Old Fashioned Sour Cream Donuts
I think my favourite donut in the world is Tim Horton’s sour cream glazed. I don’t know what that says about me, but it’s a fact. This homemade sour cream glazed donut is pretty darn close and a fun baking project for sure!
Ingredients:
Dough Ingredients
- 2½ cups pastry flour (350g)
- 2 tsp baking powder (10g)
- 2 tsp salt (8g)
- ½ cup sugar (105g)
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 2 tbsp room temperature butter (28g)
- ¾ cup sour cream (175g)
- 3 egg yolks
Glaze Ingredients
- 2½ cups powdered sugar (350g)
- ¼ cup milk (plus 1-2 tbsp if glaze seems dry)
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 2 litres canola oil for frying
Instructions:
- In a bowl whisk or sift together flour, salt, baking powder and nutmeg. Set aside.
- Using a stand mixer affixed with the paddle attachment, add sugar and room temperature butter. Mix on medium until the mixture becomes crumbly and resembles sand.
- With the mixer still running, add in egg yolks and mix until creamy.
- Now with the mixer running on low, you are going to alternate adding the sour cream and the flour mixture. Add some sour cream, flour, sour cream, flour. Don't over mix. Form into dough ball and place in the fridge covered with plastic for 1 hour.
- While the dough is chilling, kick on with the glaze. In a bowl whisk together powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla. If glaze feels too tight when whisking, add in an additional tablespoon of milk.
- Back to the donuts: In a heavy-bottomed pot heat canola oil up to 350F.
- Remove the dough from the fridge. Next, on a lightly floured surface roll out the dough using a rolling pin until it's about 1/2 inch thick. Using cookie cutters, a donut punch, or a cup, cut out donuts and place them on a baking sheet. It's not a terrible idea to pop that baking sheet into the fridge before frying. You want to dough to be cold when it hits the oil.
- Check the temperature of the oil using a thermometer. If you don't have one, you want the donuts to lightly sizzle when they hit the oil, but not boil. I would say heat oil over medium-high heat but keep an eye on it.
- Gently(!!!) place donuts into the oil and fry until golden brown. Be sure to flip the donuts over to get both sides.
- Once browned, take out of oil and let donuts drain on a wire rack or over paper towel.
- Dip both sides of the donut into the glaze and place the donuts on a wire cooling rack. Let the glaze harden for about 3-5 mins.
- Finally, pour a really nice cup of coffee, turn up the music a bit, and enjoy! These are some of my favourite things to make for other people!
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