Doughnuts - Maple Glaze

Maple glaze has always been another one of my favorites. So when I had found the recipe in my book, I had to try it. Just like the other glaze recipes, this one also had only 3 ingredients and was only 1 step. 

Ingredients

11/2 cups of confectioner's sugar (sifted)

2 tablespoons of maple syrup

2 tablespoons of milk or water (I used milk)

Steps

1. Place the sugar in a medium bowl and stir the maple syrup and milk to make a smooth pourable glaze. 

The confectioner's sugar and Maple Syrup

The recipe made it very clear on how to make the maple glaze. My first batch was perfect! Unlike the chocolate glaze, the maple glaze actually tasted the way it was supposed to. Sifting the confectioner's sugar also made it easier to mix all the components well together. However, I did have to add a bit more maple syrup to the glaze mix because at first the glaze tasted only like the confectioner's sugar. I added about a half a teaspoon. I loved how simple and easy it was to make this glaze, and it was delicious!

What do you guys think? Do you like maple glaze on doughnuts? Would you ever try making this?

Doughnuts - A Basic Raised Doughnut

In my cookbook, the first recipe on there was the basic raised doughnut. It's the type of doughnut that most people see at stores. Before this, I had never made doughnuts before. At first, just looking over the recipe I felt overwhelmed. I had never made doughnuts before and I saw long paragraphs on the recipe. I had to ask my mom for help on some things, but the doughnuts turned out well.

The recipe asked for 9 ingredients and said it would make about 8-14 doughnuts. It also said that it takes 20 minutes of active time, which probably is the time it takes for someone to be actively cooking. The recipe says that the doughnuts take 2 hours to be done.

While reading over the recipe and making the doughnuts, I really liked how detailed the recipe was. The paragraphs for the steps on how to make the doughnuts had enough details that explained everything well.

I enjoyed making the doughnuts. They came out better than I expected they would. A part I struggled with was making the actual dough. I also did find that the sugar glaze didn't really stick to the doughnut. The chocolate glaze stuck to the doughnut better. Still, they tasted pretty good.

Doughnuts with the glazes I made. 

Do you guys like doughnuts?

Doughnuts - A Chocolate Glaze

Along with my basic sugar glaze, I also decided to make a chocolate glaze. It is a very common glaze that is on many doughnuts. When I read the recipe, I noticed that it was very short and simple like the glaze recipe. It contained only 4 ingredients and it had 1 step like the basic glaze recipe.

Ingredients:
11/2 cups of confectioner's sugar
4 tablespoons of cocoa powder
2 tablespoons of milk or water (I used milk)
2 teaspoons of vanilla

I used this type of cocoa powder but it was very bitter.

Steps:
1. Stir together the sugar and cocoa powder in a medium bowl. Slowly stir in the milk and vanilla, a little at a time, to make a smooth, pourable glaze.


So at first, I saw the easy recipe and I thought it would be easy to make. The first batch of chocolate glaze that I made ended up tasting really bitter, almost like a coffee. It was also very thick and not pourable like the recipe said. I made a second batch and it became more smooth, but it still had the coffee taste. The bitter taste might have been because of the unsweetened cocoa powder. I decided to just keep it and put it on the doughnuts and it applied nicely and looked good. It tasted okay when it was on the doughnut.


Have you guys ever tried to make something and it didn't come out how you wanted it to?