Categories: Breakfast, Dessert

Ingredients

• ----DONUTS----
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2.5 tbsp butter, melted
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• zest from 1 lemon
• ----GLAZE----
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• juice from 1 lemon

Directions

1. Grease a donut pan and preheat the oven to 425F.

2. Get a large bowl, and mix together all the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt). Let them sit there and think about what they’ve done.

3. In yet another bowl, mix together all the wet ingredients (buttermilk, eggs, honey, butter, vanilla, and lemon zest).

4. Combine the wet and dry ingredients in whatever bowl is largest, and mix until just combined. Don’t overbeat!

5. Spoon the batter into the greased donut pan, filling the spots about 2/3 full. Bake for 6-8 minutes, checking frequently, until they’re done. How do you know if they’re done? They’ll be golden brown, will spring back when touched gently, and a toothpick will come out clean from the centre. Allow them to cool for a few minutes before you take them out to cool on a wire rack with a parchment sheet underneath.

6. To make the glaze, whisk together the icing sugar and lemon juice until smooth and glossy. Dip the donuts while they’re still warm (but not hot!) into the glaze. Place the freshly glazed donut back on the rack, glazed side up.

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