Baked Lemon Donuts

Miami FL

25 March, 2021

7:58 AM

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From Family Features, the Miami Times Mar 23, 2021 From grapefruit to berries and lemons, there are a variety of fruits that can take your delightful desserts to the next level of flavor. These Baked Lemon Donuts are a unique dessert that can double as a sweet, fruity breakfast or as another addition to your brunch table. Delicious and packed with lemon zest, they are coated in a lemon-sugar topping for a burst of sunny citrus taste in every bite. The end result is fluffy little donuts filled with light, scrumptious lemon flavor for a hard-to-resist sweet treat. Late night or early morning, these donuts can leave you – as well as anyone you choose to share them with – craving "just one more." BAKED LEMON DONUTS Serves: 12 INGREDIENTS 2 cups flour 3/4 cup + 1/2 cup sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup buttermilk 2 eggs 2 tablespoons butter + 1/2 cup butter, melted 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 teaspoons lemon zest, divided PREPARATION Heat oven to 350º F. In large bowl, whisk flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder and salt. Add buttermilk, eggs, 2 tablespoons butter, lemon juice, vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon lemon zest; stir until combined. Pipe batter into donut pan. Bake 9 minutes; cool on wire rack. To make topping, combine remaining sugar and lemon zest in small bowl; place melted butter in separate, shallow bowl Place donut facedown in melted butter then facedown in sugar topping; repeat with all donuts. Find more unique recipes at Culinary.net. The Miami Times is the largest Black-owned newspaper in the south serving Miami's Black community since 1923. The award-winning weekly is frequently recognized as the best Black newspaper in the country by the National Newspaper Publishers Association.