Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Donuts

Name: Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Donuts
Yield: Makes about 10 Donuts and Their Holes
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon salt; Confectioners’ sugar for dusting; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; Canola or peanut oil for deep-frying; 1 teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon baking soda; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted; ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg; 1¼ cups (6½ oz/200 g) all-purpose flour; ½ cup (4 oz/125 g) granulated sugar; 1 cup (4 oz/125 g) cake flour; ½ cup (4 fl oz/125 ml) buttermilk

Preparation info

Makes about
10
Donuts and Their Holes

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Donuts

By Elinor Klivans

Published 2011

About

These classic cake donuts with a tang of buttermilk recall the golden piles in favorite bakeries of childhood memories. Leavened with baking soda and baking powder, they take minutes to mix. A combination of all-purpose flour and cake flour adds to the tender texture. Chilling the dough firms it for easy rolling.

Ingredients

1¼ cups (6½ oz/200 g) all-purpose flour
1

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

In a large bowl, sift together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, and salt. In another large bowl, using an electric mixer set on low speed (use the paddle attachment for a stand mixer), beat the egg and granulated sugar until creamy and pale in color. Add the buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla and beat until well blended. Add the flour mixture and beat, still on low speed, jus