Salted Caramel Doughnuts

Name: Salted Caramel Doughnuts
Yield: Makes about 10–12, 3 ″ doughnuts
Ingredients: 1½ cups sugar; 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice; 1½ teaspoons flaky sea salt, plus more for garnish; 1½ cups heavy cream; 1 recipe Vanilla Old-Fashioned Doughnuts; Canola oil, for frying

Preparation info

Makes about
10–12
, 3 ″ doughnuts

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Doughnut Cookbook

By Williams Sonoma

Published 2016

About

What started as salted caramel candies in Brittany has blossomed into a mini industry of salted caramel–flavored ice cream, sauce, cakes, and now doughnuts. Fleur de sel or Maldon sea salt is a good choice here.

Ingredients

1 recipe Vanilla Old-Fashioned Doughnuts
1½ cups sugar
1 teaspoon

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Make the vanilla doughnut dough and knead. Roll it out to ½-inch thickness, cut out doughnuts and holes, and refrigerate.

Meanwhile, in a saucepan, stir together the sugar, lemon juice, and ¼ cup water