5 Minute Boston Cream Donuts (Chocolate Custard Donuts)
5 Minute Boston Cream Donuts filled with silky vanilla custard and finished with a decadent chocolate glaze. A great recipe for breakfast!
Ingredients
- 6 brioche buns
Boston Cream Filling
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1½ cups milk
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Chocolate Ganache Glaze
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
Boston Cream Filling
- Whisk together the milk and the egg yolks thoroughly in a bowl.
- To a small sauce pan add the sugar, corn starch, and salt.
- Pour half of the egg yolk/milk mixture slowly and mix until the corn starch has dissolved (Don’t turn the heat on yet).
- Once the corn starch has dissolved, turn the heat on to medium high as you pour in the remaining mixture, stirring constantly until it thickens and boils.
- Stir one minute and remove from heat the stir in the vanilla extract.
- Allow to cool for about 10 minutes, covered with kitchen towel.
- Quickly warm the buns in the oven at 200F for 5 minutes.
- If using closed buns, using a knife or kitchen scissors, gently poke a hole in the side of the donut to create a pocket inside.
- Scoop into a zip lock bag for piping into the brioche buns.
- Scoop out chocolate ganache and glaze the top of the buns. Enjoy fresh, or later on.
Chocolate Ganache Glaze
- In a small sauce pan, bring heavy cream to a boil then remove from heat.
- Add 1 cup chocolate chips and vanilla extract. Stir until smooth creamy chocolate ganache has formed.
Notes
Helpful Tips:
You can prepare the custard a day ahead. If you are making the custard the same day, chill it for some time in the refrigerator so that shaping them will be easier. The custard filling should be thick, not thin.
If you want eggless custard, you can use cornstarch or custard powder.
Use an ice cream scoop or a piping bag to place the custard in the center of the bun. This will make stuffing them much easier.