Baked Sour Cream Doughnuts with Lemon Glaze

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Baked Sour Cream Doughnuts with Lemon Glaze

Have you tried making baked doughnuts yet? These Baked Sour Cream Doughnuts with Lemon Glaze are kind of life changing, all the fun of a doughnut without hot oil. Perfect with a cup of coffee or tea.

Prep Time10

Cook Time12

Total Time22

Course: Breakfast Recipes

Cuisine: American

Servings: doughnuts

Calories: 317kcal

Author: Laura

Ingredients

1 lemon
1 cup sour cream
2 egg
1/2 cup melted butter you can use vegetable oil instead
1 cup Sugar
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

preheat oven to 350˚
lightly grease two doughnut pans and set aside
zest the lemon, set aside
juice the lemon and strain out seeds-you will need a 1/4 cup for this recipe
whisk the sour cream, egg, butter, 1 tsp of lemon juice, a pinch of lemon zest and the sugar together until smooth
mix 2 cups of flour, with 1 tsp of baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon of salt
add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and quickly stir together
fill the doughnut pans evenly
bake at 350˚ for 10-12 minutes or until they spring back to the touch
meanwhile mix the confectioners sugar with the lemon juice, add a small amount of the juice to start with just in case it gets to runny
add a little lemon juice at a time until the icing is mixed but not too runny
when the doughnuts are done cool for 3 minutes in the pan
then gently lift them out to a cooling rack
while the doughnuts are still slightly warm dip the tops in the icing
sprinkle with reserved lemon zest
best enjoyed warm

Notes

you will need 2 doughnut pans OR using the recipe card above cut the recipe in half to make six for one doughnut pan

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