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Vanilla Bean Glazed Donuts
Soft, fluffy, freshly fried, and covered in a proper vanilla bean glaze.
Watch the video for the technique.
Ingredients
- Makes
- About 10–12 donuts
Dough
- 500g flour
- 7g instant yeast
- 60g sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 200ml whole milk, lukewarm
- 2 eggs
- 60g unsalted butter, softened
- Neutral oil, for frying
Vanilla bean glaze
- 200g powdered sugar
- 3–4 tbsp whole milk
- 1 vanilla bean
- Pinch of salt
Method
- 1.
Mix the flour, yeast, sugar and salt.
- 2.
Add the warm milk and eggs and knead until a dough starts to form.
- 3.
Gradually add the softened butter and knead for 8–10 minutes, until smooth and elastic.
- 4.
Cover and let rise until doubled in size, about 1–1½ hours.
- 5.
Roll the dough to about 1.5cm thick and cut out your donuts.
- 6.
Cover and proof again for 30–45 minutes, until noticeably puffy.
- 7.
Heat your oil to 175°C and fry the donuts for about 1 minute per side, until golden brown.
- 8.
Let them cool slightly while you make the glaze.
- 9.
Scrape the seeds from the vanilla bean and whisk with the powdered sugar, milk and a pinch of salt until smooth.
- 10.
Dip the warm donuts into the vanilla bean glaze and let the excess drip off.
Notes
- Best eaten fresh, while the glaze is just starting to set.
