Donuts with lemon aroma and poppy seeds will appeal to many lovers of baking. According to this recipe, they turn out lush, moist and soft, perfect for tea and coffee drinking.
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You will need
- For the test:
- - 2 ¾ tbsp flour;
- - 1 tsp baking powder;
- - ½ tsp soda;
- - ½ tsp salts;
- - 2 tbsp poppy seeds;
- - 50 g of butter;
- - ¼ Art. vegetable oil;
- - ¾ Art. + 2 tbsp Sahara;
- - 1 tbsp lemon zest;
- - 2 large eggs;
- - ¾ Art. + 2 tbsp buttermilk (skim yogurt or sour milk);
- - 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice;
- - a little softened butter.
- For glaze:
- - 1 ¾ Art. powdered sugar;
- - 3 ½ tbsp fresh lemon juice.
Instruction manual
1
Turn on the oven to warm up to 375 ° C.
2
In one bowl, combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt and 1.5 tbsp. poppy seeds.
3
Melt the butter or leave it at room temperature until it becomes soft. In the second bowl, beat the melted butter, vegetable oil, sugar, lemon zest with a mixer for 1 minute. Add one egg at a time. Whisk again.
4
In a large bowl, mix the buttermilk with lemon juice. It will begin to curl up a bit, so bother very quickly.
5
Gradually pour the flour and creamy egg mixture into the buttermilk. Knead the dough, it should turn out not liquid and keep in shape.
6
Cover the baking sheet with parchment paper. Fill the pastry bag and squeeze the donut-shaped mass. Approximately 18 pieces of donuts are obtained from this amount of dough. Bake in a preheated oven for 7-8 minutes, check readiness with a toothpick. Leave the baked donuts to cool.
7
Cook the icing. Beat with icing sugar and lemon juice, the mass should be homogeneous without lumps. Spread the donuts with icing and let it harden at room temperature. Sprinkle with poppy seeds for decoration.
Useful advice
If desired, baked donuts can be coated with lemon jam before applying sugar glaze. Then the glaze will look brilliant, and the donuts will have a richer lemon flavor.