Homemade Lemon Doughnuts

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 6 servings
  • Total: 40 min
  • Prep: 20 min
  • Inactive: 10 min
  • Cook: 10 min
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Ingredients

Canola oil, for frying

2 tablespoons shortening

2 tablespoons Mascarpone cheese

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 egg

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 lemon, zested

2 cups flour, sifted

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Pinch salt

Powdered sugar, to garnish

Fresh berries, to garnish

Directions

  1. Preheat fryer to 375 degrees F. with canola oil.
  2. In a medium sized bowl, cream together shortening, mascarpone and sugar. In a measuring cup mix together buttermilk, egg, vanilla, lemon juice and zest. Slowly beat in egg mixture. Once well blended slowly add flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
  3. Roll dough out on a floured surface until 1/3-inch thick. Punch out doughnuts with a 1 1/2-inch biscuit cutter or donut cutter. Let stand 10 minutes. Fry until golden. Remove from fryer and dust with powdered sugar. Serve with fresh berries.

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Deb S.

OMG!! I have my grandmother's buttermilk recipe and her doughnut cutters from years ago, but only made her doughnuts twice because it was such a hassle; and they weren't anything to write home about. THIS recipe is EXCELLENT!!! It was SO simple, but it makes way more than 6 servings! I lost count after the 14th one; and I was also frying the holes too. Anyone who wants to make doughnuts should try this recipe.

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