Grammy's Kitchen Β· Donuts Β· Chocolate Eclair Donuts

One of 65 donuts recipes we measured

Chocolate Eclair Donuts

from preppykitchen.com

It ranks #1 of 65 for crust crunch among the donuts recipes we compared. 7 cooks on preppykitchen.com rate it 5.0β˜….

hands-on60m
waiting2.9 hr
kcal290
leveladvanced
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The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base β€” next to the median of all 65.

this recipe typical
dairy605%54%
egg417%26%
liquid808%62%
leavener0%2%
salt2%1%
sweetener111%104%
fat106%24%

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 65 for crust crunch
  • #63 of 65 for greasiness
  • #65 of 65 for tenderness

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

488 g2 cups whole milk
1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise ((or 1 TBS vanilla paste and i TBS vanilla extract))
300 g6 egg yolks
133 g2/3 cup sugar
32 g1/4 cup cornstarch
14 g1 TBS cold unsalted butter
237 g1 cup water
114 g8 TBS unsalted butter ((1 stick))
3 g1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsps sugar
120 g1 cup all-purpose flour
150 g3 egg, plus 1 extra if needed ((I used four))
50 g1 egg
7 g1 1/2 tsp water
119 g1/2 cup heavy cream
85 g1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate (coarsely chopped)
119 g1/2 cup heavy cream
85 g1/2 cup white chocolate (coarsely chopped)

Method: 27 steps, published by preppykitchen.com β€” open the original β†— or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

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