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Ingredients
1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 C milk
1/2 C sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1 TBL butter, melted
1 3/4-2 C gluten-free flour mix (depends on humidity--I consistently use 1 3/4 C in Seattle)
Vegetable oil for frying (I use Rice Bran oil)
Confectioners sugar, granulated sugar, or cinnamon mixed w/sugar for dusting
-Mix together egg, milk, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, salt, and butter in a medium bowl
-add flour (you may need incorporate it with your hands at end of mixing).
-cover and refrigerate for about an hour (to firm up dough)
-prepare to roll out the doughnuts. I use a Silpat mat to roll out the dough. You can also dust your cutting board with flour and cut out there. (I would use tapioca flour for this--it won't add graininess to the dough). You may need to use a little flour for the biscuit cutters so they don't stick to the dough.
-roll out the dough to 1/2" thickness (be sure it's not too thin)
-cut out doughnuts with bigger biscuit cutter and doughnut holes with smaller biscuit cutter. Or you can just use the smaller one and cut out a bunch of doughnut holes (because they are fun and easy to eat!).
-While you are cutting out the doughnuts, have the pan of oil on medium-high heat. I use a small saucepan and I do several batches. This is so I don't have to use a ton of oil. You need to have the oil deep enough that the doughnuts can cook be completely submerged and have oil all the way around them. Oil should be around 360 degrees
-Once doughnuts are cut out, test the oil. Drop a bit of extra dough into the oil to see if it fries. If it starts frying immediately, then the oil is ready.
-Carefully drop doughnuts and holes into oil. They should drop into the oil and start frying
-After a couple of minutes, they will rise to the surface
Turn them in the oil to make sure they are being cooked evenly. Cook until they are golden brown
-when they are golden brown, carefully take doughnuts out of oil and drain on a plate covered w/paper towels. The doughnuts won't have absorbed that much oil
-repeat the frying procedure until all the dough is used
-we like them as-is, but you can dust them with powdered sugar or granulated sugar, if you want. You can add a little cinnamon to the granulated sugar if you want cinnamon doughnuts. |
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