In almost every Amish bakery, you’ll find big, delicious homemade doughnuts. This recipe for Amish Maple Glazed Doughnuts is a recipe for homemade doughnuts with a maple glaze straight from the kitchen of an Amish baker. The doughnuts are made with basic ingredients and left to rise so they practically melt in your mouth.
AMISH MAPLE GLAZED DOUGHNUTS
3/4 cup milk, scalded
1 /4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 /4 cup butter
3/4 cup warm water
1 /4 tablespoon sugar
1 package of yeast
1 egg
4-5 cups bread flour
Add 1/4 cup sugar, salt, and butter to hot milk. Cool to lukewarm. Add yeast and 1/4 tsp sugar to warm water. Let rise for 5 minutes. Pour both liquids together plus eggs and add flour, After last flour has been added knead for 10 minutes. Let rise 1 hour and knead again. Let rise 1 hour and punch down and roll to 1 /2 inch and cut. Put on floured pan, let rise and deep fat fry at 350. Glaze while still warm.
Maple Syrup Glaze:
- 1.5 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon maple extract
- 1/4 cup milk
