel briefly and then dip into the bowl of hot glaze.
Enjoy these dougnnuts warm and fresh as is or dip in a vanilla glaze and drain on a wire rack set inside of a baking sheet. (recipe below).
Vanilla Glaze:
3 cups confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
1/3 to 1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring
In a medium mixing bowl big enough to dip your doughnuts, stir together all glaze ingredients until there are no lumps. Set aside until ready to dip the hot doughnuts.