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Lemon Donuts

These lemon donuts are super soft cake donuts and full of fresh lemon flavor. They are topped with a lemon icing.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Decorating Time15 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Servings: 16 donuts
Calories: 136kcal
Author: Stephanie Rutherford

Ingredients

Lemon Donuts

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2/3 cup White granulated sugar
  • 2 Large eggs room temperature
  • 1/2 cup Milk room temperature
  • 1/2 cup Sour cream room temperature
  • 4 TBSP Unsalted butter melted and cooled
  • 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract
  • 2 Lemons zested
  • 2 TBSP Lemon juice juice of 1 lemon

Lemon Icing

  • 2 cups Powdered sugar sifted
  • 2 Lemon zested
  • 1 TBSP Lemon juice
  • 2-3 TBSP Milk
  • Lemon zested extra lemons zested
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Instructions

Lemon Donuts

  • Preheat the oven to 350℉. Spray two donut pans with baking spray. Set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar.
  • In a separate bowl, mix the eggs, milk, sour cream, melted butter, vanilla extract, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
  • Use a piping bag to pipe the batter into the donut pan. It is really easy to over fill the pan. It should only be half full.
  • Bake for 9-11 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. If your oven has room, you can bake both at the same time.
  • Let the donuts sit in the hot pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Cool completely before icing.

Lemon Icing

  • In a small bowl, mix the powdered sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and milk. Use a whisk to mix until smooth. It needs to be runny enough to drip off the donuts, but not too runny that the batter is translucent.
  • Dip the donuts into the icing. Top with extra lemon zest. Let the icing set before digging in.

Notes

Flour- Make sure flour is spooned and leveled or use a kitchen scale. Compacted flour can dry out the donuts.
High altitude baking- Add an extra 1 TBSP of flour.
Pull out dairy ingredients 2 hours before baking.

Nutrition

Calories: 136kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 239mg | Potassium: 44mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 148IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 1mg