Glazed Lemon Donuts

These Glazed Lemon Donuts are sweet, zesty, and impossibly easy thanks to pre-made biscuit dough! Fried until golden and topped with a homemade lemon glaze, they’re a quick shortcut to bakery-style flavor at home. This recipe is a keeper for its simplicity and speed, allowing anyone to make fresh, delicious donuts at home without the fuss of making dough from scratch.

Author: Cake Mix Recipes

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Servings: 8 servings

Calories: 258 kcal per serving

Ingredients

16 ounces - Biscuit Dough
1 ½ cups - Powdered Sugar
2 tablespoons - lemon juice
1 - Lemon Zest

Instructions

Place a cooling rack over a baking tray and set aside.
Place your frying oil in a dutch oven over medium heat. Use a candy thermometer to ensure you bring the oil to 350F.
Cut out the center of each biscuit and then stretch the biscuit a bit to make the hole and biscuit donut wider – approximately by 1/2″.
Once oil is hot, fry each donut individually for about 1 minute per side, until golden brown.
Set each fried donut on the cooling rack to allow excess oil to drip off.
Once all donuts have been fried, turn off the heat for the oil.
Sift the powdered sugar into a large bowl.
Whisk in the lemon juice and most of the zest from 1 lemon.
Dip each donut into the lemon glaze, then place back on the cooling rack.
If desired, garnish with additional lemon zest.
Allow to sit until glaze is set, about 30 minutes.

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