Okinawan Donuts

Okinawan Donuts
Sata Undagi
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cooking Time: 10-12 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups + 4 tbsp flour

1/3 tsp salt

1/2 cup raw sugar

1 1/4 tbsp baking powder

2 large eggs

1/2 cup + 4 tbsp whole milk

1/2 tsp vanilla paste

1/4 cup crushed peanuts

vegetable oil for frying

1/2 cup powdered sugar for dusting

Cooking Tools

2 mixing bowls

Deep frying pan

Cooling rack

Ice cream scoop

Directions
Mix dry ingredients; flour, salt, sugar, baking powder.  Mix wet ingredients; eggs, milk, vanilla bean paste in a separate bowl. mix in dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix well.  fold in crushed peanuts into the batter and set aside for 15 minutes. Heat oil to 330 Degrees F. in deep frying pan, allow enough oil so the donuts can float as they cook. Using a ice cream scoop to scoop the batter and place in the hot oil to cook, fry until golden brown, turning on occasion. Fry for approximately for 5 minutes (cook in batches). Place fried donuts on a cooling rack, then dust with powered sugar.
Yields 1 dozen