Easy Bakery Style Doughnut Topping Glaze Recipes

Steps:

• In a bowl combine the icing sugar with corn syrup, hot water and food colouring (for a thicker icing add in more icing sugar until desired consistency) mix until well combined.
• Dip tops of doughnuts in the coloured icing, then immediately sprinkle with desired toppings (if using).
• Place on a wire rack to set.

Steps:

• For the doughnuts: Add the granulated sugar to the warm milk in a medium bowl, and then add the yeast. Allow it to sit until the yeast starts to bubble, 5 to 10 minutes.
• In a small bowl, beat the eggs and then pour them into a bowl with the melted butter, whisking constantly. Add the butter/egg mixture to the bowl of an electric mixer. Pour in the milk/sugar/yeast mixture. With the hook attachment, turn the mixer to low speed.
• Mix the flour and salt in a bowl, and then retrieve 1/2 cup at a time and add it to the mixing bowl, allowing it to slowly incorporate into the liquid mixture.
• Continue mixing for 5 minutes after the flour is combined. Stop the mixer, scrape the bowl and then mix about 30 seconds more. Then place the dough in a lightly-oiled bowl, cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate, 8 to 12 hours.
• The next morning, remove the dough from the fridge and allow it to come to room temperature and rise, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Put the dough in a warm spot, if necessary, to facilitate rising.
• Turn out the dough on to a floured surface and roll it out to about 1/4-inch thick. Use a doughnut cutter (or 2 concentric cutters) to cut out the doughnuts. Remove the holes and transfer the doughnuts to a lightly-floured baking sheet lined with a baking mat or parchment. Then - and this is the vital part - cover the doughnuts lightly with tea towels and place it in a draft-free area, at least 1 1/2 to 2 hours. It will take that long for them to rise. If they don't seem to be rising much, move the pan to a warm place.
• Melt the shortening in a pot over a medium-high heat until it reaches 350 degrees F on a candy thermometer. (Or you can drop one of the doughnut holes in the oil, if it sizzles and immediately rises to the surface, the oil is ready.) The doughnuts should immediately float to the top and puff up. Then use a metal spoon or spatula to carefully flip them over to the other side. Remove them from the oil as soon as they're golden brown on both sides (this should take less than 1 minute in total). At the end, drop in the doughnut holes and fry them until they are golden brown.
• Place the doughnuts on paper-towel-lined-plates to drain. Don't worry if they're a little imperfect; if your fingers leave impressions when you dropped them into the oil, that just means they were extra light and fluffy.
• For the glaze: To glaze the doughnuts, mix the powdered sugar, 1/2 cup cold water, salt and vanilla in a bowl until smooth. Drop in the doughnuts one at a time. Quickly turn them over then remove them. Place them on a rack so any excess glaze can drip off.
• To make the most of the glaze, set the holes underneath the doughnuts so they can catch the extra good stuff.

Steps:

• Combine milk and vanilla in a medium saucepan and heat over low heat until warm. Sift confectioners' sugar into milk mixture. Whisk slowly, until well combined. Remove the glaze from the heat and set over a bowl of warm water. Dip doughnuts into the glaze, 1 at a time, and set on a draining rack placed in a half sheet pan for 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• Heat the milk until it is warm but not hot, about 90 degrees. In a large bowl, combine it with the yeast. Stir lightly, and let sit until the mixture is foamy, about 5 minutes.
• Using an electric mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, beat the eggs, butter, sugar and salt into the yeast mixture. Add half of the flour (2 cups plus 2 tablespoons), and mix until combined, then mix in the rest of the flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Add more flour, about 2 tablespoons at a time, if the dough is too wet. If you're using an electric mixer, the dough will probably become too thick to beat; when it does, transfer it to a floured surface, and gently knead it until smooth. Grease a large bowl with a little oil. Transfer the dough to the bowl, and cover. Let rise at room temperature until it doubles in size, about 1 hour.
• Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface, and roll it to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut out the doughnuts with a doughnut cutter, concentric cookie cutters or a drinking glass and a shot glass (the larger one should be about 3 inches in diameter), flouring the cutters as you go. Reserve the doughnut holes. If you're making filled doughnuts, don't cut out the middle. Knead any scraps together, being careful not to overwork, and let rest for a few minutes before repeating the process.
• Put the doughnuts on two floured baking sheets so that there is plenty of room between each one. Cover with a kitchen towel, and let rise in a warm place until they are slightly puffed up and delicate, about 45 minutes. If your kitchen isn't warm, heat the oven to 200 at the beginning of this step, then turn off the heat, put the baking sheets in the oven and leave the door ajar.
• About 15 minutes before the doughnuts are done rising, put the oil in a heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, and heat it to 375. Meanwhile, line cooling racks, baking sheets or plates with paper towels.
• Carefully add the doughnuts to the oil, a few at a time. If they're too delicate to pick up with your fingers (they may be this way only if you rose them in the oven), use a metal spatula to pick them up and slide them into the oil. It's O.K. if they deflate a bit; they'll puff back up as they fry. When the bottoms are deep golden, after 45 seconds to a minute, use a slotted spoon to flip; cook until they're deep golden all over. Doughnut holes cook faster. Transfer the doughnuts to the prepared plates or racks, and repeat with the rest of the dough, adjusting the heat as needed to keep the oil at 375. Glaze or fill as follows, and serve as soon as possible.
• Whisk together 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth. When the doughnuts are cool enough to handle, dip into the glaze; if you like, flip them so the tops they're completely covered. Put on racks to let the glaze harden.

