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Homemade Doughnuts with Ginger Beer Glaze
Makes 6 servings
Ingredients:
– 1 gallon vegetable oil
Donuts:
– ¼ cup butter, softened
– 1/3 cup sugar
– 1/3 cup rmly packed light brown sugar
– 3 ½ cups all-purpose our
– 2 teaspoons baking powder
– 1 teaspoon salt
– ½ teaspoon baking soda
– ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
– 2 eggs, room temperature
– ½ cup buttermilk
– ½ teaspoon real vanilla extract
Glaze:
– 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
– 2 tablespoons ginger beer
OR
– 1 cup sugar
– ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
Directions:
Place vegetable oil in fryer; cover and set temperature for 375ºF.
In large mixer bowl place butter and both sugars. Beat, scraping bowl often, until mixture resembles small pebbles
(about 1 to 2 minutes). Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition; add buttermilk and vanilla,
mix well. In medium mixing bowl stir together our, baking powder, salt, baking soda, and cardamom. Add dry
ingredients to buttermilk mixture and mix until dough comes together. Dough is slightly sticky.
On well oured surface and using a well-oured rolling pin, roll out dough to ½ inch thick. Using a 3-inch biscuit
cutter, cut out round rings of dough. Using a 1-inch cutter, cut center out of larger round. Reroll remaining dough
and repeat cutting. Let donut rings and donut holes set on a cooling rack for 15 minutes.
Add about 6 donut rings to fryer at a time. Cover and fry for 1 minute; turn donuts over, continue frying 1 additional
minute, or until golden brown. Remove from fryer and let drain on paper towel lined tray. Repeat with remaining
dough rings and donut holes.
Meanwhile, in small bowl stir together confectioners’ sugar and ginger beer. Drizzle over donuts and donut holes.
Let cool.
TIP: If desired, stir together sugar and cardamom and sprinkle or roll donuts in mixture. Let cool.
Homemade French Fries
Makes 4 servings
Ingredients:
– 1 gallon vegetable oil
– 1 pound Russet Potatoes (about 2 large), rinsed, cut into 3/8-inch strips
– Kosher salt
Directions:
Place vegetable oil in fryer and turn on preset French fry setting (350ºF). Heat until indicator light goes on.
Rinse cut potato strips in cold water to remove starch. Let French fry strips sit in a bowl of cold water for 30
minutes. Remove fries from water and pat dry with a clean towel or paper towels.
Place about ½ French fry strips in each of the two small baskets then place baskets in hot oil. Set timer for 6
minutes. When timer goes off or French Fries are golden color, lift baskets from oil and let drain on side of fryer.
Turn out onto paper towel lined plate and sprinkle with salt. Enjoy.
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