So, my daughter’s been reading a book called Doughnut Day, where a mother and daughter take the day to make doughnuts together. Needless to say, upon finishing the story, she had a craving for some ‘momma time’ in the kitchen.

Here’s our recipe:

Ingredients:

2 ½ cups of flour

¼ cup of sugar

3 tbsp of softened butter

1 tsp salt

½ cup of kefir or milk

1 egg

1 pk yeast

½ cup of mixed flour and water (1/3 cup of flour and 1 cup of water)

Olive oil for frying

Glaze:

3 cups of Powdered sugar

½ cup of water

4 tsp vanilla

1. First, make the mixture of flour and water to act as a dough enhancer by heating 1 cup of water, then adding in 1/3 cup of flour until thick. Set aside to cool.
2. Mix all ingredients together and knead for 15 minutes. I used my kitchen aide mixer with a dough hook attachment.
3. Set aside and let rise 45 minutes.
4. Punch down and let rise another 45 minutes.
5. Next, place the dough on a floured surface and roll out to 1/2” thick. (tip: don’t over handle the dough at this stage or it’ll get tough)
6. Cut into doughnuts.
7. Final rise! 1 hour.
8. Heat oil. I used a deep fryer, but a deep skillet would also work.
9. While the oil is heating, make the glaze. Just whisk together powdered sugar, vanilla, and water.
10. Fry the donuts in the oil about 30-45 seconds on each side, until golden brown.
11. Scoop out onto a towel and allow to dry.
12. Once slightly cooled, dip in glaze and set aside.
13. For powered sugar doughnuts, you could also place doughnuts in a large Ziploc baggie filled with 1-2 cups of powered sugar, shake well.

We made half our batch glazed and the other half powdered sugar.

Hope you enjoy them as much as we did!