15-Minute Homemade Donuts
These homemade donuts taste just as good any cake donut you could buy at your local bakery but you can make them at home in just 15 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cupsall-purpose flour ((scoop and level to measure))
- 2 tspbaking powder
- ¼ tspsalt
- ½ cupbuttermilk
- ¼ cupgranulated sugar
- 3 tbspmelted butter
- 3 cupsvegetable oil, (for frying)
- ⅓ cupgranulated sugar
Directions
- 1
Pour about 1/2-inch oil into a large saute pan or pot and heat over medium heat to 355 degrees F. (keeping an eye on it as it is heating). Meanwhile prepare donut dough.
- 2
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, 1/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt.
- 3
Separately whisk together buttermilk and melted butter. Pour buttermilk mixture into flour mixture and using a fork, stir in dry ingredients and mix just until combine (be careful no to over-work dough).
- 4
Roll dough into 1/2 Tbsp balls. Once the oil has reached 355 degrees F, fry about 1/2 the dough balls at a time.
- 5
Fry until just golden brown on bottom, then flip and cook reverse side until golden brown.
- 6
Carefully remove with a spider strainer or metal tongs drain onto a paper towel lined baking sheet.
- 7
Pour 1/3 cup sugar into a dish, roll donuts in sugar. Repeat this process with remaining dough.