Miss Congeniality

Gracie Hart is a clumsy, unkempt female FBI agent who goes undercover in the Miss United States pagent after a criminal threatens the event. Though Gracie is reluctant to change she has help from a beauty pagent consultant, her 49 competitors, fellow agents, and the beauty pagent director herself. Finally after brushing her hair, putting on a dress and heels, bonding with Miss Rhoad Island and having everyone deny her donuts, Agent Hart is ready to find the terrorist, walk the catwalk and save her new beautiful friends.

One of the most famous stereotypes is of cops (or any other type of law enforcement) loving donuts. In Miss Congeniality there are a number of scenes where Gracie Hart is trying to abscond one or multiple donuts. Sometimes she even hides them in unusual places, very unusual places. After reading a little about the stereotype some of the reasons this stereotype stuck makes perfect sense. Many times police officers work strange hours and there are little choices of restaurants open at the wee hours of the night. Donut shops use to be open 24 hours which would make a perfect place for cops to stop for a snack. Also, the perfect accompaniment to a donut is coffee, which the police use to stay awake and caffeine can help stay alert. While on duty officers of the law must be able to respond to a call immediately, even leaving your lunch or snack behind. A donut is inexpensive and very easy to throw back into the bag for later. Finally, the best reason that I can come up with why cops love donuts is who DOESN'T love donuts

I know I love donuts. You can enjoy these homemade donuts and you don't even have to be a police officer. Enjoy.

Buttermilk Donuts

Ingredients

2 1/2 Cup all purpose flour
1 1/4 Cup sugar
3/4 Cup buttermilk
2 Large eggs
2 Tablespoons solid vegetable shortening
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
1 Teaspoon baking soda
2 Teaspoons baking powder
1 Teaspoon salt
3/4 Teaspoon ground nutmeg
Vegetable oil for frying

Preparation

Place 1 1/2 cups flour and 1 1/4 cups sugar in a large bowl. Add buttermilk and the rest of the ingredients except for the oil. Use an electric mixer, beat until smooth. Beat in the remaining cup of flour. Cover and refeigerate at least 1 hour. Turn dough out onto a floured work surface, roll to 1/2 inch thickness. Using two different sized cookie cutters cut out your dough. Pour oil into a heavy pot, about 5 inches of oil deep. Heat oil to 350 degrees and add 3 donuts to the oil. Fry until golden brown and turn once. About 6 minutes total. Using a slotted spoon transfer the donuts to a papertowel lined rack to drain. Repeat with remaining donuts.