Yeast doughnuts don't have to be hard or complicated to make... These are as easy as biscuits!
Makes 12

Ingredients:

1 tsp (5 mL) active dry yeast
1 cup (250 mL) milk, at room temperature
2½ cups (625 mL) all purpose flour
2½ tsp (12 mL) baking powder
2 Tbsp (30 mL) sugar
½ tsp (2 mL) salt
½ cup (125 mL) butter, cubed & Frozen
2 Qts (2L) Vegetable Oil, for frying


Method:

Mix yeast into room-temperature milk.
Place all of the dry ingredients and frozen cubed butter into a food processor and pulse to combine. Some pea sized chunks of butter still visible.
Add the milk and yeast to the mixer, and pulse, just until the mixture starts to come together.
Pour the mixture out onto a floured surface, and lightly knead it together. Roll the dough out to about ½" thick, and use a doughnut cutter to cut out as many donuts as you can. Re-rolling the dough scraps until done.
Set aside your donuts in a cool place for 30 minutes.
Heat about 2 inches of oil in a Dutch oven, and bring it up to 350°F (170°C).
Place 3 donuts at a time into the hot oil, They will need about 1½ minutes per side, turning over ½ way. Remove the donuts from the oil, and place them on a cooling rack to drain.

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