Carrie’s Sweet Life

The one thing that has sounded good this whole pregnancy has been donuts… I have stopped more times then I want to admit to pick up a donut on the way to work.  But it still wasn’t curing the craving for homemade fresh donuts. I bought a donut cutter many months ago but then didn’t have luck finding a recipe I loved. I then remembered my mom had one in her old Betty Crocker Cookbook, so I wrote it down last week and we made them for breakfast Sunday.

They were awesome, and definitely cured the craving… for a few days anyway We made cinnamon sugar, powdered sugar and chocolate. Next time I d like to try glazed.

Cake Donuts (From: Betty Crocker)

• Vegetable Oil
• 3 1/3 cup all purpose flour
• 1 c. sugar
• 3t. baking powder
• 1/2 t. salt
• 1/2 t. cinnamon
• 1/2 t. nutmeg
• 2 T. shortening
• 1 T. vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 c. milk

Heat oil in a deep fryer to 375.

Beat 1 1/2 cups of the flour and the remaining ingridents in a large mixer bowl on low speed, scaping bowl constantly 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally 2 minutes. Stir in reamining flour.

Turn dough onto well cloth covered board; roll around lightly to coat flour. Roll gently 3/8 inch thick cut with donut cutter.

Slide donuts into hot oil. Turn donuts as they rise. Fry until golden browl 1 to 1 1/2 minutes each side. Drain off excess oil and top with topping if desired.