Slightly Dry Cake Doughnuts
By: Madiha Salam
Published: Friday, September 17, 2010 - 4:56am

Ingredients




4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk*
2 eggs
1/4 cup butter, melted and cooled
1 teaspoon vanilla
Vanilla glaze
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 tablespoons milk

Preparation

1 Sift flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside. 2 Beat eggs in a medium bowl until frothy. Add sugar and continue beating until combined. 3 In another bowl, combine melted butter, milk and vanilla. 4 Add the milk mixture to the egg mixture and stir until combined. 5 Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture stir until combined. 6 Chill the dough for about 30 minutes to make it easier to work with. (Ha!) 7 Generously flour your work surface and roll dough out about 1/4 inch thick. 8 Use a doughnut cutter or two circle cutters (1 and 3 inch) to cut out shapes. 9 Heat about 2 quarts oil (about 3 inchees deep) in a large, heavy pot to about about 360 degrees. 10 Fry 1-2 doughnuts at a time about a minute on each side. (I didn’t actually time this, but it wasn’t too long) 11 Remove and place on a paper towel-lined tray. 12 When cool, sprinkle powdered sugar or dip them in a vanilla glaze. 13 Makes 12 doughnuts and 12 doughnut holes. 14 Most of the recipes called for a cup of milk. I dropped it back thinking the dough was too wet, but it probably needs it for the moistness if you can figure out how to work with the dough. :) 15 Vanilla glaze 16 With a mixer, mix sugar and butter. 17 Add vanilla 18 Add milk one tablespoon at a time until you reach the desired consistency.