Bottereau - French Doughnut recipe on Gourmetpedia

Ingredients

• - 500 g / 4 cups flour
• - 2 Tbsp. yeast
• - 125 g / 1 cup + 2 Tbsp. sugar
• - 3 eggs, beaten
• - 150 g / 5 oz. butter, soften
• - 1 pinch of salt
• - 2 Tbsp. eau de vie
• - 3 Tbsp. + 1 Tsp. warm water or milk
• - Rum or orange blossom water
• - oil for frying
• - Icing sugar for dusting