Homemade Glazed Donuts

Ingredients

• Whole milk - 1 cup
• Active dry yeast -1 tbsp
• Granulated sugar-1/4 cup
• Eggs , large - 2
• Unsalted butter, melted - 1/2 cup / 1 stick
• Pure vanilla extract- 1 tsp
• Ground nutmeg- 1/4 tsp
• Salt -1/4 tsp
• All purpose flour - 4 cups
• Vegetable oil - 1tbsp

For vanilla cinnamon Glaze:-

• Confectioners sugar - 1cup
• Whole milk - 1/4 cup
• Pure vanilla extract- 1tsp
• Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp

For Chocolate Glaze:-

• Confectioners sugar - 1cup
• Whole milk - 1/4 cup
• Pure vanilla extract- 1tsp

Instructions:-

(A) Prepare the dough:

• In a mixing bowl, dissolve the yeast and sugar in warm milk and allow that to stand for about 5 minutes .
• Add the eggs, melted butter, vanilla, nutmeg and salt. Beat it on low speed for 2mins .
• Now add flour and beat on medium speed until the dough comes together and knead by hand on a lightly floured surface for 2 minutes.
• Place the dough in the large bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a clean kitchen towel. Allow the dough to rise in a room temperature for 1-2 hours .

(B) Shape Doughnuts:

• When the dough is ready, remove it from the bowl and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface.
• Using a rolling pin, roll the dough out until it is 1/2 inch thick.

• Cut into 3-inch rounds, then use a 1-inch cutter for the donuts holes and re-roll the scraps and cut more.  

  

• Arrange the donuts on a baking sheets lightly dusted with flour.
• Let them rise at room temperature for 1 hour.

(C) Fry the donuts:

• Heat oil in a bottomed pan. 

  

• Use a metal spatula to transfer the donuts to the frying pan.

  

• Fry it or until golden brown.
• When they're golden brown on the bottom, flip it and let them fry another few minutes until brown on the other side.

    

  

• Remove from the oil and put them on a rack. Repeat with the remaining donuts. Let it cool

slightly then glaze.

(D) Vanilla Glaze:- 
• Mix together powdered sugar, milk, cinnamon and vanilla extract. 
• Dip warm doughnuts to glaze. Let them cool on rack.

(E) Chocolate Glaze:-

1. In a sauce pan, add the chocolate and  whisk until melted.
2.  Turn off heat, add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract and whisk until smooth. Dip warm doughnuts immediately. 
3. After about 20 minutes, the glaze will set.

(F) You can create any other flavored donuts too.