Glazed Lemon Donuts

The sweet and tart taste of lemon fills these donuts with so much great fluffy flavor. These Glazed Lemon Donuts are topped with Lemon Icing. Sprinkle with lemon zest for more great lemon flavor.

Course Breads-Muffins

Cuisine American

Keyword easy bread recipes, easy breakfast recipes, easy donut recipes

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Servings donuts

Calories 311kcal

Author Nicole Cook

Ingredients

For the Donuts

2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup granulated sugar
2 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 large eggs beaten
¾ cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons butter melted
¼ cup lemon zest
1 teaspoon lemon extract

For the Icing

2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoons lemon zest
2 tablespoon half and half more if needed to get desired consistency
2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

For the Donuts

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Spray your donut pan with non stick cooking spray.
In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
In another mixing bowl, whisk your eggs, then add the cream, butter and lemon extract and whisk until incorporated.
Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and blend just until incorporated. It will be a little thick, don’t worry about this. Fold in the lemon zest. Use more if you want more great lemon flavor.
Open a freezer bag and dump the dough into the bag. Seal the bag and snip the bottom corner off one side.
Pipe the dough into your donut pan about 2/3 full.
Bake at 325 degrees for 10-12 minutes. You can tell they are done because if you press on the donut, it will spring back up.
Allow to completely cool on a rack before icing.

For the Icing

Blend the half and half, lemon juice and lemon zest. Add in the powdered sugar one cup at a time stirring in between.
If you want a thinner icing, only use the 1st cup. If you want a thicker icing, use the second cup of powdered sugar. Add more or less as desired. You can also add 1/4 teaspoon of lemon extract for more flavor, if desired.
Pour or brush the icing over the donuts. You can also dip the tops of the donuts into the mixture. Enjoy!

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