This easy step-by-step Maple Bars Recipe will be your new favorite! No need to buy doughnuts when you can make them at home! (P.S. Check out my post for 20 To-Die-For Doughnut Recipes).
When I was a kid, we didn’t get doughnuts often. But when we did, my mom always bought maple bars. They were so soft and tender and were wonderfully delicious.
But now I can make them at home and save my money!
Here’s what you’ll need to make homemade maple bars:
Ingredients for Maple Bars
3/4 cup milk
3 Tablespoons butter
2 1/4 teaspoons yeast (not quick-rise)
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Oil for frying
1 cup powdered sugar
3 Tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon maple extract
1 Tablespoon water
Step-by-Step Instructions for Maple Bars (with pictures)
Put the milk and butter in a microwave-safe dish and heat for one minute in the microwave. The butter should be melted. If not, heat it for a little longer.
Pour the milk/butter mixture into your stand mixer. Test the temperature with a thermometer. If it’s between 100 degrees and 110 degrees, add the yeast. If it’s too hot, wait for it to cool down a little bit before you add the yeast.
If you don’t have a thermometer, test the temperature with your finger. The milk should feel like warm bath water. If it hurts your finger or feels too hot, wait for it to cool down. (I know this is really unscientific. That’s why an actual thermometer here is advantageous).
Allow the yeast to proof for about ten minutes. It should get bubbly.
Once the yeast has proofed, add the granulated sugar, salt, eggs, and vanilla. Briefly mix with the paddle attachment.
Switch to your dough attachment and add the flour. Mix on low speed for about five minutes. The dough will be slightly sticky.
Remove the bowl from the mixer and cover the dough with plastic wrap. (I find that this makes the dough rise faster than covering it with a towel). Allow the dough to double in size.
Once the dough has risen, punch it down and let it rest while you prepare a surface for cutting out your maple bars.
Use a large cutting board, silicone mat, or your clean countertop and sprinkle generously with flour.
Roll the dough into a 12×8-inch rectangle.
Use a knife, pizza cutter, or bench scraper to cut the rounded edges of the dough so that you have a true rectangle.
Then cut the dough into twelve bars, each 4 inches long by two inches wide.
Separate the bars a little. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and allow to rise for about thirty minutes.
When your bars have risen, they should look like this:
While your bars are rising, prepare your oil for frying. A deep fryer or electric skillet works best for this, as you can control the temperature of the oil.
Add 1 1/2 to 2 inches of oil and heat to 350 degrees F.
Once the oil has come to temperature and your bars have risen, fry one or two at a time.
Fry for 1-2 minutes on each side, until golden brown.
Use tongs to carefully remove the maple bars from the oil, and place on a paper towel-lined baking sheet.
Once you’ve fried all your maple bars, it’s time to whip up the delicious maple glaze!
In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the powdered sugar, maple syrup, maple extract, and water. The glaze will be runny.
Now you can dip the top of each maple bar into the glaze, or brush the glaze on top of the maple bars.
Allow to set for a few minutes, and then eat!
Store at room temperature for up to a day.
Yield: 12
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Additional Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
Delicious homemade maple bars with with real maple syrup in the glaze!
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup milk
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 1/4 teaspoons yeast
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 1 tablespoon water
- Vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
1. Put the milk and butter in a microwave-safe dish and heat for one minute in the microwave. The butter should be melted. If not, heat it for a little longer.
2. Pour the milk/butter mixture into your stand mixer. Test the temperature with a thermometer. If it's between 100 degrees and 110 degrees, add the yeast. If it's too hot, wait for it to cool down a little bit before you add the yeast. If you don't have a thermometer, test the temperature with your finger. The milk should feel like warm bath water. If it hurts your finger or feels too hot, wait for it to cool down. (I know this is really unscientific. That's why an actual thermometer here is advantageous).
3. Allow the yeast to proof for about ten minutes. It should get bubbly.
4. Once the yeast has proofed, add the granulated sugar, salt, eggs, and vanilla. Briefly mix with the paddle attachment.
5. Switch to your dough attachment and add the flour. Mix on low speed for about five minutes. The dough will be slightly sticky.
6. Remove the bowl from the mixer and cover the dough with plastic wrap. (I find that this makes the dough rise faster than covering it with a towel). Allow the dough to double in size.
7. Once the dough has risen, punch it down and let it rest while you prepare a surface for cutting out your maple bars.
8. Use a large cutting board, silicone mat, or your clean countertop and sprinkle generously with flour.
9. Roll the dough into a 12x8-inch rectangle.
10. Use a knife, pizza cutter, or bench scraper to cut the rounded edges of the dough so that you have a true rectangle.
11. Then cut the dough into twelve bars, each 4 inches long by two inches wide.
12. Separate the bars a little. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and allow to rise for about thirty minutes.
13. While your bars are rising, prepare your oil for frying. A deep fryer or electric skillet works best for this, as you can control the temperature of the oil.
14. Add 1 1/2 to 2 inches of oil and heat to 350 degrees F.
15. Once the oil has come to temperature and your bars have risen, fry one or two at a time.
16. Fry for 1-2 minutes on each side, until golden brown.
17. Use tongs to carefully remove the maple bars from the oil, and place on a paper towel-lined baking sheet.
18. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together the powdered sugar, maple syrup, maple extract, and water. The glaze will be runny.
19. Dip the top of each maple bar into the glaze, or brush the glaze on top of the maple bars.
20. Allow to set for a few minutes, and then eat! Best stored at room temperature and eaten the same day they are made.
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