Baked Doughnuts

These doughnuts (and doughnut holes) are amazing! They taste the best right out of the oven, so make them at a time when you will have lots of people to eat them up. Be sure to cut the middle holes large enough, or else you will have giant doughnut rolls.


Ingredients:
1 1/3 C warm milk (divided)
1 package instant dry yeast
2 Tbsp butter
2/3 C sugar
2 eggs
5 cups all-purpose flour
A pinch or two of nutmeg
1 tsp salt
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1/2 C unsalted butter, melted
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1 1/2 C sugar

Directions:
1. Combine 1/3 C warm milk and yeast. Let sit for 5-10 minutes.
2. Stir in butter, sugar, and remaining warm milk (1 C).
3. Stir in eggs, nutmeg, and salt.
4. Add in flour.
5. Knead dough, shape it into a ball, and cover.
6. Allow the dough to rise until doubled in size (30-60 minutes).
7. Roll dough 1/2" thick onto floured counter top.
8. Use a cookie cutter to stamp out 2-3" circles.
9. Transfer circles to greased baking sheet.
10. Stamp out inner circles using a smaller cookie cutter.
11. Cover and let rise another 45 minutes.
12. Bake at 375 F 8-10 minutes (until bottoms are golden).
13. Melt butter.
14. Combine cinnamon and sugar in separate bowl.
15. Remove doughnuts from oven. Let cool 1-2 minutes.
16. Dip each doughnut in butter and toss in cinnamon sugar.
17. Eat immediately.

Makes 1 1/2 - 2 dozen delicious doughnuts + doughnut holes.