Good Morning!
I like to made donuts every once and a while and instead of the buttermilk pillsbury donuts try these bad boys.
Cinnamon Spiced Donuts
Yields 6-8 Donuts and 8-10 Donut Holes
Ingredients:
- 1 & 1/2 cups plus heaping 1/8 cup all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling out the dough
- 1 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 cups sugar (plus more for cinnamon and sugar mix)
- 1 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or ground vietnamese cinnamon
- 1large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 and 1/2 tablespoons vegetable shortening or unsalted butter, melted
- 1/4 cup plus 1 to 3 teaspoons of sprite soda
- Vegetable oil, for frying
Directions:
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of the pumpkin pie spice in a medium bowl until well mixed.
Stir the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and 2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon together in a ziplock bag or my mom prefers a brown lunch bag.
Whisk together the eggs, melted shortening, and sprite in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in the flour mixture. Add the remaining sprite, a teaspoon at a time, just until the dough comes together in a soft and soft ball.
Turn the dough out onto a generously-floured cutting board (it will be a bit sticky).
Dust the top with flour and pat out until it is about 3/8-inch thick ( instead of a rolling pin try a fondant rolling pin; as picture below) .
Cut out as many circles as possible using a 4-inch round donut cutter (as displayed below) or cookie or biscuit cutter, then cut out donut holes from the center of each with a 1-inch round cutter. Reserve the donuts and holes. Gather the scraps together and pat them out again to 3/8-inch thickness.
Continue to cut doughnuts and doughnut holes, reworking the scraps, until all the dough is used. If you have a deep frier heat according to directions on your model and set temperature to 375 degrees. Once the temperature is ready use a donut hole to test the oil.
Donut holes should take less time approximately 1 minute. Flip the donut hole after 30 seconds. Donuts should take 1 to 2 minutes; flip after a minute or so (just keep watching). The best tool for flipping is spider (picture below).
Line a 2 plates one for the donuts coming right out of the oven and another one for once you coat the donuts in the cinnamon and sugar mixture.
Or you do not have a deep frier following directions below.
Heat 2 inches of vegetable oil in a heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until a deep frying thermometer inserted in the oil reaches 375 degrees F. Working in batches, fry the doughnuts and holes until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes, turning occasionally. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate to drain off the oil and cool slightly.
While still warm, toss the donuts in the spiced sugar mixture until well coated.
Enjoy! WARNING: EVERYBODY AT MY HOUSE FIGHTS OVER THE DONUT HOLES!!!!!
