Super light and Fluffy Baked Donut Recipe with a sweet and sour Honey Lemon Glaze. French Cruller Donuts are a great guilt-free sweet recipe that kids (and adults) will love.
Place the Water and Butter in a pot and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and drop the Flour in the liquid at once.Mix well with a wooden spoon or spatula until a smooth ball forms. The dough shouldn't stick to the edges of the pot.
Place the pot back on to the stove on low temperature for a couple of minutes will mixing the dough with the wooden spoon. You want to press the dough against the edges on the pot to allow for the heat to dry the dough.Continue the process until you stop seeing steam coming out of the dough - that means that all the moisture is gone.
Remove from the stove and let the dough cool down for a few minutes.Add the Eggs one by one, mixing them into the dough each time. You want to make sure the dough is not too hot to avoid cooking the eggs.
To make sure the dough has the right consistency, draw a line with the bottom of your spoon. If the dough slowly fills the hole, the consistency is right. Otherwise, it is either too runny or too hard.
Preheat your oven on 190'C.Place the Choux Pastry in a piping bag with a star shaped nozzle. On a baking tray lined with baking paper, pipe the dough into small donuts shapes. Place in the oven for 20 minutes. Make sure you do not open the oven door during that time to keep the steam in. For the last 5 minutes of baking, slightly open the oven door and place a wooden spoon in the opening to keep it open.Remove the Cruller Donut from the oven and let the cool down on a cooling rack.
Honey Lemon Glaze
Pour the Lemon Juice and Honey in a small pot and bring to a boil. Remove from the stove as soon as bubble/foam starts appearing. Let the glaze cool down for a few minutes, then dip your Cruller Donuts in it.If the glaze cools down too fast and is too hard to glaze, place it in the microwave for 10 seconds.
Optional: Sprinkle some Lime Zest over the Cruller Donuts as a garnish.