- Prep Time: 45m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Total Time: 1h 15m
- Yield: 24 Doughnuts
- Category: Valentines
Ingredients
For doughnut dough:
- 3 tablespoons milk(for thinning glaze)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup butter (1 stick), melted
- 8 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups butter (1 stick), softened
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 ¼ cup scalded milk, cooled**
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 2 tablespoons dry active yeast
- 1 bag of Pastry Cream OR 2 Cans of Vanilla Frosting (These can be homemade or store bought)
For doughnut glaze:
For doughnut filling:
Instructions
For doughnut glaze:
- In a medium bowl, mix the melted butter and powdered sugar. Use the milk to thin out the glaze. Mix well and set aside.
For doughnut dough:
- In a small bowl, add the yeast to the warm water and set aside to rest for about 3-4 minutes without stirring.
- After 3-4 minutes, add the yeast/water to the bowl of a stand mixer. In the bowl, mix the yeast/water with the scalded milk, sugar, salt and butter. Mix well.
- Add in 4 cups of flour and mix well. Occasionally,use a spatula to scrap down the sides of the bowl as needed (when the mixer is turned off).
- Add in the last 4 cups of flour and mix until everything is combined.
- Cover the bowl with a tea towel and let sit in a warm place for 1 hour so that it can rise.
- After an hour, remove dough from the bowl and place it onto a floured surface.Punch the dough down and roll it out until the dough is about ½ an inch thick.
- Using a large circle cooking cutter (or a doughnuts cutter) cut out the donuts. *Do Not cut out the doughnut centers since we\'re filling these* (OR use a heart shaped cookie cutter)
- Place all of the doughnuts on a baking sheet and cover with a tea towel.
- Let doughnuts rest for 30 minutes.
- Heat oil to 350F.
- Place two doughnuts into the hot oil and fry for 1- 1.5 minutes. Once that side browns, flip the doughnut and cook for another 1- 1.5 minutes. Again watch for them to get brown.
- When the doughnut is done cooking lay it on a paper towel lined cooling rack to cool for a moment.But before it cools all of the way, dip it into the glaze, place onto a cooling rack. Let cool.
- Repeat steps until all of the doughnuts are done.
- Once doughnuts are cooled, fit a piping bag with a long piping tip (like Wilton\'s No. 230 Round Decorating Tip) Fill the bag with pastry cream or vanilla frosting. Press the tip through the side of the doughnut and press the bag to fill the inside of the doughnut with the filling.
- In a medium bowl, melt the chocolate candy melts according to the package directions. Dip the tops of the doughnuts into the melted chocolate. Set aside and let the chocolate harden.
- ****(to scald milk, heat until right before it boils and remove from heat)
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