Glazed Vanilla Bean Doughnuts

Name: Glazed Vanilla Bean Doughnuts
Yield: Makes about 1 dozen doughnuts, plus doughnut holes
Ingredients: Pinch salt; 1½ cups confectioners’ sugar; 2 tablespoons whole milk; 1¼ teaspoons salt; Vegetable oil, for frying; ¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 3½ cups all-purpose flour, sifted, plus more for kneading; Caviar of ½ vanilla bean; 3 large egg yolks, at room temperature; 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract; Caviar of ½ vanilla bean; 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided; 1 cup whole milk, at room temperature; ¼ cup warm water (110°F to 115°F); 1 tablespoon dry active yeast

Preparation info

Makes about
1 dozen
doughnuts, plus doughnut holes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pure Vanilla

By Shauna Sever

Published 2012

About

Warm fried dough. Sweet vanilla bean glaze. I think that’s all that needs to be said.

Don’t let the cute little doughnut holes go to waste! let them rise and fry them, just like the doughnuts.

Ingredients

For the doughnuts

1 tablespoon dry active yeast
¼ cup warm water (110°F to 115°F)
3

Breakfast
Vegetarian

Method

In the bowl of a stand mixer, whisk together yeast, warm water, and 1 tablespoon of the sugar. Let stand until mixture is foamy, about 5 minutes. Whisk in the remaining 2 tablespoons</