Dear Elisabeth, Thank you for your suggestion to brush the warm doughnuts with butter. I am a fan. Is there any reason why I should not replace the oil with 1/2 cup butter (thereby maintaining the fat content in the recipe)? This isn't Elisabeth, but I can certainly answer your question. So long as you melt the butter, you can add it into the recipe as you would the oil. The doughnuts may brown more because of the milk solids in the butter, so I would be careful in that regard. -JDB

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