I bloody love doughnuts, to be honest who doesn’t?! These little sweet rings of delight are the treat I always fall back on. Sad, drown your sorrows in a doughnut. Happy, celebrate with a doughnut. Hungover, eat your weight in doughnuts. There is nothing in my life that can’t be improved upon with the addition of doughnuts. Add in a little bit of sweet, a little bit of salty and bam, maple bacon doughnuts. Oh mama!
With all of this in mind, I must admit that I have never actually made a doughnut in my life. I needed something epic to break my doughy virginity, something truly awesome. I think these maple bacon doughnuts hit the nail on the head perfectly!
The sweet, smokey maple syrup paired with the salty bacon made the perfect accompaniment to my favorite snack. I have to admit, owning a deep fryer makes this process a whole lot easier but you can always use a big old heavy pan if you aren’t as into kitchen gadgetry as me. I treated myself to a deep fryer a few month ago and have been resisting the urge to deep fry everything since.
Maple Bacon Doughnuts
- Total Time: 0 hours
- Yield: 12 doughnuts 1x
Ingredients
For the doughnuts:
- 200ml full fat milk, lukewarm
- 3tsp dried active yeast 1tsp caster sugar
- 50g light brown sugar
- 325g plain flour
- 3tbsp vegetable fat
- 1tbsp maple syrup
- 1/tsp salt
- 1 large egg
- Vegetable oil for frying
For the glaze:
- 250g icing sugar
- 60ml pure maple syrup
- 8 rashers of streaky bacon
- 50g brown sugar
Instructions
- In a large glass jug mix the warmed milk, caster sugar and dried yeast together. Leave for around 5 minutes till the mixture begins to look frothy.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer combine the remaining doughnut ingredients and mix together on a low speed. Slowly add the yeast mixture to the bowl and continue mixing until the dough forms.
- Coat the inside of a large mixing bowl with vegetable oil and place the dough inside, cover with an oiled sheet of cling film and allow to prove until doubled in size. This should take around 30-40 minutes.
- While your dough is rising, cook your bacon. Lay the rashers of baking on a prepared baking tray, sprinkle each side of the bacon with the brown sugar and grill until crispy, around 5-10 minutes. Set aside and once cool chop into shards.
- Once your dough has risen line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper and set aside. Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the dough to 1/2 and inch thick. Using a round cutter (you can choose to make your doughnuts as large or small as you please) cut out rounds and transfer to the prepared baking sheet. Take a piping nozzle or a small round cutter and cut small circles out of the center of your doughnuts. Re-roll out your remaining dough until you’ve cut out as many doughnuts as possible, you should get around 10 – 12.
- Allow to rise again on the baking sheet for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, heat your oil in a deep fat fryer or in a large heavy bottomed pan until it reaches 175°C, use a candy thermometer for best results. (I use this one)
- Fry the doughnuts for 2 minutes on each side, ensuring not to over crowd the pan. Remove and allow to cool on a tray lined with kitchen roll. Continue until all your doughnuts are cooked.
- To make the glaze simply mix the maple syrup and icing sugar together in a bowl. If it’s too thick add a little water until it reaches your desired consistency. Dip the doughnuts in the glaze and sprinkle with shards of bacon.
- Prep Time: 1.5hrs
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Baking
- Cuisine: Donuts
Enjoy your epic doughnut!
Just wow! :O These look delicious, just wish I owned a fryer!http://lux-rose.blogspot.co.uk/
Amazing!!!! These look incredible.