Top Pot Sour Cream Old-Fashioned Doughnuts
"This recipe is adapted from one in Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts: Secrets and Recipes for the Home Baker. Old-fashioned doughnuts are fried at a lower temperature than other doughnuts and turned twice while frying, which gives them their characteristic crunchy petals and grooves—perfect for holding onto a sweet glaze (recipe included below). The sour cream in the dough keeps these doughnuts wonderfully moist. Note: For super extra tender doughnuts, use cake flour. But they really are plenty tender and delicious with regular old all-purpose flour, too. You might also like these Homemade Raised Doughnuts or Whole Wheat Doughnuts...."
INGREDIENTS
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2 1/4 cups flour, plus more for rolling and cutting
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1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
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1 tsp. salt
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3/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
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1/2 cup sugar
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2 Tbsp. lard, shortening, or butter
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2 egg yolks
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2/3 cup sour cream or crème fraîche
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Oil for frying (canola, vegetable, or lard)
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3 1/2 cup powdered sugar (optional)
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2 tsp. light corn syrup (optional)
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1/4 tsp. salt (optional)
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1/2 tsp. vanilla extract (optional)
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