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| Just enough crunch on the outside and nice pillowy cake on the inside.... |
On a day where you deserve some extra calories, do yourself a favour and give these babies a hot oil bath. You will not regret a single calorie!
Ingredients:
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 large egg
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon buttermilk
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- Vegetable oil (for deep-frying)
- Granulated sugar for rolling donuts in (optional)
- Heat oil to 365 degrees.
- Meanwhile mix your dry ingredients together. Add in butter, egg , egg yolks, vanilla and buttermilk. Mix until combined.
- Fold in pumpkin. Dough should be a tad sticky but enough you can handle it. If you need a tad more flour go ahead and add it in 1 tbs at a time.
- Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
- On a flour surface, press dough out to be about 1/2 inch thick. With a doughnut cutter cut doughnuts.
- Drop into hot oil 3-4 at a time. Fry for about 1 minute per side or until golden.
- remove from oil and place on drying wracks or on paper towels to soak up some of the oil.
- Roll warm doughnuts in granulated sugar.
- Best if enjoyed warm, or same day.
(Yields about 18-24 doughnuts) Recipe by: Bakeaholic Mama