Homemade Lemon Doughnuts
You can never have too many morn meal recipes, so give Homemade Lemon Doughnuts a try. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 346 calories, 6g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of buttermilk, egg, lemon zest, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 40 minutes.
Instructions
Preheat fryer to 375 degrees F. with canola oil.
In a medium sized bowl, cream together shortening, mascarpone and sugar. In a measuring cup mix together buttermilk, egg, vanilla, lemon juice and zest. Slowly beat in egg mixture. Once well blended slowly add flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
Roll dough out on a floured surface until 1/3-inch thick. Punch out doughnuts with a 1 1/2-inch biscuit cutter or donut cutter.
Let stand 10 minutes. Fry until golden.
Remove from fryer and dust with powdered sugar.
Serve with fresh berries.