These baked Lemon Donuts come with little to zero cleaning up and easy ingredients that are probably in your cupboard right now. Do I have your attention?
I love me some fried donuts but the simplicity of baked beats the oily fried chicken house smell any day. I'm on a lemon recipe crusade right now because of my unlimited supply of free lemons from a friend.
Seriously, giant bags full from his tree for the past few months. The kids made $62 on the first lemonade stand of the year and they're still in school!
Summer's looking green and crinkly for those guys. Savory or sweet, I have your lemon box checked.
My lemon donuts start with a recipe that I modified from these maple pecan donuts. It's a solid recipe and can be changed easily.
I really needed to make that strong lemon flavor crystal clear. Man, I hate it when things say they're lemon but taste le-meh.
Fresh lemon juice and heaps of zest took care of that. The frosting has more lemon (shocker) and should be on the thin side.
If you notice it becoming stiff or not falling of the lemon donuts when you dip, give it a ding in the microwave and it'll be brand new for you.
The topping. Crunchy and buttery are the only words I can think about when I bite into these. If you have any topping left, get a spoon and a bowl of vanilla ice cream and go to town.
Wait, what if you mixed lemon donuts through some ice cream? Shoot, I already did that!