Create a delicious breakfast treat your whole family will love with this mouthwatering recipe for homemade lemon donuts. These tasty snacks would also be an easy dessert idea for a party or potluck!
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword lemon donuts
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 4 minutesminutes
Cooling Time 1 hourhour
Servings 12
Calories 305kcal
Author Meaghan Lamm
Ingredients
For the Doughnuts:
2cupsFlour
1/4cupCornstarch
1/2TbsBaking Powder
1/2tspKosher Salt
1/2tspNutmeg
1/2cupSugar
2TbsButter
2Egg Yolks
1/2cupSour Cream
Vegetable OilFor Frying
For the Glaze:
3 1/2cupsPowdered Sugar
1/2TbsCorn Syrup
1/2tspVanilla
1/3cupHot Water
2TbsLemon Juice
2TbsLemon Zest
Instructions
Beat butter and sugar in a stand mixer until a paste forms. Add egg yolks and mix well.
In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in three additions alternating with the sour cream. Make sure you begin and end with the flour mixture.
Wrap dough tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Roll dough on a well-floured surface about a 1/2" thick and using a doughnut cutter or two differently sized round cookie cutters cut out doughnuts and holes.
Pour 2" of vegetable oil into a heavy bottomed pot and use a candy thermometer to heat it to 325 degrees.
Carefully add doughnuts into hot oil and let cook for 2 minutes on each side, being careful not to crowd the pan. Remove to paper towels to drain.
Whisk together glaze ingredients and submerge doughnuts in it until completely covered. Move to a wire rack so that the excess glaze can drip off. Allow glaze to set for 20 minutes before serving and an hour before storing.