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A maple donut cut in half and stacked on top of each other.

Maple Donuts

I’m going to be bold and make you a promise: one bite of these homemade maple donuts and you’ll never buy one from a store again.
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Rising time: 2 hours
Servings: 12 donuts

Ingredients

Donuts

  • 1 cup milk, divided
  • 1 1/2 tbsp dry active yeast
  • 4 tbsp butter, melted
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour plus a little extra, as needed
  • Oil for frying

Maple Icing

  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp mapleine
  • 2 tbsp milk

Instructions

Donuts

  • Warm the cup of milk in the microwave until about 100° F. Pour half of the milk into the bowl of a stand mixer, along with the yeast and 1 tsp of sugar. Stir to combine and allow the mixture to sit for 5 minutes.
  • At 5 minutes, the mixture should be frothy and bubbly. Once the mixture is frothy, add the remaining milk, melted butter, granulated sugar, salt and 2 cups of flour.
  • Knead until fully combined.
  • Slowly add in the remaining 1/4-1/2 cup until the dough cleans the side of the bowl, is tacky to your finger but doesn’t stick if pulled away quickly.
  • Knead for an additional 5-7 minutes.
  • Leave the dough in the bowl and cover with plastic wrap and allow the dough to rise for 1 hour.
  • Once the dough has doubled in size, turn onto a lightly floured surface. Gently press the dough out into a rectangle and then use a donut cutter to cut your donuts out of the dough or use a pizza cutter to make bar donuts. Cut the leftover dough into small portions for bite sized donuts.
  • Cover with plastic wrap or a cloth and allow to rise for an additional 30-45 minutes.
  • Pour 2-3 inches of oil in the bottom of your pan. Heat the oil until 350°.* Fry the donuts at 350° for about 1 minute on each side or until golden brown on each side. Do not over crowd the pan.
  • When they are golden brown, let the donuts rest on a cookie cooling rack that is placed inside of a cookie sheet.
  • Repeat with remaining dough.

Maple Icing

  • To make the icing, cream together the butter and powdered sugar, adding the milk slowly to help the butter and powdered sugar come together.
  • Once smooth, add in the mapleine or imitation maple flavoring.
  • Microwave the icing until warm and thin.
  • While the donuts are still warm dip or spread the warm icing onto the donut.
  • Enjoy!
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