Yeast Donuts
Serves 2-‐4
Ingredients
¾ cup warm milk
1 packet ac<ve dry yeast
¼ cup granulated sugar
2 ½ cups all-‐purpose flour, plus extra for dus<ng dough and board
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
2 tablespoons unsalted buHer, room temperature
2 egg yolks
Parchment paper
Oil for spraying
¼ pound buHer, soQened
1 ½ cups confec<oner’s sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 tablespoons hot water
Instruc^ons
1. In a standing mixer bowl, combine warm milk, sugar and yeast. Let stand un<l
mixture starts to foam, about 10 minutes. AHach dough hook to standing
mixer.
2. In a medium bowl add flour and salt. Add flour mixture, buHer and egg yolks
to the yeast mixture and mix on medium speed un<l it forms a ball, about
4-‐5 minutes.
3. Cover bowl and place in a warm place for 1 hour to rise.
4. Place dough onto a lightly floured surface and roll out to 1/2 -‐inch thickness.
5. Using a 2-‐3-‐inch donut cuHer, cut out donuts. Line air fryer with parchment
paper.
6. Working in batches of 3 donuts, spray with oil and place in air fryer.
7. Set <mer for 5 minutes and temperature for 400.
8. When cooking is complete, turn donuts and spray with oil.
9. Set <mer for 5 minutes and temperature for 400.
10. For the Glaze -‐ In a small bowl, combine buHer, confec<oner’s sugar, vanilla
and hot water and whisk un<l well combined. Keep warm.
11. When cooking is complete, dip one side of donut into glaze and place on a
plaHer, glazed side up.
12. Repeat with remaining donuts and holes.
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