Like I said on Tuesday, I spent two weeks out at my parents’ house for Thanksgiving. And since classes were basically done, and we’d been watching a lot of Great British Bake Off, we did a LOT of baking with our downtime. I shared the chocolate babka we made already, and today I’m bringing you my Great Grandma Ryder’s homemade deep-fried doughnuts.
I haven’t made homemade doughnuts since the last time my family made them, which was when I was maybe 5 or 6? Picture evidence below lol. So I was excited to make them again as a grownup! They were actually way easier than I was expecting, and it was super fun to spend a morning making doughnuts for my fam for breakfast.
While this does require a significant amount of oil for deep frying, and a candy thermometer is particularly helpful for monitoring the temp, past that these are quite easy! Just mix up the dough, roll them out, cut them (tip, if you don’t have a doughnut cutter just use a glass or mug!), and fry! We tossed some in cinnamon sugar, some in powdered sugar, and also dipped a few in melted chocolate.
Another more time consuming recipe, but a super fun way to pass some time over break!
Great Grandma Ryder’s Homemade Doughnuts
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tbs melted shortening
- 1 cup milk
- 4 1/2-5 cups flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- Confectioner’s sugar, cinnamon sugar, melted chocolate for topping
Instructions
- Beat the eggs; add sugar and melted shortening; add milk. Sift dry ingredients and add to liquid mixture to make a soft dough
- Roll dough out to 12 inch thickness on floured surface. Cut with small doughnut cutter (or whatever you have!)
- Head lard or vegetable oil in deep pot until 375°F (or hot enough to brown a 1 inch cube of bread in 60 seconds, otherwise doughnuts will absorb grease)
- Fry doughnuts until golden brown. You will have to turn doughnuts, but holes will flip on their own.
- Drain on unglazed paper (like parchment paper or paper towel) and sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar, toss in cinnamon sugar, or dip in chocolate sauce while still warm.
College Cooking with Celia 