Baked Yeast Doughnuts
https://easyhomemaderecipes.caThese Baked Yeast Doughnuts are a great option if you want a an option that isn't fried but still a sinful dessert. One bite of these baked yeast doughnuts and you'll forget about all your problems.Maybe I just have a sweet tooth. If you like doughnuts, whether plain, iced or cream filled, you gotta try these. Try these Double Chocolate Donuts, the perfect baked cake donut or for the perfect bundt cake, try this classic Pistachio Pudding Bundt Cake. And if you are into apples try my Homemade Apple Fritters with Icing because if my dad likes them, you'll like them too!
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 tbsp dry yeast
- 1 tbsp sugar
- ¾ cups warm milk
- 2 tbsp melted butter
- 1 egg
- ⅓ cups sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cooking spray
White Glaze
- 1 ½ cups icing sugar
- 2-4 tbsp milk
- sprinkles
Chocolate Glaze
- 1 ½ cups icing sugar
- 3-4 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2-4 tbsp milk or water
- ¼ cups coconut flakes (optional topping)
Maple Glaze
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 ½ cups icing sugar
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Dough
- In a mixing bowl, add warm milk, yeast and 1 tbsp sugar. Let stand for 5 minutes or until the yeast starts to get frothy.1 tbsp dry yeast, 1 tbsp sugar, ¾ cups warm milk, ½ tsp salt, 3 cups all purpose flour
- In mixing bowl of a stand mixer using a dough hook, mix egg, melted butter, and remaining sugar, salt. Add in yeast mixture and start adding flour a little at a time until the dough starts to pull away from the sides of the bowl. Turn out dough onto surface and using any flour you haven’t used turn out dough. Place the dough into another bowl that has been lightly greased and let proof in a warm place until it has doubled in size.2 tbsp melted butter, 1 egg, ⅓ cups sugar
- Once the dough has doubled in size, turn out onto a surface and roll out to ½ inch thick. Using a large glass and a narrow glass (or doughnut cutter), cut out the large doughnut shape and then the doughnut hole. Place on the baking sheet. Cut out remaining doughnuts and place on baking sheet. Spray top of doughnuts with cooking spray or brush lightly with cooking spray.1 cooking spray
- Cover the doughnuts with saran wrap and let proof in a warm place. Once double in size bake at 375 degrees for 7 minutes. (not more or they will be as hard as a rock) Remove from oven and let cool down. Once completely cool make your choice of glaze.
White Glaze
- For the white glaze, I suggest that you place icing sugar in a flat bowl and add vanilla, then add one tablespoon of milk at a time until you get a thick pasty icing. It shouldn’t be so runny that you are able to pour it, otherwise it will pour down the sides of your doughnuts and none will remain on them. Dip the doughnut in the mixture, twist and pull out of mixture, set aside on baking sheet to set. You can add coconut flakes or sprinkles on top. If the icing is too runny, add more icing sugar.1 ½ cups icing sugar, 2-4 tbsp milk, sprinkles
Chocolate Glaze
- For chocolate glaze repeat the steps to make the white glaze and add cocoa.1 ½ cups icing sugar, 3-4 tbsp cocoa powder, 2-4 tbsp milk or water, ¼ cups coconut flakes
Maple Glaze
- For the maple glaze, melt butter in a pan add maple syrup, vanilla and icing sugar. Stir with a whisk, once it is the consistency that you need dip the doughnut in the pan and let set on a paper towel or on baking tray. If the glaze stands for too long and get’s thick, add a tablespoon of water at a time to make it more spreadable.2 tbsp butter, 1 ½ cups icing sugar, 2 tbsp maple syrup, 1 tsp vanilla extract
Notes
Top Tips
The hardest part about making these doughnuts is having to wait for the dough to rise. Once the dough has risen to double it's size, you can start on shaping your doughnuts with tools like different size drinking glasses and a knife for cutting. Shaping your doughnuts for the first time, may take you the longest as you decide, what shapes you want to create. For example, you might just want to create regular doughnuts with a hole in the middle. The hole will also become a "doughnut hole" doughnut. You can make twists. You can make filled doughnuts with either jelly or cream. If you decide to fill your doughnuts, you will need some kind of a filling tool, like a piping tip. Or you can make your own, get creative! It doesn't matter if they look messy, so long as they taste good!Nutrition
Serving: 1Calories: 401kcalCarbohydrates: 80gProtein: 7gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 160mgFiber: 2gSugar: 50g
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