Donuts

We made donuts Saturday morning to try out our new deep fryer, which arrived in the mail on Friday.  I used this recipe, cut in half.   The donuts were fun to make and came out good. I don't think we'll do this often though.  The process took all morning, and the donuts taste best when fresh.

First I made the dough and left it to rise.

It took over an hour to get to this size.

I rolled out the dough.

Used a round cookie cutter to cut the donuts, and a shot glass to cut the hole.

Then they had to rise again after they were cut.

This was at least another hour of rising.

Finally, it was time to use this puppy.

The donut holes were hard to flip because they were so round.

The donuts were easy.

This is the glaze made from butter, powdered sugar and vanilla extract.

You are supposed to dip both sides, but I only did one.

They were good!  Better yesterday than today.  Luckily, we were able to give some away.  Later that day, Marcos made fried pickles, onion rings and chicken tenders. They all came out delicious.  It was not a healthy day!!