These lemon berry glazed doughnuts are fluffy, filled with zesty lemon, and perfect for a spring dessert or brunch.
How to make these Lemon Berry Glazed Doughnuts
These are the perfect fluffy doughnuts to make when the weather starts getting warm outside and you need something for brunch. These are my memon berry glazed donuts. These look beautiful and taste even better–they have lemon zest mixed right into the sugar and are topped with a lemony berry glaze. You can even get creative with the glaze by changing up what jam you use- I did a few that were blueberry and a few that were raspberry. Finish with some edible flowers and you have yourself the cutest little donuts for mother’s day brunch.
Lemon Berry Glazed Doughnuts
Ingredients
The Doughnuts:
- 1 1/2 Cups Whole milk
- 3 3/4 Tsp Instant or quick rise yeast
- 2/3 Cup Granulated sugar
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 1/3 Cup Water
- 6 Tbsp Canola Oil
- 3 Eggs
- 1 Tsp Salt
- 6 Cups All purpose flour
- 6 Cups Canola oil for frying
The Glaze
- 1 Cup Powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp Blueberry or raspberry jam
- 1/2 Tsp Vanilla
- 2 Tbsp Lemon juice
- 2 Tbsp Milk
Garnish
- Edible flowers
Instructions
- In a small heat-proof bowl, warm milk to 110°F in the microwave approx. 40 seconds. Milk should be quite warm to the touch but not too hot. Sprinkle yeast over milk and whisk to combine.
- In a bowl, use your hands to combine lemon zest and sugar. Then, in the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with paddle, combine sugar zest mix, water, Wesson oil, eggs and salt. Add milk mixture and mix just to combine.
- Switching to a dough hook, add flour into the wet mixture and mix on medium speed for 7 to 8 minutes or until dough is smooth. Dough will be a bit sticky!
- Remove hook, shape dough into a ball and place in a lightly oiled bowl at least double the size of your dough ball. Cover bowl with a warm damp tea towel or plastic wrap and place in a warm area until double in size, approx. 45 minutes-1.5 hours.
- Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll to 1/2” thickness. Using a 3 ½” round cutter dipped in flour, cut donuts. Using a smaller round cutter, cut out your donut holes. Place donuts on a parchment lined baking sheet and allow the donuts to rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Preheat oil to 360°F in a large heavy bottom pot or deep fryer. Gently drop donuts 3-4 at a time, into hot oil and fry each side for approx. 2 minutes or until golden. Remove donuts to a paper towel lined baking sheet and allow to cool.
- Make glaze by combining all ingredients in a bowl. Whisk until everything is smooth. You might need to add a little more sugar or milk depending on consistency. Once donuts are cool, dip each donut into the glaze and sprinkle with edible flowers. Repeat with remaining donuts. Let the glaze cool and harden. Enjoy!
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Notes
The rise time will really depend on how warm your environment is. I would suggest checking after 45 minutes and if it has not doubled in size, give it more time.
