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A little known secret about me, I have a strong aversion to frying foods. But, I love to eat fried foods.
Years ago I worked at a bar and grill as the bartender, cook, waitress, busboy, cashier and bouncer. I know what you’re thinking . . . Dream Job! LOL.
After a long shift of deep frying food and cooking burgers, I had a grease coating from head to toe. Ever since then I have done everything possible to keep from frying foods.
As much as I enjoy baked donuts. Come on, who are we kidding. Baked donuts are not nearly as good as fried doughnuts! There I said it. #FriedFoodIsGood
So I’m back. I am a deep frying machine lately. Batter and dough is no longer safe around me. It’s going into a pot of hot oil!
These Cinnamon Sugar Fried Doughnuts are the perfect start to my doughnut madness.
They are very easy to prepare. Infused with Musselman’s Apple Butter flavor and rolled in a thick coating of cinnamon sugar.
I have made these doughnuts many times. They got rave reviews from all of my taste testers. The kids just loved them. My friends thought they tasted like churro doughnuts. And my Mom’s coworkers couldn’t get enough (and those doughnuts were sampled a day after they were first prepared!).
As far as frying doughnuts, I prefer not to use a thermometer. I find that relying on a thermometer doesn’t usually work out for me.
I allow the oil to heat for about 5 minutes. Then sacrifice a small dollop of batter into the oil. Once the batter floats to the top and is bubbling/sizzling, you are good to go.
A few more tips:
Prep the cinnamon and sugar before you start frying.
Do not crowd the pot of oil.
Gradually decrease the heat between batches as the oil gets hotter.
Use a cookie scoop to measure even amounts of batter.
Be extra careful when dropping batter into oil. To prevent splashing drop batter close to oil.
And whatever you do, don’t skimp on the cinnamon sugar!
I hope you decide to give this Cinnamon Sugar Fried Doughnut Recipe a try. It is worth standing over that hot pot of oil!
And be on the lookout for more delicious recipes, thanks to Musselman’s Apple Butter!
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Cinnamon Sugar Fried Doughnut
Ingredients
Doughnut Batter
- 1 Cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1/4 Cup Sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 Large Egg
- 1/2 Cup Musselman's Apple Butter
Cinnamon/Sugar
- 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
- Oil For Frying*
Instructions
- Mix cinnamon and sugar coating blend. Set aside.
- Line a baking sheet with paper towels. Set aside.
- In a large, heavy bottom pot; heat oil over medium while prepping batter.
- Mix all doughnut batter ingredients until free of lumps.
- Drop a small dollop of batter into the oil. Once the batter floats to the top and is bubbling/sizzling, discard and begin dropping batter using a 1 Tablespoon cookie scoop.
- Flip doughnuts while frying. Fry for 3-4 minutes or until dark brown.
- Using a metal skimmer or slotted spoon, transfer doughnuts to prepared cinnamon/sugar blend.
- Roll to coat with sugar. Transfer to the baking sheet lined with paper towels.
- Allow to cool for 2-3 minutes before serving.
- To store, refrigerate doughnuts in an airtight container. Use within 3 days.
Notes
*Enough vegetable oil for 3-4 inch depth.
Eat More Musselman’s Apple Butter. . .
Pork Chops with Sweet & Sour Barbeque Sauce
Spiced Apple Popovers with Maple Cinnamon Butter
Mmmm….applesauce doughnuts coated in cinnamon sugars sound amazing!
I adore Messelman’s! I can eat it out of the jar with a spoon!
These wouldn’t last long at my house. Yum!
You have no idea how much I adore these. I love fresh fried donuts!
I’m literally drooling thinking about these!! I need them!!
Haha, I hear you on the deep drying. For me, it’s more so the splatters that go everywhere. And I always end up burning myself somehow. I’ll deep fry something every once in a long awhile, and it needs to be worth it. These doughnuts look totally worth it!
Oh my word! Donuts flavored with apple sauce!?!?! I love it!