I have made no secret of the fact that I am falling in love with baked doughnuts. Last month I made Vanilla Bean Heart Doughnuts for Valentines Day. This month I am loving experimenting with the Meyer Lemons that my local grocery store has started to stock. This is my first lemon recipe this season. Last year we had Lemon Crinkle Cookies and Lemon Curd Cheesecake. Believe me, I'm sure it won't be the last. I love lemon!!
First off, what is a Meyer lemon? Well, since you asked so nicely… a Meyer Lemon is a cross between a lemon and a Mandarin Orange, thus taking the sweetness of the orange and the tart from the lemon and making a wonderful hybrid for us lemon lovers. It's perfect for baking with and for adding a little slice of one to your or Diet Coke.
For this doughnut I took the standard vanilla doughnut recipe added some zest from the lemons and then glazed them with a lemon infused glaze. Here is the recipe…
2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 cup sugar
2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons lemon zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs slightly beaten
3 tablespoons melted butter
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray pan with non-stick cooking spray
In a large mixing bowl sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl add buttermilk, vanilla, lemon zest, and eggs. Add wet mixture to the dry mixture and then add the melted butter. Mix just until combined. Fill each doughnut cup 1/2 full and bake accordingly.
I find the best way to fill the pan is to fill a pastery bag with the doughut batter and with a simple round tip gently add your batter to the pan. Better yet, a pancake pen is PERFECT for the job!
large doughnut pan or heart shaped pan 10-12 minutes
mini doughnut pan 4-6 minutes
4 cups confectioners sugar
4 tablespoons Meyer Lemon juice
In a small bowl combine confectioners sugar with lemon juice. Add lemon juice slowly until you reach the desired consistancy. The doughnuts in the pictures had a pretty thick glaze, but if you would like a light glaze add more lemon juice.
Let me know how your doughnut adventures go. Send over some pictures if you make some. I would LOVE to see them!!
I love lemon desserts and these look divine!
Yum! I just saw the heart shape doughnut pan at Target yesterday, 50% off! I think I’ll have to go back and get that. Thanks for sharing!
sounds fun AND delicious! Never heard of the lemon, but I think I would love it!
Your donuts look wonderful… beautiful photos!
Those look and sound Ahh-Mazing!
Oh my those sure do look yummy! And I LOVE the way you presented them…beautiful pic!!
Yum, I love anything lemon! I so want those donuts!
Megan
Oh my goodness, those look delish!
Those look amazing!!! I might have to break down and go buy a doughnut pan 😀
These look and sound phenomenal! I love lemons too, and my in-laws have a lemon tree so I always have an abundance of lemons!
I totally just pinned this.
I have a Meyer lemon tree that’s sitting in my living room and I’m always looking for new recipes to use my lemons with. I talk about it here: http://freshlycompleted.blogspot.com/2012/01/amazing-lemon-drop-cookies.html
Thanks for sharing!!
I have never tried a Meyer lemon but these donuts have me wanting one!!! They are so cute and refreshing looking!!!!
Gorgeous! Meyer lemons and doughnuts must be a brilliant combination:)
Yum! I made your Vanilla Bean Heart Doughnuts and they were divine (and super easy!). I love lemon too, so I was very excited to see this recipe today! That’s a great tip on how to fill the doughnut pan with the batter. Thanks!
Yummy! Will definitely be adding this to the list of recipes to try! I received a mini-donut maker for Christmas and have a goal to make a different donut each week. I’ll see if I can get the link to post here…
52 donuts
I was totally thinking the same thing about my mini donut maker that I too got for christmas! I cannot wait to try these, the little terrorists (3 little boys under 5) will love these!
These look great! I definitely don’t have the pan for them, but I assume they’d be just as yummy in a muffin mold. Thanks so much for sharing. Great photos, too! Really clear!
Adding this to our summer baking list–just pinned!
so cute! i want do this for my daughters birthday! Where are the lids for the mason jars from?
These look amazing Heather! Believe it or not we actually have a Meyer Lemon Tree in our house (it's small) but we got it as a gift when we moved as our last name it Meyer 🙂 Can't wait to try these doughnuts!! Warmest, Nic
OMG this not only looks tasty, but it's freaking cute!