Homemade Yeast Donut Recipe
Yeast donuts are a lot easier to make than you may think. These rise light and fluffy with just a hint of lemon flavor and a sweet glaze.
Servings 12
Calories 430kcal
Ingredients
Donuts
- 1 packet yeast
- 1 Pinch ginger
- ¼ cup warm water 110-115 degrees
- 1 ½ cups milk 110-115 degrees
- ½ cup sugar divided use
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest optional
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup butter melted
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Peanut oil for frying
Glaze
- 2 ½ cups Confectioners' sugar
- ¼ cup water
- ¼ cup white corn syrup the clear kind. You may call it Karo
Instructions
Donuts
- Fill a deep fryer will the peanut oil.
- Add ginger, yeast, water, and a tablespoon of sugar together in a stand mixer and set aside for 10 minutes, or until it gets bubbly and foamy.
- Add in the milk, remaining sugar, eggs, melted butter, lemon zest, and vanilla.
- Blend well and 2 cups of the flour.
- Turn the stand mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes, then add in the salt and as much flour as needed to make a soft, sticky dough.
- Brush the top of the dough with oil, cover the bowl with a towel and let rise in a warm spot until double - about an hour.
- Gently deflate dough.
- Working with half the dough at a time, roll it to ½ inch thick on a well floured surface.
- Dip the donut cutter in flour and cut the donuts.
- Preheat the deep fryer to 370F.
- Place the donuts on a parchment covered cookie sheet and set aside to rise for 30 minutes while the oil preheats.
- Fry the donuts on each side for about a minute and a half.
- Remove from oil with a slotted spoon and hold over the fryer to drain off excess oil.
- Place on a couple of layers of paper towel or a brown paper grocery sack until all the donuts are fried.
- Dip into the glaze.
- Place on cooling rack.
Glaze
- Mix the powdered sugar, water, vanilla, and corn syrup in a small saucepan.
- Bring to a boil and boil hard for 2 tp 3 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 430kcal | Carbohydrates: 79g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 286mg | Potassium: 92mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 310IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 2.5mg
