Three Easy Doughnut Glazes
Looking for a selection of glazes for your homemade doughnuts? You've found them. Our vanilla, chocolate, and apple cider doughnut glazes are a tasty final touch.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 4 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 1/4 cups (142g) confectioners' sugar, sifted to remove any lumps
- 1 tablespoon (21g) light corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon (14g) butter, melted
- 1 to 2 tablespoons (14g to 28g) milk or water
- 1/2 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup (85g) semisweet chocolate chips, semisweet chocolate, or bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 tablespoons (28g) butter
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon (25g) light corn syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract
- 2 tablespoons (21g) boiled cider
- 1 tablespoon (14g) heavy cream
- 1 cup (113g) confectioners' sugar
Instructions
- 1
To make the vanilla glaze: Stir the ingredients together, adding extra liquid or confectioners' sugar to adjust the consistency as needed. Yield: about 1/2 cup glaze.
- 2
To make chocolate glaze: Melt the ingredients together over low heat or in the microwave, stirring often. Add extra corn syrup if needed to make a smooth, shiny glaze. Note: For a reliably shiny finish, choose chocolate whose main ingredient isn't sugar. We've found that using chocolate chips that list sugar as the main ingredient produce glaze that's grainy and dull-looking. Yield: about 1/2 cup glaze.
- 3
To make apple cider glaze: Stir all of the ingredients together, adding additional sugar or cream if needed to make the glaze the consistency of molasses. Dip top of doughnuts in glaze, or drizzle glaze over doughnuts. Yield: about 1/2 cup glaze.