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Buttermilk Doughnuts With Vanilla Glaze

Ingredients
  

  • 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • ¼ cup sour cream
  • ¼ cup 1/2 stick unsalted butter, melted and slightly brown and cooled
  • vegetable oil for frying
  • For the Vanilla Glaze:
  • 1 cup confectioner’s sugar
  • a few tablespoons of milk
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Line one baking sheet with parchment paper and another baking sheet with two layers of paper towels.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk the eggs, buttermilk, and sour cream until combined.
  • Add the melted, cooled butter and whisk again.
  • Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and pour the liquid ingredients into the well.
  • With a rubber spatula, slowly fold the flour into the liquid until the mixture forms a sticky dough.
  • Turn the dough out onto a work surface lightly dusted with flour.
  • Sprinkle the top of the dough with flour and pat out until it is about 1/2 inch thick.
  • Use two round cutters (3 1/4 inch and 1 1/2 inch) and dip the large cutter in flour and press out rounds.
  • Dip the smaller cutter in the flour and cut out the center of each dough round.
  • Reroll the scraps and make more doughnuts.
  • Pour enough oil into a deep skillet to make a 1- 1 1/2 inch layer of oil.
  • Heat the oil over medium high heat, until the temperature reaches 365-370F.
  • Fry 3 doughnuts at a time about 2-3 mins on each side and remove to the paper towels.
  • Make the vanilla glaze:
  • In a bowl, whisk the sugar as you slowly add milk and vanilla extract. Add enough milk to make a nice flowy glaze for dipping.
  • Dip tops of each doughnut in the glaze and add sprinkles!