A couple months ago I decided that it was time to make a lifestyle change and wrangled my mother into trying the Whole30 Challenge with me, it was a success and I have plenty of great recipes that I will be sharing later. However, lately it has been a challenge to get away from the sweets, since I wasn't allowed any at all during the month of March...very challenging since I have a HUGE sweet tooth!!
But today is not about healthy eating, no where close! It is about another challenge that has been placed upon me by my father...
Easter is all about plastic eggs filled with little pieces of candy, bunny rabbits running around the front yard and freshly blossomed flowers, along with the most important: the representation of Jesus being raised from the tomb after 3 days...but this year it is the season of Doughnuts!
My father grew up with his mother making fresh doughnuts all the time. I bake much the same as his mother did, but I have never gotten up the nerve to try doughnuts...until today!
Several weeks ago I was perusing though Pinterest and decided that it was time to start looking for simply doughnut recipes. I stumbled upon a Sour Cream Old Fashioned Doughnut recipe, which are my father's favorite. I kept telling myself that I was going to make them, first they were going to be for my brother's birthday, then for the first weekend off of my Whole30 challenge, and now for Easter!
OLD FASHIONED SOUR CREAM DOUGHNUTS
DOUGHNUT
2¼ C Cake Flour
1½ tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Salt
¾ tsp freshly ground Nutmeg
2 T Shortening
½ C Sugar
2 Egg Yolks, large
⅔ C Sour Cream
Canola Oil for Deep Fryer or Pan
GLAZE
3 1/2 C Powdered Sugar
2 tsp Corn Syrup
1/2 tsp Vanilla
1/2 C Hot Water
Roll out chilled dough onto a well floured surface to about 1/2 inch think.
Use a doughnut cutter or two round cookie cutters to cut the desired size of the doughnut
(I used a bunny cookie cutter in the spirit of Easter)
Score the dough 3 times in a triangular shape around the circle (as shown below), this will help to create the flowered effect of the Old Fashioned Doughnut.
Poor the Canola Oil into the Fryer a couple of inches deep and let the oil heat up to 325F.
Once the oil is heated to the proper temperature, place the dough (scored side up) in the oil, but make sure you don't over crowd them as they do expand during baking.
Once they rise to the top, fry for an extra 15 seconds
Flip over (Scored side down) and fry for another 90 seconds
Flip over once more (Scored side up) fry for another 75 seconds
**If doing doughnut balls, fry for 75% of the time**
Once one frying the doughnuts, place them on a cooling rack with ample amounts of paper towels underneath to catch the dripping oil
Mix up the glaze so that it is ready and warm when the doughnuts are finished dripping the excess oil off
Dip and roll the doughnuts in the glaze and return them to the cooling rack where they can drip off the excess glaze and finish cooling
Eat and enjoy!
Happy Easter and God Bless!
