Here’s a classic Old-Fashioned Donuts recipe — crisp on the outside, tender and cakey inside 🍩✨
🍩 Old-Fashioned Donuts
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg (optional)
Wet Ingredients
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For frying
- Vegetable oil (for deep frying)
Optional glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2–3 tbsp milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg.
- Mix wet ingredients
- In another bowl, whisk buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla.
- Combine
- Add wet to dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Heat oil
- Heat 2–3 inches of oil in a deep skillet or Dutch oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Shape donuts
- Roll dough to ½-inch thickness on a floured surface.
- Cut with a donut cutter or 2 round cutters (large for outer, small for hole).
- Fry
- Fry donuts a few at a time until golden, about 1–2 minutes per side.
- Remove and drain on paper towels.
- Glaze (optional)
- Mix powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla.
- Dip warm donuts into glaze and let set.
Tips
- Keep oil temperature steady; too hot burns the outside and leaves the inside raw.
- Donuts are best fresh, but can be lightly toasted the next day.
- Add cinnamon sugar instead of glaze for variety.
If you want, I can also give an oven-baked version, air fryer version, or a cake-style old-fashioned donut recipe.