Today on the stay at home chef I'm showing you how to make my Lemon Filled Donuts.
I'm a huge donut lover and I'm always making donut runs to my local
donut shop. Nothing beats a fresh warm donut and the
best way to get that is to make them yourself at home. They are seriously the
best and there isn't a single donut shop that I know of
that can beat it. Start by adding 2 1/2 teaspoons of instant dry yeast
and 1/2 cup of warm water to a mixing bowl. Now since I'm using instant dry
yeast I don't have to let this sit or dissolve or grow at all. We're ready to
use it right away. That's the beauty of modern yeast and
we'll add in 1/4 cup of sugar, 1/4 cup of evaporated milk, 2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract. The last
step, 1/4 cup of vegetable shortening. Now if you're anti shortening
you can always substitute butter but I find shortening gives the best texture
Next we're going to add in 2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
Just make sure you're using all-purpose flour for this. Then we'll go ahead and
get this mixing, You want to mix it until the dough starts to pull away from the
sides of the bowl. Your dough should be soft and tacky but it shouldn't be
sticky enough to stick to your hands. You can add in flour a little more at a time
to achieve this consistency. Next take your dough and transfer it to a lightly
greased bowl. Cover it with a light towel and let it rise for about 90 minutes
Once the dough has risen transfer it to a lightly floured clean counter top and
then roll it out until it is about 1/2 to 1/4 inch thick
You want it nice and thin. Next we'll use a biscuit cutter to cut out our donut.
We don't want to use a donut cutter with a hole in the middle because these are a
filled donut and we're looking to get 12 donut. So cut them pretty closely
Then we'll re-roll out the remaining dough to get the rest of our donuts
Let the cut donuts rise for another 20 min. While those are rising we'll get a
couple of things ready. First melt down some shortening in a large pot. You want
to cover the bottom with about an inch of oil. You can also use cooking oil
We're going to bring this to 350 degrees then we'll also want to make the glaze
for our donut. It starts with 2 tablespoons of melted butter. Pour that
in along with 1 1/3 cup of powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla,
2teaspoons of evaporated milk and then we want just a pinch of salt and whisk this
together until it's smooth. Thin it out with about 2 teaspoons of water. You want
it to stay a little bit on the thick side because remember that the heat from
the donuts will melt the glaze. A nice paste like consistency is
what you're going for. Set the glaze aside and we're ready to
head on over to the stove and fry up some donuts. Lay the dough carefully into
the hot oil. I'm going to work about three at a time here. The donuts will
puff up and we're going to fry these until they're golden brown and then flip
Flip them over until the other side isgolden brown as well. Once they're done transfer
them to a paper towel-lined cooling rack. Let them cool for just a minute or two
until you can handle them before you dip them into the glaze. Just dip the top in
swirl it around and transfer it to wax paper. Let the glaze drip all over the
donut. Next it's time to fill your donuts and since I am a huge fan of lemon we're
going to fill ours with lemon curd. You can buy this at the store. It's usually
near like the peanut butter and jelly or you can make it from scratch. Whichever
you choose put it into a piping bag with a large tip on it. Take nice puffy donut
stab the tip in the top and squeeze in some filling. You can easily experiment
with other jams jellies and curds for a flavor that you love.
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