Sour Cream Doughnuts

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
• 1/4 cup flour, additional
• vegetable oil, for deep-frying
• sugar, if desired (for dredging)

Recipe

• 1 in a large bowl, beat together the eggs, sugar and vanilla until mixture is pale and thick; add sour cream and combine well.
• 2 sift flour together with baking powder, baking soda, salt and cardamon.
• 3 add flour to egg mixture and stir until just combined (it will be sticky).
• 4 turn dough out onto a well-floured surface, sprinkle additional flour over and roll dough out to 5/8 of an inch thick.
• 5 cut as many rounds as possible with a 3 inch cutter dipped in flour, and cut out centers too.
• 6 gather the scraps into a ball, reroll and cut out more doughnuts in the same manner.
• 7 make doughnut ‘holes’ with any bits remaining.
• 8 flatten doughnuts and holes gently until ½ inch thick and fry in batches in hot oil for 1 ½ minutes on each side, until golden-brown.
• 9 transfer to paper towels to drain.
• 10 if desired, while still warm, dredge with sugar, shaking off excess.