Description
Warm, pillowy rings that glisten with a simple sugar glaze and smell like a fairground in the morning. These glazed donuts are light, slightly chewy, and have a thin, shiny coating.
Ingredients
Scale
- 500 g (4 cups) all-purpose flour
- 100 g (½ cup) granulated sugar
- 10 g (1 packet, 2¼ tsp) instant yeast
- 8 g (1½ tsp) salt
- 240 ml (1 cup) whole milk, warmed
- 1 large egg (50 g)
- 75 g (5 tbsp) unsalted butter, softened
- Neutral oil for frying
- For the glaze: 400 g (3¼ cups) powdered sugar, 120 ml (½ cup) milk, 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Warm the milk and mix the wet ingredients: Whisk warm milk with egg and sugar until smooth.
- Combine dry ingredients: Mix flour, sugar, yeast, and salt in a stand mixer bowl.
- Form the dough: Add milk-egg mixture to flour and mix with butter until smooth and slightly tacky.
- First rise and chill: Allow the dough to rise at room temperature, then chill for 20–30 minutes.
- Roll and cut: Roll dough and cut into shapes, letting them rise until puffy.
- Heat the oil and fry: Fry donuts until golden brown, then drain on a wire rack.
- Glaze: Whisk together glaze ingredients, dip warm donuts in glaze, and return to rack to set.
Notes
Keep oil temperature steady while frying to avoid greasy donuts. Make-ahead options include shaping and freezing donuts.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 donut
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 44g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 55mg