Cast Iron Drop Doughnuts

Name: Cast Iron Drop Doughnuts
Yield: Makes 24 doughnuts
Ingredients: 2 cups (10 ounces), all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, ground nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon, Salt; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces), granulated sugar; 2 large, eggs; 1/2 cup, whole milk; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 4 cups peanut or, vegetable oil, for frying; , Confectioners' sugar, for dusting

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Quick and tender, these cakey doughnuts fry perfectly in a cast-iron skillet.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Cook It In Cast Iron

SERVESMakes 24 doughnuts

TIME1 hour

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from Cook It In Cast Iron

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The excellent heat retention of cast iron makes it the ideal vessel for frying, since it can keep the oil nice and hot, so we naturally turned to our 12-inch skillet for our simple drop doughnut recipe. For quick, tender, cake-style doughnu...

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