Orange Drop Doughnuts

Name: Orange Drop Doughnuts
Yield: Makes 24 to 30
Ingredients: 1/2 cup, sugar; 1 teaspoon, grated orange zest; 2 quarts, vegetable oil (more or less as needed); 2 cups, all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, table salt; 2 , large eggs; 1/2 cup, sugar; 1 tablespoon, grated orange zest; 1/2 cup, orange juice; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2005

Desserts or Baked Goods

Breakfast & Brunch

Quick Breads

Lost Recipes

These old-fashioned "drop and fry" doughnuts couldn't be easier, but making them lighter and rich with orange flavor was a challenge.

SERVESMakes 24 to 30

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Orange Drop Doughnuts are orange-flavored round doughnuts leavened with baking powder. To make them, we first worked out the perfect ratio of baking powder to flour. The resulting batter was light, but not the least bit bitter—a problem wit...

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