Cake Donuts: Make Your Own Monday #49

You have until December 14th to enter my Tate's Bake Shop Cookbook and Cookie Giveaway

The year is winding down.  There are only three weeks left of Make Your Own Monday.  Oh, I am sure that periodically, I will find something else to inspire a "homemade version," but all good things come to an end.  Starting in January 2011, I will be cooking recipes I find on other food blogs, highlighting the original source of course,  in "Your Recipe, My Kitchen."  

I will have a linky included each week for anyone who wants to play along.  I keep bookmarking wonderful recipes on other blogs, but without something like a weekly obligation such as this, I might never get around to trying them. 

 

Buttermilk Donuts (from the Donut Book)

2 eggs

1 egg yolk

1 cup sugar

1 cup buttermilk

4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp freshly grated nutmeg (or just plain ground nutmeg if that's what you have)

1 Tbsp melted butter

oil for frying

Beat eggs and yolk and gradually add sugar and buttermilk. Combine dry ingredients and add (with mixer) and then add the melted butter (I guess it is added last so as not to cook the eggs).  Heat oil to 360 degrees.  Pat dough out to a rough rectangle about 1/2 inch thick.  Cut donuts with a donut cutter or a glass or something circular.  Drop donuts a few at a time into the oil.  Fry until golden brown (about 2-3 minutes).  Drain on paper.  Glaze.  Eat.  Store remains in air tight container and they will get softer and soak up more of the glaze.

Glaze: 

3 cup powdered sugar

4 Tbsp honey

just enough water to make smooth (maybe 1 Tbsp?)

Mix ingredients in a microwave safe bowl.  When smooth, microwave until runny.  Pour over the donuts

Just Something I Whipped Up