Delicious Lemon Filled Doughnuts

We all seem to love a lemon dessert recipe so when I came across this lemon filled doughnut recipe I just had to share it on to you all as I know you will love to make them for your family or close friends

 

Also seeing as it is National Doughnut Day I thought this recipe was ideal to make to celebrate this amazing food day .. so why not check out this recipe and make a batch or two

 

This great recipe is brought to you by bettycrocker.com website , thanks for sharing it with us

 

Here below is a list of the ingredients you will need to make these doughnuts from the website

 

 

 

  • Prep Time 1 HR 30 MIN
  • Total Time 4 HR 0 MIN
  • Servings 32

 

 

Filled with lemon curd and topped with powdered sugar these fresh, from-scratch doughnuts are a lemony delight you’ll want to make again and again.

Ingredients

Doughnuts

1 cup warm milk (105°F to 115°F)
2 packages fast-acting dry yeast (4 1/2 teaspoons)
4 1/2 to 5 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1/3 cup butter, softened
Vegetable oil

Filling

2 jars (10 oz each) lemon curd

Topping

1 1/2 teaspoons powdered sugar

 

 

 

Expert Tips

You can make the dough the night before. Instead of letting it rise in a warm place for the first rise, place the covered bowl in the refrigerator for up to 12 hours. Then continue as directed in the recipe.

Try to keep the oil temperature as constant as possible. Too cool, and the doughnuts will absorb more oil and take longer to cook. Too hot, and the doughnuts will get done on the outside too quickly, leaving the centers still doughy. It will take about 20 minutes to heat the oil to 325°F.

These doughnuts can be filled with a variety of fillings. Try lime curd or any flavor of jelly.

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To get the full recipe:http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/lemon-filled-doughnuts/1ebb95b0-53f6-4a21-99a2-a37119452276

 

 

 

 

NATIONAL DOUGHNUT DAY – November 5

November 5 is one of two National Doughnut Days that are celebrated by doughnut lovers across the nation.  The first Friday in June is the other day that doughnuts are the star of the show.

 

The history of the doughnut is

 

 

  • There is one theory that suggests they were invented in North America by Dutch settlers who were responsible for popularizing other American desserts including cookies, apple pie, cream pie and cobbler.
  • An American, Hanson Gregory, claimed to have invented the ring shaped doughnut in 1847 while on board a lime-trading ship at the age of 16.  He claimed to have punched a hole in the center of dough with the ship’s tin pepper box and later taught the technique to his mother.
  • Anthropologist Paul R Mullins states that the first cookbook mentioning doughnuts was an 1803 English volume which included doughnuts in an appendix of American recipes.
  • An 1808 short story describing a spread of “fire-cakes and dough-nuts” is the earliest known recorded usage of the term doughnut.
  • A more commonly cited first written recording of the term is Washington Irving’s reference to doughnuts in 1809 in his History of New York.  He described balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog’s fat and called doughnuts.  Today, these nuts of fried dough are called doughnut holes.

Article Source :http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-doughnut-day-november-5/

 

 

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