Steps:

• Donuts:.
• To make the dough, in a medium bowl combine 3 cups of the flour, the yeast, sugar and salt. Stir together with a fork and set aside.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, combine the milk and eggs. Add the flour mixture and mix on low speed for 3-4 minutes or until a ball of dough forms.
• With the mixer on low speed, add the softened butter a piece at a time, mixing for about 15 seconds between each addition. Continue mixing for about 3 minutes longer, adding the remaining flour 1 tablespoon at a time if necessary, until the dough forms a ball.
• Transfer the dough to a lightly oiled bowl, turning once to coat. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature for 90 minutes.
• Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and roll it to a thickness of ½ inch.
• Traditional donuts: Cut the dough into rounds using a 2½-3 inch biscuit or cookie cutter. Use a smaller circle cutter to cut the hole out of the middle of each, creating the doughnut shape (if filling donuts with cream, skip this step). Reroll and cut the dough scraps as necessary to make use of all the dough.
• Long Johns: Using a pizza cutter, trim the rounded edges and then cut dough into 4"x2" rectangles. Reroll and cut the dough scraps as necessary to make use of all the dough.
• Place the shaped doughnuts and doughnut holes onto a lightly floured baking sheet, and cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature 90 minutes.
• Meanwhile, fit a candy thermometer to the side of a large Dutch oven; add the shortening to the pot and gradually heat it over medium-high heat until it reaches a temperature of 375°F.
• Place the rings and holes carefully into the hot fat 4 or 5 at a time, or the long johns 2 at a time, being sure not to crowd the pan.
• Fry until golden brown, about 30-45 seconds per side (less for doughnut holes). Remove from the hot oil with a skimmer and transfer to a paper towel-lined cooling rack.
• Repeat with the remaining doughnuts, returning the temperature to 375 F between batches.
• Cool the doughnuts for about 10 minutes before topping or glazing. If filling with cream, wait 20 minutes or until room temperatureServe warm or at room temperature.
• (Note: I found the doughnuts to be a little dense at room temperature, but a very quick 10-second zap in the microwave made them light and fluffy again.).
• Cream filling: Place butter and shortening in a mixing bowl, and at low speed, gradually beat in the sugar and water. Turn the mixer on high and beat for 2 to 3 minutes until filling is light and fluffy.
• Fit a pastry bag with a long and narrow tip. Fill the bag with the cream.
• Poke the tip into the side of a room-temperature round donut and pipe the cream in carefully with steady pressure.
• For filled long johns, pipe the cream through three small holes in the bottom of the donut.
• Vanilla Glaze:.
• Mix all glaze ingredients in a bowl until completely smooth.
• One by one, dip doughnuts into the glaze until halfway submerged. (Note: completely submerge doughnut holes, then remove with slotted spoon.).
• Remove from glaze, then turn right side up on a cooling rack over a cookie sheet (to catch dripping glaze.).
• Maple-Coffee Glaze:.
• Mix all glaze ingredients in a bowl until completely smooth (will be fairly thick).
• One by one, dip doughnuts into the glaze until halfway submerged. (Note: completely submerge doughnut holes, then remove with slotted spoon.).
• Remove from glaze, then turn right side up on a cooling rack over a cookie sheet (to catch dripping glaze.).
• Caramel icing:.
• In a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan, bring sugar, water, and corn syrup to a boil over medium high heat, stirring just to combine before bring to boil. When caramel turns a light amber, remove from heat and CAREFULLY add butter (will sputter and boil). Stir to incorporate, then beat in milk and powdered sugar until smooth- mixture will be thick.
• Holding donut, use a spatula or spoon to carefully scrape a thick layer of icing over the donut.
• Chocolate icing:.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter on medium speed until creamy. Add powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and milk and beat until smooth.
• Holding donut, use a spatula or spoon to carefully scrape a thick layer of icing over the donut.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together the scalded milk, sugar, and salt. Set aside to cool until tepid. If using nutmeg, stir it into the flour, and add 2 cups of the mixture to the milk, and beat until well blended.
• In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water. Stir into the milk and flour mixture, then mix in the butter and eggs. Mix in the remaining flour 1/2 cup at a time. When dough is firm enough, turn it out onto a floured surface, and knead for 3 to 4 minutes. Place into an oiled bowl, cover and allow dough to rise until doubled in bulk. This should take 30 to 45 minutes.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/2 inch in thickness. Cut into circles using a donut cutter, or round cutter. Set aside to rise for 30 to 40 minutes, or until light.
• Heat one inch of oil in a deep heavy frying pan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Fry donuts a few at a time. Cook on each side until golden brown, then remove to drain on paper towels. Glaze while warm, or just sprinkle with sugar.
• To make the glaze, stir together the confectioners' sugar and 6 tablespoons milk until smooth. Dip warm donuts into glaze, and set aside to cool.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk all ingredients until smooth.