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Ingredients
For the doughnuts:
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 1/4 tsp ground allspice
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 245g sugar
- 470g plain flour
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 egg yolk
- 80ml buttermilk
- 60g pumpkin puree
- 3 tbsp melted salted Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- Cinnamon sugar, for dusting
For the maple syrup glaze:
- 330g Technique: Icing Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish. I know this Teach me, please icing sugar
- 1/4 tsp maple extract
- 120ml milk
Method
How to make Neelys maple glazed doughnuts
1) Preheat the oil in a large Dutch oven to 190C. Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please Whisk the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.
2) Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please Whisk the eggs, yolk, buttermilk, pumpkin puree, melted Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter and almond extract together in another large bowl until smooth. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and thoroughly mix together using a wooden spoon. The dough will be very sticky.
3) Dust your worktop and hands with flour. Using your hands pat out the dough to 1cm thickness. Dip a 7.5cm round cutter in flour and cut out the doughnuts. Cut out the centre of each doughnut with a 1.5cm cutter. Gather scraps and re-roll. Continue cutting out doughnuts.
4) Fry the doughnuts in hot oil, until golden brown and crisp, approximately 1 minute per side. Drain on a wire rack over a sheet tray to cool.
5) Once cool, dust with cinnamon sugar, if desired, or dip the tops of the doughnuts into the maple syrup glaze. Alternatively, a Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter knife can be used to spread on the glaze.
For the maple syrup glaze:
1) In a small bowl, combine the
Technique:
Icing
Adding a mixture of icing sugar and water, butter or cream to a cake or cupcake for a decorative finish.
I know this
Teach me, please
icing
sugar, maple extract and milk. Stir well. Add additional milk, if needed, to reach desired consistency. Drizzle over the doughnuts.