A Taste of the Fair in Right at Home

Nothing says summer like the tastes that come from the county fair. Now you can bring the fair home with this fair favorite, mini donuts.

Ingredients

Donuts

  • 1 1/2 cups Swany White flour
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp nutmeg
  • 10 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk

Coating

  • 6 Tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon

Instructions

1.) Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
 
2.) In a mixing bowl whisk together dry ingredients for 20 seconds, set aside.
 
3.) In the bowl of an electric stand mixer whip together butter and sugar until slightly pale and fluffy.

4.) Add eggs in one at a time then add in vanilla. Next, add half the flour mixture and mix just until combined then mix in 1/2 of the buttermilk and mix just until combined, repeat process with flour and buttermilk once more.

5.) Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl and fold batter several times to ensure it’s evenly combined.

6.) Pour batter into a large piping bag fitted with a medium round tip and pipe into greased mini donut pans, filling pans about 2/3 full.

7.) Bake until toothpick inserted into donuts comes out clean, about 7 – 9 minutes.  

8.) While donuts are baking whisk together sugar and cinnamon for coating.
 
9.)While donuts are still hot, roll in cinnamon sugar mixture.

10.) Once cool store in an airtight container at room temperature.