puffysmom, I know this reply is late, but hopefully you will still see it. Try dropping the mixture in more rapidly, as one big dollup rather than pouring it in gradually. Using a clean finger to push the whole spoonload off the spoon and into the oil in one go helped me make real donuts instead of lots of frizzy dribble all over the surface. Hope that helps!

As for erythritol, if you can't find it just use the splenda specified in the recipe instead. It turns out fine!

Em