Doughnuts!

This recipe is from the recipezaar.com Web site (#201483). My kids absolutely love this recipe and due to a mistake of doubling the recipe, I made chocolate ones as well (substituting 3/4 cups flour, for cocoa mix). For today's recipe we added some glazes thanks to Alton Brown from the Food Network.

2 beaten eggs

2 cups buttermilk

1/4 cup melted butter

5 cups GF flour blend

1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

2 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons xanthan gum

1. Beat eggs, buttermilk, and melted butter in a large bowl with a whisk.

2. Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl. Fold slowly into the wet ingredients, mixing by hand with a wooden spoon. When the ingredients are mostly combined, use hands to knead a few times to make sure the ingredients are fully incorporated.

3. Let the dough rest for 15 minutes. Sprinkle extra GF flour mix on countertop and roll out dough to between 1/3 to 1/2 inch thick. If dough is sticky, work in more GF flour.

4. Heat 2 to 3 inches of canola oil in the bottom of a pot until very hot (375 degrees)

5. Cut dough with doughnut cutter and reshape scraps into additional doughnuts. Remove doughnuts from oil with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.

Sugar/Icing options

1. While doughnuts are still warm, roll in a bowl of sugar.

2. Create a glaze (these two glazes are from the Food Network, courtesy of Alton Brown)

Doughnut glaze 1

1/4 cup whole milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups confectioners' sugar

Combine milk and vanilla in a medium saucepan and heat over low heat until warm. Sift confectioners' sugar into milk mixture. Whisk slowly, until well combined. Remove the glaze from the heat and set over a bowl of warm water. Dip doughnuts into the glaze, one at a time and set on a draining rack placed in a half sheet pan for five minutes before serving.

Chocolate glaze!

1/2 cut unsalted butter

1/4 cup whole milk, warmed

1 tablespoon light corn syrup

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped

2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

Combine butter, milk, corn syrup, and vanilla in medium saucepan and heat over medium heat until butter is melted. Decrease the heat to low, add the chocolate and whisk until melted. Turn off heat, add the powdered sugar, and whisk until smooth. Place the mixture over a bowl of warm water and dip the doughnuts immediately. Allow glaze to set for 30 minutes before serving.