Old-Fashioned Buttermilk Donut Bars

Directions

  1. 1Add melted butter to a bowl.
  2. 2Add sugar to the bowl.
  3. 3Whisk together the ingredients.
  4. 4Add eggs and vanilla.
  5. 5Whisk the mixture.
  6. 6Add buttermilk.
  7. 7Mix ingredients together.
  8. 8Add flour.
  9. 9Combine the ingredients with a spatula.
  10. 10Cover dough and put in the fridge.
  11. 11Flour a clean surface.
  12. 12Place the dough on the floured surface.
  13. 13Shape and flatten the dough.
  14. 14Cut dough into bars.
  15. 15Make a light indentation down the center of each bar lengthwise.
  16. 16Fry the donuts in hot oil for one to two minutes on each side, until golden.
  17. 17Remove the donuts.
  18. 18Make the glaze with browned butter, maple syrup, vanilla paste, and a pinch of salt.
  19. 19Mix glaze ingredients together.
  20. 20Dunk each bar in glaze.

Ingredients

  • 3.5 cups cake flour
  • 2.5 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 0.75 tsp nutmeg
  • 0.25 tsp baking soda
  • 0.5 cup brown sugar
  • 0.5 cup granulated sugar
  • 0.25 cup salted butter, melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 0.75 cup buttermilk
  • olive oil
  • 1.5 cups powdered sugar
  • 6 tbsp salted butter, browned
  • 0.33 cup maple syrup
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla paste
  • pinch salt

Equipment

bowlwhiskbench scraperknifelarge potDutch ovenwire rackslotted spooncooling rack