Gluten-free Doughnut Holes ( Gluten-free Doughnuts)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick of butter) or 1/2 cup margarine (1 stick of butter)
• 1 cup potato starch
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• oil (for deep frying)
• cinnamon sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a deep fryer (375°f ). you will need at least one -two inches deep of oil. whilst the oil is heating, prepare the doughnut recipe. do not leave the heating oil unattended.
• 2 using a saucepan, heat the water and butter until boiling point is reached. remove the saucepan from the heat.
• 3 dump in the potato starch, sugar and salt. stir until the mixture forms a ball and has pulled away from the sides of the saucepan. (much like making a choux pastry).
• 4 with an electric mixer, add in the eggs -one at a time. beat well between adding each egg.
• 5 drop the batter into the heated oil by small rounded teaspoonfuls, a few at a time. the doughnut holes will puff up as they are cooking to about 1 1/2 inches. turn them throughout cooking to brown evenly. they'll take approx 5 minutes to cook. remove from the heat and drain on paper towels.
• 6 while still warm shake them in a plastic bag with cinnamon sugar (2 tablespoons of sugar to 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon).