Baked Buttermilk Donuts
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- cup vegetable shortening, melted and cooled slightly
- 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar (Optional)
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) with an oven rack in the upper-middle position. Coat a donut pan with cooking spray.
- Sift flour, white sugar, cornstarch, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl.
- Whisk buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl.
- Pour melted and cooled shortening into flour mixture; stir until absorbed. Stir in buttermilk mixture; mix well. Let batter rest 10 to 15 minutes.
- Pour batter by scant 1 tablespoonfuls into wells of each prepared donut cup. Distribute batter evenly across bottoms of each cup using the back of a spoon; you won't use all of the batter in this batch.
- Bake in the preheated oven on the upper-middle rack until golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for 2 to 3 minutes before transferring donuts to a wire rack.
- Place confectioners' sugar in a small paper bag; add donuts and toss to coat.
- Coat the donut pan with cooking spray. Repeat process with remaining batter and confectioners' sugar.
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