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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.
Course
Breakfast Bread
Cuisine
American - Breakfast
Prep Time
1
hour
hour
30
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
15
minutes
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
hour
45
minutes
minutes
Servings
12
Calories
430
kcal
Author
Marye Audet-White
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:
430
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
79
g
|
Protein:
7
g
|
Fat:
9
g
|
Saturated Fat:
5
g
|
Cholesterol:
49
mg
|
Sodium:
286
mg
|
Potassium:
92
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
39
g
|
Vitamin A:
310
IU
|
Vitamin C:
0.2
mg
|
Calcium:
38
mg
|
Iron:
2.5
mg