Chocolate Cinnamon Doughnuts
These doughnuts are a favorite of our three grown children. Make them up at night—next morning, it's quick and easy to roll them out and fry them when everyone else's getting ready for the day.
Although he works for the electric company, at heart my husband's a farmer...so we give a lot of produce away!24 ServingsPrep: 20 min. + chilling Bake: 25 min.
Ingredients
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1-1/4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- Oil or shortening for deep-fat frying
- GLAZE:
- 4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 6 tablespoons milk
Directions
- In a bowl, beat eggs. Add sugar and beat until mixture is thickened
- and lemon-colored. Stir in oil and vanilla.
- In another bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, cinnamon,
- salt and soda. Add to egg mixture alternately with buttermilk.
- Chill.