Description
Learn how to make delicious Homemade Krispy Kreme-style glazed doughnuts right in your own kitchen. These yeast-raised doughnuts are fluffy, sweet, and perfect for breakfast or dessert.
Ingredients
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Doughnuts:
- 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons warm water (110°F / 43°C)
- 3/4 cup warm milk
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (plus more for dusting)
- vegetable oil for frying
Glaze:
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Prepare Dough: Dissolve yeast in warm water. Combine with warm milk, sugar, butter, egg, salt. Add flour, knead, and let rise.
- Shape Doughnuts: Roll out dough, cut into shapes, and let rise again.
- Fry Doughnuts: Heat oil, fry doughnuts until golden brown.
- Glaze: Mix powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla. Dip warm doughnuts in glaze.
- Serve: Allow excess glaze to drip off and serve warm.
Notes
- For chocolate glaze, replace half the powdered sugar with cocoa powder and adjust milk for consistency.
- Best eaten fresh on the same day.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes plus rising time
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Breakfast
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 doughnut
- Calories: 270
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg
