Soft Buttermilk Fried Donuts

These fried buttermilk donuts are super fluffy, coated generously in cinnamon sugar or with a sweet vanilla glaze.

In a bowl of your stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine all the donut dough ingredients.

Once combined, keep mixing on medium speed for around 8-10 minutes until the dough is smooth, glossy, and elastic.

On parchment paper roll the dough with a rolling pin into a ½ inch / 1.3cm thick square.

Use a doughnut cutter, cookie cutter, or a jar lid or glass to cut out the donuts.

Use kitchen scissors to cut around each donut on the parchment paper so each donut is sitting on an individual piece of parchment.

Leave the donuts to slightly rise for around 35-40 minutes until they have puffed out a bit.

Pour the frying oil into a deep fryer or a deep pot and heat it to 356°F/180°C.

When the oil is at temperature, fry the donuts, only 2-3 at a time in the hot oil.

They're delicious with cinnamon sugar!

Mix together cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl. Toss in the donuts.

Or for a simple vanilla glaze instead, combine powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk.

Let the donuts cool on a cooling rack for 5 minutes, then dip the still-warm donuts into the glaze.

See the link for the full recipe!