Double Orange Doughnuts
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
18 doughnuts
ingredients
-
Doughnuts
- 3 1⁄4 cups pillsbury best all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 2⁄3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 2⁄3 cup orange juice
- 1⁄4 cup Crisco shortening, melted or 1/4 cup Crisco, sticks, melted
- Crisco shortening (for deep frying) or Crisco, stick (for deep frying)
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Orange Glaze
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
directions
- Doughnuts.
- In a large mixing bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. In the bowl of an electric mixer combine eggs, granulated sugar and vanilla extract; beat at high speed until thick and lemon-colored.
- In a small bowl combine peel, juice and 1/4 cup melted Crisco. Add to egg mixture alternately with three-fourths of the flour mixture. Beat at medium-low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in remaining flour mixture by hand. Cover; chill 2 hours.
- Heat 2 or 3 inches Crisco to 365ºF in deep fryer or deep saucepan.
- On a lightly floured surface roll dough to 3/8 inch thickness. Cut with floured 2-1/2 inch doughnut cutter.
- Fry, a few at a time, 2 minutes or until golden brown. Turn once. Remove with slotted metal spoon. Drain on paper towels. Drizzle with Orange Glaze.
- Orange Glaze.
- In a medium bowl combine confectioners’ sugar, grated orange peel orange juice. Stir well.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
looneytunesfan
United States