Old Fashioned Sour Cream Glazed Donuts

Ingredients :

Donut Dough:

• 2¼ cups soft wheat cake flour
• 1½ tsp aluminum-free baking powder
• 1 tsp Himalayan salt
• ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
• ½ cup organic cane sugar
• 2 tbsp European-style butter
• 2 pasture-raised egg yolks
• ½ cup full-fat sour cream
• Avocado oil (for frying)

Glaze:

• 3½ cups organic powdered sugar
• 1½ tsp organic corn syrup
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• ½ tsp Madagascar vanilla extract
• ⅓ cup hot water

Instructions : 

1. Make Dough:
   Sift cake flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg.
   In stand mixer, cream butter + sugar → sandy texture.
   Add egg yolks → beat until thick.
   Alternate adding dry mix + sour cream.
   Wrap dough in plastic wrap → chill 1 hour.

2. Cut Donuts:
   Roll dough ½” thick on floured surface.
   Cut with donut cutter (dip in flour).
   Yield: 12 donuts + holes.

3. Fry:
   Heat 2″ avocado oil in Dutch oven to 325°F (use candy thermometer).
   Fry 2-3 donuts at a time → 2 mins/side.
   Drain on wire rack over parchment paper.

4. Glaze:
   Whisk powdered sugar, corn syrup, sea salt, vanilla, and hot water.
   Dip warm donuts → return to cooling rack.
   Set 20 mins.