ashley's apple doughnuts

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• doughnuts:
• 1 cup apple
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, at room temperature
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, or more as needed
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 cups vegetable oil for frying, or as needed
• glaze:
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons apple

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins


• boil 1 cup apple in a small pot until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 10 minutes. remove pot from heat and cool to room temperature.
• beat sugar and butter together with an electric mixer until creamy and smooth; add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well before each addition. mix buttermilk and reduced apple into creamed butter mixture.
• whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg together in a bowl. slowly stir flour mixture into creamed butter mixture just until dough is combined.
• turn dough a lightly floured piece of parchment paper. sprinkle dough with flour and roll to 1/2-inch thickness, adding more flour if dough is sticky. cut dough into doughnuts using a 3-inch-wide doughnut cutter and arrange on a baking sheet; refrigerate until chilled, 20 to 30 minutes.
• heat at least 3 inches of oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• whisk confectioners' sugar and 2 tablespoons apple together in a bowl until glaze is smooth.
• fry doughnuts in the hot oil, 2 to 3 at a time, until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes per side; remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. pour glaze over warm doughnuts.