Quick Cinnamon Donuts

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 T lemon juice
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 T shortening or lard
• 1/4 cup sugar
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/2 t . vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 t . baking soda
• 1/4 t . salt
• 1 quart oil for frying
• Sugar Coating:
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

• 1 Stir the lemon juice into the milk and set aside until milk thickens. In a
  medium bowl, mix together the shortening and ¼ cup white sugar and ¼ cup brown
  sugar until well incorporated.
• 2 Beat in the egg and vanilla until all of the lumps are gone and mixture is
  smooth.
• 3 In a small bowl sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and
  salt. Alternate stirring in flour and milk into the egg mixture until a soft
  dough forms.
• 4 Dust a work surface with flour and briefly knead the dough. Pat out the dough
  into a disc and roll out to about 1/3-inch thickness.
• 5 Using a donut cutter, a biscuit cutter, or a glass and cut out as many donuts as
  you can. Re-roll out dough scraps to use up all of the dough. If you don’t have
  a donut cutter, use your fingers to poke a hole in the middle.
• 6 Lay out doughnuts on a wax paper lined tray and let stand for 10 minutes. Heat
  the oil to 375 degrees. While waiting for the oil, make the sugar coating.
• 7 In a bowl , mix together the remaining sugar and cinnamon, set aside.
• 8 To fry donuts, gently drop 3-4 donuts in the hot oil and cook for 1-2 minutes on
  each side, flipping once (the handles of wooden spoons or wooden chopsticks are
  the best tools here). Remove from the oil and drain on a wire rack. Continue
  with the rest.
• 9 To coat the donuts, place the still warm donuts, one at a time, into the sugar
  mixture and jiggle a little bit so that you get a nice sugary coating. Set back
  on the wire rack and continue with the remaining donuts.
• 10 Serve and enjoy!

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