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This was easy and SOOOO good! I live quite a distance from a store and sweets (when I get the urge) and this fills the bill exactly!! Everything I always have in the pantry. I will make this again and again.<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2020-03-19","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"OliveCarrot"},"reviewBody":"I really wanted to like this recipe, but it was a failure for me. After dropping by tablespoons into the hot oil, the doughnut holes puffed up to twice their size and got very dark after only about a minute. After turning them over, the same thing happened - way too dark, way too fast. After removing from oil, I checked them, they were raw in the middle. I cut them in half, returned them to the oil with the cut side down and fried them for another minute. The middle got done, but the outside was \u201ccrispy\u201d. I tried to make them smaller but they still got very dark before being done. We ate a few but there wasn\u2019t any cider flavor which is what I was looking for, even the sugar and cinnamon dusting didn\u2019t help.","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":1,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2020-05-03","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"RedBus"},"reviewBody":"I haven't tried these yet but I would like to reply to amy...your oil was too hot!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":3,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2020-09-27","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"PurpleFlame"},"reviewBody":"Just tried these - only change I made was a little vanilla in the batter. They were pretty tasty. I drizzled powdered sugar frosting and cinnamon sugar on them. Will make them again. 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