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Home > Bread

Bavarian Cream Doughnuts

BY :Bebs | Published: 09/15/ 2021 | Updated:10/12/ 2021 | 7 Comments

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Whip up your very own bavarian donut with a soft and pillowy exterior and vanilla-cream filling that is an absolute delight! These Bavarian Cream Doughnuts are delicious as a dessert or an all-day snack.

Donuts filled with bavarian cream on a box.
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  • What is a Bavarian donut?
  • Bavarian Cream Donut vs Boston Cream Donut
  • What You'll Need
  • Making it without a doughnut cutter
  • Tips for puffy fried doughnuts
  • How to store and reheat?
  • Printable Recipe
  • Recipe Video
  • Similar recipes

  • What is a Bavarian donut?
  • Bavarian Cream Donut vs Boston Cream Donut
  • What You'll Need
  • Making it without a doughnut cutter
  • Tips for puffy fried doughnuts
  • How to store and reheat?
  • Printable Recipe
  • Bavarian Cream Donuts
  • Recipe Video
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What is a Bavarian donut?

Bavarian donut is a type of a filled doughnut that is made with soft, puffy fried dough with vanilla pastry cream filling and then coated with powdered sugar. The classic German dessert called "Bayrische Creme" or Bavarian cream is actually more like Panna Cotta, made of milk, egg, sugar, cream, and thickened with gelatin and usually molded.

For this recipe we used a simplified vanilla pastry cream . It is so simple that you can easily make it in the comfort of your own home. Kids and adults alike would surely love these homemade treats. It is a delicious dessert or snack, perfect with a hot cup of coffee.

Bavarian Cream Donut vs Boston Cream Donut

While both are made with a yeast-based dough, the bavarian filling is more solid in texture, and the Boston cream filling takes on a creamy texture. Also, Bavarian donuts are coated with powdered sugar while Boston cream donuts are glazed with chocolate frosting.

What You'll Need

  • All-purpose flour or plain flour
  • White sugar
  • Salt
  • Milk - make sure the milk is lukewarm to activate the yeast.
  • Instant dry yeast does not need to be proofed before adding to the flour. Alternatively, you can use active dry yeast but make sure to proof it first. Yeast should also be at room temperature before use.
  • Powdered Sugar for coating but if you're out of powdered sugar, you can also use caster sugar.
  • Cornstarch is optional but since I do not like is used to thicken and stabilize the cream filling.
  • Egg yolks- Separate the yolks from the whites while the eggs are still cold as they are firmer and less likely to break. Use eggs that are fresh as possible.
  • Vanilla Extract or you can also use vanilla bean.
  • Oil - use oils with a high smoking point like canola or corn oil. You can also use peanut or vegetable oil.

Making it without a doughnut cutter

Typically doughnuts are made using a doughnut cutter to form the rings or disks of dough. You can also do this but we opted to use flatted balls of dough.

When you use a cutter, there are the doughs left in between the disks that you do not want to waste. They are usually kneaded and rolled together again to make more donuts. But then the dough gets overkneaded that it pulls back when rolled and will not rise so well anymore.

To avoid this, just divide the dough into smaller pieces depending on how big you want the doughnuts to be. Then shape them into balls and then press to flatten.

How to make bavarian donuts.

Tips for puffy fried doughnuts

After forming the doughnuts, arrange pieces of small wax or parchment papers on a baking sheet and place a piece of flattened dough on top of each. Make sure you leave enough space in between so they will not stick together as they rise.

Cover the doughs to let them rise the second time. When it is time to fry, gently lift or slide the paper into the hot oil. As the dough fries, the paper will dislodge easily from the dough and you can just remove it.

This way, the well-risen dough does not deflate from the handling while transferring it to the oil.

How to store and reheat?

Place doughnuts in a container with a tight-fitting lid and keep them in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

To reheat, place the doughnuts on a microwave-safe plate and heat them on high for about 20-30 seconds.

Donuts filled with bavarian cream.

