These warm, cinnamon-apple doughnuts can be made easily at home using the Hamilton Beach Professional Deep Fat Fryer!
Kitchen Hero: Hamilton Beach Professional Deep Fat Fryer
These cinnamon apple doughnuts are the perfect treat to hit that sweet treat craving and they're a real crowd pleaser - perfect for sharing!
Ingredients
For the Doughnuts:
- 2 sachets active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup warm water (37-43°C)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk (32-37°C)
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground allspice
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves or ginger
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
For the Glaze:
- 4 cups cloudy apple juice
- 5 cups icing sugar
- 1/4 cup golden syrup
- 4 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground allspice
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of ground cloves or ginger
Method
- In a small bowl, sprinkle yeast over water and let stand 5 minutes or until foamy.
- In large bowl of stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream sugar and shortening. Add yeast mixture, milk, salt, spices, eggs and 2 cups of the flour.
- Beat in remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time, until the dough no longer sticks to the bowl. Remove from bowl and knead for about 5 minutes, adding flour if necessary to make dough smooth and elastic.
- Place the dough in a greased bowl, and cover with plastic wrap. Set in a warm place to rise until double. Dough is ready if you touch it and the indentation remains.
- Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and gently roll out to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut with floured circle cutters to make doughnut shapes. Cover loosely with a cloth. Let donuts rise again until double in size, about 1 to 2 hours.
- While donuts rise, make glaze. In a medium saucepan, cook apple juice until the mixture is reduced to about 2/3 cup. In a large bowl, combine apple juice reduction, icing sugar, golden syrup and spices. Whisk until smooth.
- Heat oil in deep fryer to 190°C. Slide donuts into the preheated oil two at a time. Fry each donut about 1 minute per side. Remove from hot oil and drain on paper towel lined wire racks.
- Dip donuts into the glaze while still warm, and set onto wire racks to drain excess. Keep a cookie sheet or tray under racks for easier clean up. Repeat dipping to double glaze donuts.
Serves: 24