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Cinnamon Peanut Butter Doughnuts

Why aren't peanut butter and cinnamon combined together more often? These Cinnamon Peanut Butter Doughnuts are fried cinnamon doughnuts filled with peanut butter cream and topped with peanut butter cinnamon glaze.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Fried Donuts, Fried Doughnuts, Homemade Doughnuts, Homesmade Donuts, Peanut Butter Desserts
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Rising Time: 2 hours 45 minutes
Makes: 14 doughnuts
Author: Sues

Ingredients

  • 2 ½ tsp active yeast (1 packet)
  • 2 Tbsp warm water
  • 3 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 Tbsp cinnamon
  • 1 t salt
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • ½ stick (4 Tbsp) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 3 large egg yolks
  • Canola oil
  • 1 batch Peanut Butter Cream (see below)
  • 1 batch Peanut Butter Cinnamon Glaze (see below)

Peanut Butter Cream:

  • 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 cup confectioners' sugar

Peanut Butter Cinnamon Glaze:

  • ¼ cup peanut butter
  • ½ cup confectioners' sugar
  • 3 Tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

  • In a small bowl, dissolve yeast into warm water. Stir gently and then let rest for about 5 minutes, until mixture gets frothy.
  • In a stand mixer (or in a big bowl with a hand mixer), whisk together flour, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in sugar.
  • Add milk, butter, egg yolks, and yeast mixture to the bowl and blend together using your dough hook if you have one.
  • Once dough forms, increase speed to medium-high and beat for about 3 minutes. If you don't have a dough hook, take dough out of bowl and once dough is formed and knead on a lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic.
  • Sprinkle dough with flour (place back in large bowl if you took dough out to knead), cover with a kitchen towel, and put in a warm spot to rise.
  • Let dough rise for about 2 hours.
  • Place dough on a lightly floured surface and roll into a square about ½-inch thick.
  • Using a biscuit cutter or the top of a drinking glass, cut out as many rounds as possible. I used a 3-inch biscuit cutter and got about 14 doughnuts. Place rounds on a lightly floured baking sheet.
  • Cover baking sheet with a kitchen towel, put in a warm spot, and let rise for about 45 minutes.
  • In a large stockpot, heat about 2.5 inches of canola oil to 350 degrees
  • Put 3-4 doughnuts at a time into the hot oil. Let fry for about a minute and then flip over to fry on the other side. Repeat as needed, until golden brown.
  • Remove fried doughnuts to paper towel covered plate to let cool.
  • Fill a pastry bag, fitted with a ½-inch round tip with Peanut Butter Cream. Insert the tip into the end of the cooled doughnuts and pipe about 2 teaspoons of peanut butter cream into each.
  • Hold doughnuts upside down and dip in Peanut Butter Cinnamon Glaze. Sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles.

Peanut Butter Cream:

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with hand mixer, beat together butter, peanut butter, and confectioners' sugar until well-blended.

Peanut Butter Cinnamon Glaze:

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl with hand mixer, beat peanut butter until light and fluffy, about one minute.
  • Beat in confectioners' sugar and add in milk and cinnamon. If glaze is too thick, add more milk 1 tsp at a time. If it's too thin, add in more confectioners' sugar ¼ cup at a time.
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