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Red Velvet Donuts with Glaze

These Red Velvet Donuts with Glaze are made from scratch and have a hint of cocoa and vanilla.

Red Velvet Donuts with Glaze. Perfect for Valentine's Day #doughnuts

I love to enjoy Red Velvet year round, but Valentine’s Day practically requires that something red velvet be made. I like to have fun with Valentine’s Day breakfast and this year I am planning ahead of time.  Last year we had Red Velvet Pancakes with Cream Cheese Drizzle. Pancakes are my favorite and I totally devoured them.

Red Velvet Donuts with Glaze. Perfect for Valentine's Day #doughnuts

This year I want to do donuts so I tried out a recipe from a cookbook I got for Christmas The Red Velvet Lover’s Cookbook: Best-Ever Versions for Everything Red Velvet, with More than 50 Scrumptious Sweets and Treats. This is actually the first time I’ve eaten a red velvet donut so I can’t compare them to others, but I thought they were pretty darn good. My kids remarked that they taste kind of like funnel cake. Red Velvet Donuts with Glaze. Perfect for Valentine's Day #doughnuts These Red Velvet Donuts are fried, not baked. It’s a day for indulgences isn’t it? Red Velvet Donuts. Perfect for Valentine's Day #doughnuts

They are covered in a sweet glaze, but now I am wishing I had made a cream cheese frosting for them. Red velvet is kind of naked without cream cheese.

Red Velvet Donuts. Perfect for Valentine's Day #doughnuts

But regardless, won’t your kids think Red Velvet Donuts are a real treat for Valentine’s Day?

Red Velvet Donuts. Perfect for Valentine's Day #doughnuts

Red Velvet Donuts with Glaze. Perfect for Valentine's Day #doughnuts

Red Velvet Donuts with Glaze

These Red Velvet Donuts with Glaze are made from scratch and have a hint of cocoa and vanilla.
PREP: 2 hours
COOK: 10 minutes
TOTAL: 2 hours 10 minutes
SERVINGS: 24

Ingredients

  • 2 packages active dry yeast (1/4-ounce)
  • 1/4 cup warm water
  • 1 1/2 cups lukewarm milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup vegetable shortening
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tablespoon red liquid food color
  • Vegetable oil

Glaze

  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Stir the yeast into the warm water and let sit for 5 minutes.
  • In a mixing bowl, combine milk, sugar, and salt. Using a mixer with a paddle attachment, beat in eggs one at a time, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl after each addition.
  • Beat in shortening and 2 cups of flour.
  • In a small bowl, stir together cocoa powder and food coloring to make a paste.
  • Add food coloring paste to dough and mix well.
  • Keep adding flour, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough begins to pull away from sides of bowl.
  • Switch to a dough hook and knead dough for 5 to 8 minutes, until soft but not sticky.
  • Place dough in a lightly oiled bowl, turning dough to coat it in oil.
  • Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let rise until it doubles in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours.
  • Fill a Dutch oven with about 2 inches of oil and heat to 350 degrees.
  • Cut dough into four pieces, and working 1 piece at a time, roll dough out on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1/4-inch. Use a 3-inch round cookie cutter and a small round cutter to cut donuts. You can use the small round cutter to make more donut holes out of the scraps.
  • Carefully slide a few donuts into the oil. Fry for 35 to 45 seconds and then flip over. Cook the second side about 30 seconds and then place on a rack or a paper towel-lined baking sheet.
  • For glaze, combine confectioners' sugar, milk, and vanilla extract in a bowl and whisk until smooth.
  • Drizzle glaze on top of dounuts.
Author: Christin Mahrlig
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: Southern

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Recipe Source: The Red Velvet Lover’s Cookbook: Best-Ever Versions for Everything Red Velvet, with More than 50 Scrumptious Sweets and Treats

 

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16 thoughts on “Red Velvet Donuts with Glaze”

  1. Worse recipe ever not even sweet plus dosent taste like chocolate either. Just taste like sweet flour.

  2. sarah smith

    this recipe did not work at all. it didnt tell me when to add in the water with the yeast and i also had to knead in the mixer far longer than 8 minutes and i still didnt get a ball of dough i could pick up.

  3. Thank you SO much for sharing! I’m so glad you made these – I can’t tell you how many I ate. It would be embarrassing. 🙂 Gotta love donuts!!

  4. Amy @ Elephant Eats

    LOVE <3 the color of these!!! Oh man I could really go for a donut right now. Frying isn't my thing (too much oil splatter tho i much prefer the taste!) but I will try to find a way to make a baked version sometime soon 😉

  5. Jess @ On Sugar Mountain

    These doughnuts are adorable and so festive! I could eat red velvet all day every day so these are calling my name. <3 🙂

  6. Emily @ HCP

    Christin– thanks so much for sharing, these look beautiful! We’re so glad you’re enjoying Deborah’s book! 🙂

  7. These red velvet donuts are gorgeous, Christin! I love the bright red and the glaze looks incredible! These are perfect for Valentine’s Day!

  8. Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice

    Red velvet is perfect for Valentine’s Day! These donuts look amazing, Christin! And I love that glaze, too. Gorgeous!

  9. Renee@Two in the Kitchen

    I welcome a yummy, yeasty, fried delicious red velvet donut! These look amazing!! 🙂

  10. These are so beautiful! I love how bright these donuts are and the glaze on top looks perfect. These would be cute for Valentine’s Day breakfast or even dessert. Pinned 🙂

  11. Holy cow those look amazing! Never would have thought of making red velvet doughnuts. They look fantastic! 😀

  12. Shelby @ Go Eat and Repeat

    This is an awesome twist to red velvet cake. What a perfect Valentine’s Day breakfast!

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