Carnival Doughnuts

• 4 cups plus 2 tablespoons unbleached pastry flour or unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 extra-large eggs
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons mild-flavored honey, such as clover
• 1 1/22 tablespoons pure almond extract, to taste
• 56 tablespoons orange flower water, to taste
• Nonmelting icing sugar or powdered sugar
• Pastry bag fitted with a #4 plain tip
• Heavy-duty, deep saucepan filled halfway with vegetable oil

1. Heat the oil to 375 degrees.
2. Over a large mixing bowl, sift to combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
3. Make a large well in the center and pour in the eggs, buttermilk, honey, almond extract, and orange flower water.
4. Whisk together the liquid ingredients and slowly draw in the dry ingredients.
5. The mixture should be fairly smooth before you draw in more flour.
6. Fill the pastry bag half full and pipe the batter directly into the hot oil, making random, 3-inch-long squiggles.
7. After youve piped a few, wait until they have risen back to the surface before you pipe more, being careful not to overcrowd the pan.
8. Pile onto a platter and sift nonmelting icing sugar or powdered sugar over the top.

unbleached pastry flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, kosher salt, eggs, buttermilk, mildflavored honey, almond, orange flower water, nonmelting icing sugar, pastry, halfway

Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/carnival-doughnuts (may not work)