Maple Bacon Jalapeno Baked Doughnuts

In a large bowl combine 1 cup milk, 2 2/3 cups bread flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, 2 tablespoons honey, 2 teaspoons instant yeast and 4 tablespoons of softened unsalted butter. Mix by hand, a stand mixer with a dough hook attachment or a bread machine set on raw dough cycle. Knead by hand for 15 minutes, stand mixer for 10-12 minutes on medium low speed or the length of time for the bread machine to complete its dough cycle.

With vegetable oil, lightly oil a medium size bowl and place the dough ball in it. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for an hour to an hour and a half in a warm place. Dough should be puffy but does not necessarily have to be doubled in size. Prepare a baking sheet with aluminum foil and set aside.

If you don't have a doughnut cutter that's ok, form the donuts by hand and place them into a donut baking pan. Tear off a piece of the dough, roll it into a cylinder, bring the ends together, pinch the ends closing the donut. Shape them and set them into the doughnut baking pan. I weighed each of my donuts out to 109 grams each donut so that they would all be the same, you can do this too or just eyeball it. Or roll the dough out to 1/2-inch thickness and cut them out with a doughnut cutter.

Thinly slice a jalapeno pepper and arrange the slices on the donuts. Cover with plastic wrap. Place the doughnuts in a warm place and allow them to rise for 30 minutes to an hour. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Remove the plastic wrap. Bake in a preheated oven for 12-15 minutes or until doughnuts are slightly golden brown on top.

Cook bacon, crumble and set aside.

Place the doughnuts on a baking rack and allow to cool.

While doughnuts cool, make the maple glaze. In a small bowl combine confectioners' sugar, maple extract and milk, mixing until combined.

Dip the doughnuts into the glaze allowing any excess glaze to drip off, then set them back on the baking rack. Make sure to have something under the baking rack to catch any runoff ingredients. Then sprinkle with bacon crumbles before the glaze dries.

Allow a few minutes for the glaze to harden, then serve. Enjoy and thank you for visiting!