tis the season

fall, my absolute favorite season, is upon us, and with it come all things warm, cozy, and smelling good! that means lots of baking.

i recently made a brown sugar bundt cake and... pumpkin donuts! the quintessential fall treat, i think.

pumpkin donuts:

3 1/2 c flour
4 t baking powder
1 t salt
1 t cinnamon
1/2 t baking soda
1/4 t nutmeg
1 c sugar
3 T butter
1 whole egg, two yolks
1 t vanilla
1/2 c buttermilk
1 c canned pumpkin

whisk together dry ingredients. cream butter and sugar. add egg, yolks, vanilla, then buttermilk and pumpkin. combine with dry. form dough into the shape of your liking. heat about 6 inches of vegetable oil in a large, but not tall, pot, to 365 degrees. with a skimmer, drop doughnuts into oil and let cook until deep golden brown. flip once. you are looking for color as an indicator of when to flip/take out of the oil. let cooked doughnuts sit on power towels to drain excess oil. roll or dip in cinnamon sugar.