Description
Try these delicious doughnuts for an old-fashioned taste treat. Serve sprinkled with confectioners sugar, if you wish.
Ingredients
- 2 quarts oil for frying
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup white sugar
- ¼ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oil in deep-fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Sift together flour
- baking powder
- baking soda
- cinnamon
- nutmeg
- cloves and salt onto piece of waxed paper.
- In a large bowl
- use an electric mixer at medium speed to beat together sugar
- brown sugar and eggs until fluffy. Beat in 2 tablespoon oil. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture
- alternately with milk
- beginning and ending with dry ingredients
- until well blended. Stir in applesauce and vanilla.
- Carefully drop batter by level tablespoons
- 3 or 4 at a time
- into hot oil. Do not overcrowd pan or oil may overflow. Fry
- turning once with tongs
- for 3 minutes or until golden. Transfer with tongs to paper toweling to drain. Cool completely.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 24