Description
Indulge in the delightful experience of Boston Cream Donuts, featuring a soft, rich dough filled with creamy custard and topped with glossy chocolate ganache.
Ingredients
All-Purpose Flour
Yeast
Whole Milk
Eggs
Sugar
Butter
Cornstarch
Vanilla Extract or Bean Paste
Chocolate
Heavy Cream
Instructions
- In a bowl, combine warm milk and yeast; let it sit for 5 minutes until frothy.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.
- Add the yeast mixture, eggs, and melted butter to the flour mixture; knead until smooth.
- Cover the dough and let it rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- Roll out the dough, cut into rounds, and let them rise again for 30 minutes.
- Fry the donuts in hot oil until golden brown, then drain on paper towels.
- For the pastry cream, whisk milk and sugar over heat, mix cornstarch with a bit of milk, then combine until thick; stir in vanilla.
- Once cool, fill the donuts with pastry cream using a piping bag.
- To prepare the ganache, heat cream and pour over chopped chocolate; stir until smooth.
- Dip each filled donut in ganache and let set before serving.
Notes
Ensure all ingredients are at room temperature for best results. Use quality chocolate for the ganache.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 30
- Category: Dessert
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 donut
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 120 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 42 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 65 mg
Keywords: Boston Cream Donuts, dessert, American pastries, donuts, custard, ganache