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Buttermilk Doughnuts
A cake-like buttermilk doughnut recipe that gets fried and topped with an optional vanilla sugar glaze. Decorate with nuts or candy sprinkles, if desired.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups vegetable oil for frying
Doughnuts
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 5 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup melted butter
Glaze
- 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tablespoon margarine, softened (Optional)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons milk, or as needed
Directions
- Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Prepare doughnuts: Whisk buttermilk, sugar, and eggs together in a bowl. Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon together in another bowl.
- Stir buttermilk mixture into flour mixture until combined; add butter and knead until a soft dough forms.
- Turn out dough onto a lightly floured work surface and roll to 1/4-inch thick. Cut dough into doughnut shapes using a 2 1/2-inch doughnut cutter.
- Make glaze: Beat confectioners’ sugar, margarine, and vanilla together in a bowl until smooth. Gradually add milk, stirring constantly, until the desired glaze consistency is reached.
- Working in batches, cook doughnuts in hot oil until golden brown, about 1 minute per side. Transfer cooked doughnuts to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Dip hot doughnuts into glaze to coat.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe 36
- Calories 172
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 5g 6%
- Saturated Fat 2g 10%
- Cholesterol 18mg 6%
- Sodium 189mg 8%
- Total Carbohydrate 30g 11%
- Dietary Fiber 1g 2%
- Total Sugars 17g
- Protein 3g
- Vitamin C 0mg 1%
- Calcium 30mg 2%
- Iron 1mg 5%
- Potassium 46mg 1%
