Name: Old-Fashioned Donuts
Uploaded: 2016-05-25T08:20:18.000Z
Duration: 3 min 30 s
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Call me old-fashioned, but this donut's the best.

Today, we're making old-fashioned cake donuts.

To make these donuts, you need a positive attitude,

a basic amount of ingredients and equipment,

a ring mold to cut the donuts, and then a fryer setup.

Don't feel like you have to have a big deep fryer to do it.

You can just have a couple inches of oil to fry it.

First, we're going to combine sugar, butter, and egg

Once those are creamed together and the color is light,

you're going to get the sour cream in there.

We're going to your pastry flour, baking powder, salt.

With the stand mixer running on low speed,

start adding the dry ingredients one spoon at a time.

You don't need to wait for them to be incorporated

and eventually, it'll get mixed together.

You need to get a medium-size mixing bowl, greased and lined

The reason why I like to add plastic wrap to the mixing bowl

is I find it's a little easier to get out

later on, as well as you can just throw away

that plastic wrap and cleaning the bowl's a lot easier.

Spray the dough and put more plastic wrap on top.

Once you dough is chilled, dust the top of it

and then transfer the dough to a floured working surface.

You want to roll your dough to a thickness of about a half inch.

If you don't have pastry rods, don't worry about it.

Get a couple magazines, a couple books that

So, now, punch your donuts into whatever shape you want.

and I like to go around and make little indentations.

The reason for doing this is so you get maximum usage out

to look like the ones you typically see in donut shops,

punch them out into a diameter of 3 inches.

The inner circle needs to be about one inch and a quarter

transfer them to a greased parchment or wax paper.

Cover and place in the fridge for about 20 to 30 minutes.

The reason for chilling the dough at this point

is it makes them easier to handle transferring

So, we like to fry our old-fashioned donuts at about

From start to finish, it takes about three to four minutes.

At first, they're going to sink to the bottom

At that point, we like to cook them for 40 more seconds

Cook for about 80 more seconds and flip again.

After 80 more seconds, transfer your donuts

to a baking rack or a tray lined with paper towels.