Sweet roll topping: 15 options to rock in the kitchen

How about discovering a topping for sweet rolls? It could be something really good, because besides the filling, the topping is a very important part!

The sweet doughnut, donut or donut, as this delicacy is also known, comes from the American lands, being a “fried dough”, which is served as a doughnut-shaped cake, with an opening right in the center and covered with sugar.

Although in Brazil they are not stuffed, these dumplings have been made into versions with toppings and fillings delicious of the most diverse types.

So, you can check it out here sweet roll topping showing how versatile this dish is and that it will leave you wanting more:

1. Original Sweet Donut Topping (American Donuts)

Let’s start with the traditional recipe, where the dough is made with very few ingredients.

The topping is made with a glaze made with powdered sugar, milk, food coloring of various colors and the typical sprinkles that decorate in a beautiful and cheerful way, with a lot of flavor too.

2. Dulce de leche doughnut topping

Just like the original bakery donut, this recipe is topped with powdered sugar. The dough is leavened like American donuts, making it very simple to make.

Furthermore, what makes all the difference here when it comes to accompanying the dough is that generous portion of dulce de leche. In other words, you'll be in a hurry to make this delicious bread roll.

3. Chocolate covered donuts

Chocolate lovers will fall in love with this recipe that uses beloved chocolate in both the dough and the topping.

Best of all, it makes a lot, around 30 donuts, according to the recipe they are fried in super-hot oil, which guarantees a dry and fluffy state.

4. Buttermilk donuts or doughnuts

Buttermilk is a common ingredient in American cuisine, and it sets the tone in this recipe.

So, together with baking soda, these two ingredients ensure proper fermentation of the dough, the recipe can be made with 3 choices to cover your donuts.

5. Nutella Donut Topping

Very easy to prepare, this recipe is practical and has plenty of flavor in both the filling and the topping. After frying, cut the roll in half and generously add the filling with hazelnut cream.

But decorate the topping of this donut with powdered sugar and give it the final touch.

6. Chocolate and Nutella donut topping

Another recipe to satisfy your craving for hazelnut cream. Unlike the other recipe, this one uses it as a topping for the donuts.

Therefore, add colorful sprinkles to this topping to give it a vibrant color and sweetness.

7. Pink Donuts

The vanilla extract used in the dough for this recipe is essential to give it the necessary flavor.

Likewise, the topping is made with a combination of white chocolate, chocolate coloring (pink color) and colored sprinkles.

8. Apple Donuts with Maple Syrup

This preparation uses the oven instead of the frying pan, ensuring flavor in the donuts that are covered in melted butter, sugar and cinnamon.

While its filling is made with apples, which is a mixture of maple syrup, chopped apples, sugar, cinnamon (stick), orange and lemon juice.

9. Donuts stuffed with condensed milk

The secret to this donut is adding lemon juice to the dough, which gives it a sweet flavor without being too sweet.

This way, the condensed milk in the filling of this doughnut will be the star of the show. Decorate it with colorful sprinkles. Another tip for preparing it is to store it correctly.

10. Red Fruit and Sicilian Lemon Sweet Roll Topping

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11. Churros donut

This doughnut mixes two great cuisines, Brazilian and Spanish. The dough here has a neutral flavor, filled with dulce de leche and covered like the typical Spanish sweet.

Using granulated sugar and cinnamon you will feel the wonderful flavor that these ingredients give!

12. Coffee and chocolate donuts

Recipe that does not contain any ingredients of animal origin or gluten, perfect for vegans or those who are intolerant to these ingredients.

Thus, cocoa powder and coffee give this dough a refined flavor, but the latter is just one option.

13. Cinnamon sugar donut topping

It can also be called a Brazilian donut, a recipe that is a version of the country's famous sweet doughnuts.

In place of conventional wheat flour, sweet cassava starch is used to give this recipe its characteristic consistency. Meanwhile, cinnamon and sugar are used to make the topping.

14. Brigadeiro rolls

A true blend of cultures, this recipe features a donut covered in milk chocolate and sprinkles, reminiscent of the typical brigadeiro, a beloved Brazilian dessert.

Even though it has easy ingredients, this dough has a light and dry result even after being fried.

15. Coconut Sugar Plantain Donuts

Certainly, celiacs and those who are gluten intolerant will find this recipe perfect because it is made with organic ingredients and there is no wheat flour in the dough.

The plantain gives it an incredible flavor and it's the coconut sugar in the dough that makes everything even tastier. So this donut can be enjoyed with or without a topping.

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Whatever the filling or a sweet roll topping, the flavor of this delicacy is unmistakable and all that’s left is for you to enjoy it!