dOughnuts!

Tell your friends you're making doughnuts and they'll be super impressed... What they don't know, is that they're SUPER easy to make. I know I always say that just about every recipe I make, but really, that's why I make them... I love cooking but not working, so I try to make it all simple. TRY THIS! If you like doughnuts that is... :)

In a pot, melt 1 stick of room temp butter with 1/2 cup of water.
Then add in 1/4 cup of sugar and pinch of salt. Stir until sugar is melted
Turn the heat off, and stir in 1 cup of flour a little at a time.
Turn heat back on low-med. and keep stirring just to cook off the raw flour taste
Put the dough in a stand mixer and add 3 eggs plus one yoke, one at a time as they get mixed into the dough.
(optional: Add the zest of an orange or lemon)

Let that dough sit in the fridge for about 15 minutes while you heat up vegetable oil in a big pot to fry the doughnuts.

Scoop the batter with a small ice cream scoop into the oil when it reaches 375oF
Cook them in batches of two or 3 depending on how big your pot is. You don't want them to all stick together.
While those fry...make the glaze:

Into a bowl, whisk 1/4 cup of heavy cream, 2 tbsp of chocolate powder (or espresso powder) 1 tbsp of vanilla extract (or chocolate liquor, or coffee liquor).
Then with a wooden spoon stir in 2 cups of powdered sugar a little at a time.
It's going to seem a little dry at first, and you may have to add in some water, but keep mixing for a while to make sure. It will eventually get very creamy!

Dip each doughnut just half way into the glaze
Set them on a wire on a top of a pan to let the excess cream drip from them.
Serve them nice and warm!