Yeast Donuts / Doughnuts

Name: Yeast Donuts / Doughnuts
Ingredients: 1-1/4 cup Milk; 5 Tablespoons Sugar, Divided; 3 teaspoons Instant Yeast; 1 cup Butter, Room Temperature; 3 whole Eggs; 1/2 teaspoons Salt; 5 cups All-purpose Flour, Plus 1/4 Cup If Needed; Canola Oil, For Frying; FOR THE CINNAMON SUGAR:; 1/2 cups Sugar; 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon; FOR THE LEMON GLAZE:; 3 cups Icing Sugar; 1/4 cups Milk, Or Up To Double The Amount, Depending On The Glaze Consistency Desired; 1 teaspoon Lemon Juice; 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

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Ingredients

1-1/4 cup Milk
5 Tablespoons Sugar, Divided
3 teaspoons Instant Yeast
1 cup Butter, Room Temperature
3 whole Eggs
1/2 teaspoons Salt
5 cups All-purpose Flour, Plus 1/4 Cup If Needed
Canola Oil, For Frying
FOR THE CINNAMON SUGAR:
1/2 cups Sugar
2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
FOR THE LEMON GLAZE:
3 cups Icing Sugar
1/4 cups Milk, Or Up To Double The Amount, Depending On The Glaze Consistency Desired
1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Directions

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["Heat milk in the microwave for 1 minute. Stir and test temperature. Your milk should be warmer than lukewarm, but not hot. If required, heat for an extra 25 seconds.", "Add 1 tablespoon sugar and sprinkle with yeast. Stir gently and set aside for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, your yeast mixture should have grown and become frothy. If it has not grown, your yeast is dead and you must start over with either a new batch of yeast or perhaps your milk temperature was too hot and it accidentally killed the yeast.", "In the bowl of your stand mixer, using the paddle attachment, cream the butter with remaining 4 tablespoons (or 1/4 cup) granulated sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, scraping sides of the bowl as needed. Add salt.", "Switch your attachment to the dough hook. Alternating between the flour and yeast mixture, add them both to the bowl, starting and ending with flour. Mix well after each addition. Mix with the dough hook for several minutes until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. If (only if) dough does not pull away from the sides, add additional 1/4 cup of flour.", "Transfer the dough to a lightly greased bowl. Turn your oven on and let the oven begin to heat up for 3 or 4 minutes then turn the heat off. Warming the oven this way will give your dough excellent conditions for rising. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and place in the preheated oven. Do not turn the oven back on. Insert a wooden spoon or similar object in the oven door to prevent it from closing all the way. This will allow a small amount of the heat to escape. You don't want to cook the dough yet, just warm it enough for it to rise. Let the dough rise for 1 hour or until it has doubled in size.", "Transfer the dough to a well floured surface and roll the dough to 1/2\" thickness. Use a donut cutter to cut the donuts and donut holes. If you don't have a donut cutter