Maple Bacon Doughnut Bars Recipes

MAPLE BACON DOUGHNUT BARS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Soften the yeast in the lukewarm water.
• Combine the scalded milk (make sure not to boil the milk!), sugar, butter, and salt. Let it cool until it is lukewarm.
• Place the milk mixture in the bowl of a stand mixer. Add one cup of the flour and mix to combine.
• Add the softened yeast and beaten egg.
• Add in the remaining flour.
• The dough will be soft. Using the paddle attachment, knead the dough until smooth and satiny (about 5 minutes).
• Place the dough in a greased bowl (turn the dough in the bowl to grease all sides)
• Cover with a towel and let them rise until double. It should take about an hour.
• Punch the dough dough and let it rise again for another 30 minutes.
• Cut the dough into two balls. Roll out each ball into a a rectangle that is about 1/2-inch thick. Cut each rectangle into 6 rectangles.
• Separate the bars on a piece of parchment paper. Cover then and let them rise another 30 minutes.
• Heat the oil in a large dutch oven or heavy bottomed pot to 375 F.
• Fry about 2 bars at a time, until brown on each side.
• Drain on paper towels and then place them on a cooling rack.
• Whisk together all of the frosting ingredients.
• Let the doughnuts completely cool and then spread the frosting over each bar.
• Lastly, sprinkle with bacon.
• Serve and enjoy!