Sugar and Spice Doughnuts

Name: Sugar and Spice Doughnuts
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 larges eggs, at room temperature; 1 Tbsp apple pie spice or ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest; 1 teaspoons fine salt; 118 milliliters seltzer water; 355 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps vegetable shortening or unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly; 12 servings Vegetable oil, for frying

Sugar and Spice Doughnuts is a gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegetarian morn meal. This recipe makes 12 servings with 147 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have vegetable oil, sugar, seltzer water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 40 minutes.

Instructions

Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, 1 cup of the sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of the apple pie spice in a medium bowl until well mixed. Stir the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon apple pie spice together in a shallow dish. Set aside.

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Apple Pie Spice

Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk together the eggs, melted shortening, lemon zest and 1/2 cup seltzer water in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in the flour mixture.

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Sparkling Water

Lemon Zest

Shortening

All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the remaining seltzer water, a teaspoon at a time, just until the dough comes together in a soft and shaggy ball.

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Sparkling Water

Dough

Turn the dough out onto a generously-floured cutting board (it will be a bit sticky).

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Dough

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Cutting Board

Sprinkle the top with flour and pat out until it is about 3/8-inch thick.

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All Purpose Flour

Cut out as many circles as possible using a 3-inch round cookie or biscuit cutter, then cut out doughtnut holes from the center of each with a 1-inch round cutter. Reserve the doughnuts and holes. Gather the scraps together and pat them out again to 3/8-inch thickness. Continue to cut doughnuts and doughnut holes, reworking the scraps, until all the dough is used.

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Biscuits

Dough

Nuts

Heat 2 inches of vegetable oil in a heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until a deep frying thermometer inserted in the oil reaches 375 degrees F. Working in batches, fry the doughnuts and holes until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes, turning occasionally.

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Cooking Oil