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Orange Drop Doughnuts

Orange Drop Doughnuts

I discovered this recipe when I had doughnuts on the menu one morning but hadn't set yeast doughnut dough to rise. It's a quick and easy, sweet breakfast food that your family will love.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings: 12
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Calories: 136
Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
  • 1 orange to create ½ cup orange juice and
  • 2 tablespoons grated orange rind
  • oil for frying
  • powdered sugar, for sprinkling

Method
 

  1. Zest the orange.
  2. Juice the orange.
  3. Fill a frying pan with oil. You want at least an inch of oil in the pan. Heat it to 375°F.
  4. Beat the eggs. Beat in sugar and coconut oil.
  5. Sift together the dry ingredients.
  6. Mix together the orange juice and orange rind.
  7. Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture alternately with the orange juice. Stir just until moistened.
  8. Drop by spoonfuls into the hot oil. The dough will drop down, then rise to the surface as it cooks.
  9. When it's brown on one side, gently flip over and brown the other side.
  10. Remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and drain.
  11. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
  12. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 136kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 4gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 27mgSodium: 130mgPotassium: 105mgFiber: 3gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 70IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 56mgIron: 1mg

Notes

There isn't ½ cup orange juice in 1 orange. When I made this I squeezed about ¼ cup and added pre-squeezed juice from a carton until I had ½ cup.
You can glaze these instead of sprinkling with sugar. Add ⅓ cup boiling water to 1 cup powdered sugar and mix well. Dip the warm doughnut into the glaze.
Low in sodium, high in selenium, and no trans fats.

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