Honey Glazed French Cruller Doughnuts are light, airy and eggy clouds of sticky glazed dough.
Unlike classic yeast doughnuts, these honey glazed French cruller doughnuts are cooked using a choux pastry dough technique. You will be in love with the distinctive twisted ridges and the extra light interior of these delicious doughnuts!
These are possibly the best donuts I have ever had. Yes, my Creme Brulee Doughnuts were fantastic, but these are ridiculous. From the texture to the flavor to the prettiness, they are amazing. And it was so easy, and fun to make. I am officially obsessed with deep-frying. I saved the oil so that I can make round two (chocolate dipped crullers?) in the near future. And by near I mean tomorrow.
These babies are made from essentially the same base as cream puffs or eclairs. But don’t be intimidated by the names. All the ingredients that are needed for these honey glazed French cruller doughnuts are probably already in your kitchen! The dough starts with flour, a few eggs, less than a stick of butter, a couple tablespoons of sugar, and a pinch of salt. The recipes that require zero trips to the grocery store are my favorite.
I started by simply bringing the water, butter, salt and sugar to a boil. Next, add the flour. Once the choux pastry is made, mix in a couple of eggs and egg whites and that’s it! Fill a piping bag with the dough, pipe the dough onto small squares of parchment paper and fry into golden perfection. Dip each one into the honey glaze and voilà – you are in Honey Glazed French Cruller Doughnuts heaven.
I could snap photos of them all day with sticky fingers.
- Dough
- 160 g flour
- 250 ml water
- 100 g butter
- 3 large eggs
- 1-2 egg whites
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Glaze
- 150 g powdered sugar
- 3-4 tbsp warm milk or water
- 1 tbsp liquid honey
- 500 ml frying oil
- Sift the flour and set aside.
- In a medium pot melt the butter with salt and sugar over medium high heat.
- Add water and bring to a rapid boil.
- Add flour all at once and quickly mix until everything is incorporated.
- Keep stirring with the spatula until the dough is dry enough to leave a thin film on the bottom of the pan.
- Transfer the dough to a mixing bowl and let cool slightly.
- Add eggs one at a time and mix until the dough is completely mixed with the egg. Then add another egg the same way.
- Once all the eggs are incorporated into the dough add the egg whites.
- Keep mixing until all the egg whites are added and the dough is smooth and shiny.
- Heat the oil in a heavy bottom pot to 370 F.
- While the oil heats up cut 3” x 3” squares of parchment paper (approximately 20 sheets). Grease each sheet with oil.
- Transfer the dough into the pastry bag with 1/2” open star pipping tip.
- Form doughnuts in circular shapes on each sheet.
- Very carefully place each sheet in hot oil upside down. In few seconds, parchment paper should easily come off the donut and you can remove it with the tongs. Fry on both sides until golden, about 3-4 minutes.
- Transfer fried doughnuts onto a cooling rack or paper towel.
- Combine powdered sugar with warm milk or water and honey in the mixing bowl.
- Dip each doughnut into the glaze and place to rest on a cooling rack.
These crullers look amazing! I can imagine the sweet honey glaze with the fried donuts. Perfect!
Thanks Sabine! You got it on the combo 🙂
I love making choux pastry and eating eclairs or cream puffs. So I’m pretty sure I would love this version of a cruller. Plus, it’s deep fried 😉 !
Thank you so much Nicoletta! I really hope you love them!
I bet these are so much better than the cruller’s from Tim Hortons! Those tend to be a bit soggy for my liking, but these look amazing! Pinning for later 🙂
They are much better Shareba! Thank you so much!
Yum! I didn’t even know you could make donuts from choux pastry but I can only imagine how light, airy and delicious they are! Need to give these guys a try 🙂
Thanks so much Terri! I really hope you’ll love them!
OOOOOHHHHHH my goodness! These look amazing! Crullers were my favourite doughnuts back when I could eat dairy and gluten. Now I have to enjoy them with my eyes — but these look delightful!
I know what you mean, Justine, they are very tempting! Thank you for stopping by!
I ate these once an fell in love. Definitely going to make these. Can I make the dough a day b4 and fry the next?
Hi Nicety! Yes, the batter will hold itself nice for a day or two before frying. Cheers!