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Doughnut FRYday – Old Fashioned Cake

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings: 4 -5 doughnuts plus holes
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For the Doughnuts:
  • 1 1/4 cups cake/pastry flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp plain yogurt as high fat as you can, I used 11% MF
For the Glaze:
  • 1/2 cup icing sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp whole milk

Method
 

For the Doughnuts:
  1. In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, sea salt and spices. Set aside.
  2. In a separate bowl, mix together the butter and sugar until sandy. Mix in the egg yolk and yogurt.
  3. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet, mix thoroughly, cover and chill for 20-30 minutes.
  4. Pour dough onto a heavily floured surface and roll out with a floured rolling pin until 1/2" thick. Cut out doughnuts and fry in 360°F oil. When the dough rises (after about 15 seconds) flip over and fry for about 90 seconds, then flip again and fry another 90 seconds. This will make the dough form cracks to soak up all the glaze.
  5. Remove to paper towels to drain. Brush with glaze. Best eaten the day of.
For the Glaze:
  1. Mix together all ingredients until blended and brush onto still warm doughnuts.