Homemade Valentine Heart Donuts
These Homemade Valentine Heart Donuts are soft, fluffy, and decorated with love. A simple recipe perfect for breakfasts, desserts.
- Prep Time: 1 hr. 45 min. (including rising time)
- Cook Time: 4-5 min (1 min per batch)
- Total Time: 1 hr 50 min
- Yield: 13 1x
- Category: Desserts
- Method: no cook no bake
Ingredients
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- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 2/3 cups flour
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 1 cup vegetable oil for deep-frying
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- dash of vanilla extract
- 4 drops red food coloring
- red and gold hearts
- sprinkles
- 2 dried strawberries
Instructions
- Microwave the milk to body temperature. Pour the milk into a bowl. Add the yeast, salt, and sugar. Stir until the mixture forms a foamy cap. Add some of the flour and fold in with a spatula. Add the flour in batches. When the dough forms a ball, transfer it to a floured board and knead until it becomes soft and not sticky.
- Place the dough in a greased bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave in a warm kitchen until doubled in size. Ours took 1 hour.
- Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/3-1/2 inch. Use a cookie cutter to cut out hearts. Form the remaining dough into hearts as well. Transfer them to a board, cover with a towel, and let rise for 25 minutes.
- Heat the oil and fry the hearts for 1 minute on each side.
- Transfer the donuts to a paper towel. Heat the chocolate glaze in the microwave on pulse mode. Cover a few hearts with white glaze, making drips with a spoon. Tint the remaining glaze red and decorate the donuts. Sprinkle with sprinkles, hearts, and dried strawberry powder.
- Transfer the donuts to a serving plate and enjoy!