Apple Cider Donuts Fried Until the Edges Set

Apple Cider Donuts Fried Until the Edges Set keeps the shopping list focused on granulated sugar, unsalted butter room temperature, and egg yolks. It serves 12 donuts.

Count on 30 minutes of prep, 20 minutes of cooking, 2 hours of resting, about 2 hours from the first measurement to the plate.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

For the Donuts

• 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
• 2 ½ tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
• 5 large egg yolks
• ¾ cup sour cream
• 1 ⅓ cups apple cider
• 4 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 96 fl oz Oil for frying I used canola

Cinnamon Sugar Mixture

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon

How the cooking goes

Make the Donut Dough

1. In a small saucepan reduce the apple cider in half to 166g or a scant ⅔ cup. Allow it to cool at ambient temperature, or make it ahead and store it in the refrigerator.
2. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, kosher salt, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and keep it to one side. In a separate bowl, whisk together the sour cream and apple cider reduction.
3. Prepare a sheet pan with plastic wrap and then dust the surface of the plastic wrap generously with flour.
4. In the bowl of a electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or with a hand mixer in a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until a sandy mixture forms. Slowly add the yolks and beat on high speed until pale yellow and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
5. With the electric mixer on low, alternately add the flour mixture and the wet ingredients (sour cream mixture) to the bowl in several additions. Stop the mixer when the dry ingredients are fully incorporated.
6. Move the dough to the flour-dusted plastic wrap, dust more flour over the top of the dough, and fold the edges of the plastic over the top to cover. You press the dough out into a flattened circle about 2 inches thick to help it chill faster. Refrigerate for 60 minutes.

Cut the donuts

1. Prepare a sheet pan pan with baking paper, spray the paper with nonstick spray, and keep it to one side.
2. Generously dust a work surface with flour. While the dough is still on the plastic wrap, dust the top of the dough with flour. Turn the dough out onto your floured surface, floured side down. Lightly dust the top with more flour.
3. Working quickly to keep the dough cool, roll out the dough to ½ inch thick and brush any excess flour from the top of the dough. Use a 3-inch and 1 ¼ – inch ring cutters, round cookie cutters or a glass to cut the donuts and holes. Lightly tap the cookie cutter in flour before cutting each donut. Place the donuts and donut holes on the prepared sheet pan.
4. Cover the sheet pan with plastic wrap, but do not let the plastic touch the top of the donuts. Chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours. At this step, you let mine chill overnight.

Frying the apple cider donuts

1. Before frying, set up your frying station! Place a wire rack on a rimmed sheet pan or over paper towels. Use a slotted spoon or spider to remove the donuts from the oil, and whisk together the sugar and cinnamon for the cinnamon sugar coating.
2. Pour oil into a fryer or a Dutch oven, making sure the oil is at least 2 inches deep. Heat the oil to 325° F. Adjust the heat to keep the temperature between 325° and 330°F while frying.
3. Gently place three donuts in the fryer, keeping the remaining donuts in the fridge. Once they rise to the surface, cook for 30 seconds and flip them with a slotted spoon. Fry until the bottom develops a nice deep gold color, about 80 seconds. Flip it again and then fry for another 80 seconds or until the color is a nice, even deep gold.
4. Move it onto a wire rack set over a sheet pan or paper towels.
5. Once the donut is barely cool enough to handle, dip the donut in the cinnamon sugar and place it back on the wire rack. Dipping a hot donut will ensure that the sugar sticks! If they are cool and dry, then the coating will just fall off.

After it comes off the heat

Give the plate the rest the method asks for. Cover leftovers and refrigerate them when the dish includes meat, eggs, or dairy.

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