Homemade Maple Donut Bars – Sweet, Fluffy & Easy
These Homemade Maple Donut Bars are soft, fluffy, and topped with a rich maple glaze. Perfect for beginner home cooks, they deliver bakery-quality results right from your kitchen.
Ingredients
For the Donuts:
- 1/2 cup warm water 110°F
- 3/4 cup warm milk
- 2 tsp dry active yeast
- 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 5 large eggs
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
For the Maple Glaze:
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp corn syrup
- 2 tsp maple extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix warm water, warm milk, 1 tbsp sugar, and yeast. Let sit 10 mins until frothy.
- In a stand mixer, add flour, salt, sugar, eggs, and yeast mixture. Mix, then add softened butter. Knead 8 mins.
- Transfer dough to a greased bowl. Cover and rise for 1 hour until doubled.
- Punch down, reshape, and rise again for another hour.
- Roll dough to ¾-inch thickness, cut into 12 bars, and proof 30 mins.
- Heat oil to 360–375°F. Fry bars 2 mins per side. Cool on paper towels.
- For glaze, melt butter and stir in brown sugar, milk, and corn syrup. Simmer, then mix in maple extract and powdered sugar.
- Dip cooled donuts into glaze and let set on rack.
Notes
Tip: Glaze the bars while slightly warm for a smooth finish.
Variation: Add crumbled bacon on top of the glaze for a sweet-savory twist on Homemade Maple Donut Bars.
Variation: Add crumbled bacon on top of the glaze for a sweet-savory twist on Homemade Maple Donut Bars.