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Vanilla pastry cream-filled doughnuts on a plate.
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Bavarian Cream Donuts

5 from 10 votes
Whip up your very own bavarian-filled donut and skip a trip to your favorite donut shop or bakery. With a soft and pillowy exterior and vanilla-custard filling, it is an absolute delight! These Bavarian Cream Doughnuts are delicious as a dessert or an all-day snack.
Prep Time: 25 minutes mins
Cook Time: 15 minutes mins
Rising Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
Total Time: 2 hours hrs 10 minutes mins
Course :Dessert, Snack
Servings =16
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Ingredients
 

  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • ¼ cup white sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk lukewarm
  • 1 egg beaten
  • 2 tablespoon butter melted
  • 2 teaspoon instant dry yeast
  • 2 cups corn oil or canola oil for frying
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup cornstarch optional

BAVARIAN CREAM:

  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 3 Tbsp cornstarch
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 2 cup fresh Milk
  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • In a big bowl, mix together flour, sugar, and salt. Make a well in the middle.
  • Pour in milk, beaten egg and melted butter into the well. Add the instant dry yeast to the liquid pool and stir using a wooden spoon within the well just to hydrate the yeast a bit.
  • From inside the well, stir outward to mix the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until a sticky dough forms. Tip the dough on a floured surface and knead until it becomes smooth and elastic, about 8-12 minutes.
  • Form the dough into a ball and lightly coat with oil. Place it in a bowl and cover with a kitchen towel or plastic wrap and place it in a warm area and let it rise until it doubles in size. Depending how warm it is, it could take 30 minutes to an hour. Meanwhile, cut 16 pieces of 3x3-inch parchment or wax paper.
  • Punch down the dough and transfer to a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into 16 equal pieces. Cover the pieces with a damp kitchen towel or plastic wrap so they will not dry out.
  • Form each piece into a smooth ball then place on a parchment paper. Lightly press it to flatten just a bit. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Cover with a kitchen towel and let them rise again to almost double.
  • Start to heat the oil in a wide pan over medium heat (160°C-170°C). Oil must be at least 1 ½ -2 inch deep. Fry in 3-4 batches, so it will not be overcrowded. Slide a piece of dough with parchment paper into the oil using a flat spatula or bench scraper. Fry until the bottom part is light golden brown then flip them over, and cook until the color of both sides evens out, around 3-5 minutes per batch. Just remove the parchment paper once it detaches from the dough or after turning it over.
  • Remove from oil using a strainer spoon and transfer to a baking sheet lined with paper towels. Let them cool down enough to handle.
  • In a wide bowl, run powdered sugar and cornstarch through a sieve. Set aside.

TO MAKE CREAM FILLING

  • Warm milk in a saucepan over medium heat until it starts to simmer but do not let it boil. Once it starts to simmer, turn the heat off.
  • In a bowl, combine sugar and cornstarch and mix. Then add the egg yolks and beat with a whisk until it becomes smooth and lighter in color.
  • Add ¼ cup of the hot milk and whisk, then, another and whisk again until. Then add the egg mixture to the rest of the hot milk in the saucepan and turn on the heat again to medium. Cook while whisking regularly until it becomes a thick smooth paste. Turn heat off and add the butter and whisk until completely it turns shiny. Add the vanilla extract and mix.
  • Let it cool down and then transfer to a piping bag with a piping tip.
  • Roll the fried doughnut in powdered sugar mixture. Then insert a chopstick from the side through the middle going all the way to the three-quarters of the doughnut. Wiggle it inside on the way out to create a cavity for the filling to fill in.
  • Pipe enough cream filling to fill the cavity created.
  • Transfer to a serving tray and enjoy.

Nutrition

Calories: 236kcalCarbohydrates: 41gProtein: 6gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 69mgSodium: 121mgPotassium: 117mgFiber: 1gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 229IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 68mgIron: 1mg
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  1. Forgetaboutit says

    June 25, 2023 at 3:38 am

    5 stars
    Forgetaboutit. Gone in seconds.

    Ima beginner and this recipe was fantastic! Thank you. This was my second attempt to make homemade donuts. These tastey treats were really good.

    Reply
  2. Angela says

    January 14, 2023 at 10:02 am

    5 stars
    First fime making donuts. These were amazing! My kids wanted to eat them all!

    Reply
  3. jun says

    June 22, 2022 at 9:26 am

    5 stars
    The photos looks so delicious,thanks for sharing:)

    Reply
    • Bebs says

      July 12, 2022 at 12:00 pm

      Our pleasure, Jun.

      Reply
  4. Irma Lehman says

    April 11, 2022 at 2:51 pm

    5 stars
    I only have made the filing for the Bavarian Cream, and it was
    DELIOUS.I made it for my husband because the donuts we bought at the bakery hardly had filing in them.He love it.I can hardly wait to make my donuts tomorrow.Thank you so much.

    Reply
    • Bebs says

      July 12, 2022 at 12:17 pm

      Nice to know that you and your hubby like this recipe, Irma.

      Reply
  5. Mercy says

    November 06, 2021 at 5:47 am

    5 stars
    This recipe is very simple with a super 5 star hotel servings

    Reply

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