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Weekend Brunch: Cake Doughnuts

Author Jacqueline

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup butter melted
  • 1 cup milk
  • 4 cups flour plus a little more if dough is sticky
  • Oil for frying
  • Cinnamon sugar and powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

  • In a large bowl mix the sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.
  • Add eggs, milk and melted butter. Beat well.
  • Add 3 cups of the flour, beating until blended. Add one more cup of flour and beat well. The dough should be soft and sticky but firm enough to handle. If you feel its necessary, add up to 1/2 cup more flour (I had to add at least that much more, just a general FYI)
  • Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least one hour.
  • Remove your dough from the fridge and begin heating about 1" of oil to 360F in a large metal skillet.
  • Working with 1/3-1/2 the dough at a time, roll it out on a floured surface to about 1/2" thickness. Cut out circles using a doughnut cutter or other cutter.
  • Gently drop the doughnuts in batches into the hot oil. Flip them over as they puff and turn them a couple more times as they cook. They will take about 2-3 minutes total golden-brown.
  • Remove doughnuts to a cooling rack, lined with paper towels if you desire. Coat with cinnamon sugar while still warm, powdered sugar when they are only slightly warm (otherwise the powdered sugar will be tacky and semi-melted into a glaze).