Maple Bars made in minutes with biscuit dough & a delicious homemade maple glaze. Never buy store bought again after tasting these warm, fresh maple bar donuts!
Easy 15-Minute Maple Bars ingredients
–Here’s what you’ll need to make Easy Maple Bars:
–refrigerated biscuit dough (I used Pillsbury Grand Homestyle Buttermilk biscuits)
–canola oil, for frying
Maple Glaze ingredients
–butter
–brown sugar
–milk
–corn syrup
–maple extract
–powdered sugar
How to make Maple Bar Donuts
Pour 2 cups of canola oil into a medium sized saucepan and begin heating on medium-low heat (I set mine at 4.)
Shape the Dough
Open the biscuit dough and separate. Gently stretch the biscuits into an oblong shape, as opposed to the round shape they come in.
Make the Maple Icing
In a small saucepan, combine butter and brown sugar. Whisk in milk and heat for about 5 minutes on medium heat, stirring often, until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved.
Remove from heat and add in corn syrup and maple extract. Add in powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, whisking until smooth between additions. Add 1-2 tsp more milk if necessary. Glaze will begin to harden if you leave it sitting- which is what you want! Once all powdered sugar is added, keep maple glaze warm on the stove, whisking occasionally.
Fry the donuts
Check the temperature of the oil using a digital thermometer– it needs to read 350 degrees F. Increase heat gradually if necessary.
Once oil is ready, drop bars in 2 at a time. Let cook for about 2 minutes, then turn and cook an additional 2 minutes on the other side. This process of cooking the doughnuts goes very fast, so have a paper towel covered plate ready to set the bars on when cooked. Bars should be a nice golden brown.
Dip in Maple Glaze
Let bars cool for a few minutes, then whisk the glaze to make sure it’s smooth enough to dip each bar. Dip the bar, then immediately turn glaze side up on a cooling rack.
Repeat this process until all bars are fried and glazed. They’re best eaten within an hour, but even the next morning they’re amazing!
If you like Maple Bars, check out our other donut recipes:
- Easy 15-Minute Chocolate Glazed Donuts
- Easy 15-Minute Pumpkin Spice Glazed Donuts
- Homemade Strawberry Glazed Donuts
- Easy 15-Minute Raspberry Glazed Donuts
- Easy Valentines Cream Filled Donuts
EASY 15-MINUTE MAPLE BARS
Ingredients
- 1 8- count can refrigerated biscuit dough I used Pillsbury Grand Homestyle Buttermilk biscuits
- 2 cups canola oil for frying
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 TBSP milk
- 1 TBSP corn syrup
- 2 tsp maple extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Pour 2 cups of canola oil into a medium sized saucepan and begin heating on medium-low heat (I set mine at 4.)
- Open the biscuit dough and separate. Gently stretch the biscuits into an oblong shape, as opposed to the round shape they come in.
- In a small saucepan, combine butter and brown sugar. Whisk in milk and heat for about 5 minutes on medium heat, stirring often, until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved.
- Remove from heat and add in corn syrup and maple extract. Add in powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, whisking until smooth between additions.
- Add 1-2 tsp more milk if necessary. Glaze will begin to harden if you leave it sitting- which is what you want! Once all powdered sugar is added, keep maple glaze warm on the stove, whisking occasionally.
- Check the temperature of the oil using a meat thermometer– it needs to read 350 degrees F. Increase heat gradually if necessary.
- Once oil is ready, drop bars in 2 at a time. Let cook for about 2 minutes, then turn and cook an additional 2 minutes on the other side. This process of cooking the doughnuts goes very fast, so have a paper towel covered plate ready to set the bars on when cooked. Bars should be a nice golden brown.
- Let bars cool for a few minutes, then whisk the glaze to make sure it’s smooth enough to dip each bar. Dip the bar, then immediately turn glaze side up on a cooling rack.
- Repeat this process until all bars are fried and glazed. They’re best eaten within an hour, but even the next morning they’re amazing!
Nutrition
Bo Qu says
I never make things like this because I don’t know what to do with the frying oil when done. Do you have suggestions?
Jessica says
You can actually re-use oil 3-4 times. If you’d prefer to just get rid of it, I let it cool then pour it into a ziplock bag, seal it and throw it away.
Jody says
Made mine in an air fryer amd they were still great!
Lysanne says
For the airfryer,.what temperature did you put it at and for how long?
M Lund says
I commented earlier, went to a new app, ingredient list was there, i made these, they were amazing, thank you for sharing
Cindy says
Can I replace the maple extract with maple syrup if so what’s the measure on the syrup
Jessica says
Unfortunately swapping in maple syrup for the extract will not yield anywhere near the results. It’s not got a concentrated enough maple flavor and is super sweet. And it will cause the icing to not set.
Madelyn says
These are to die for! And truly yes they are 15 minute maple bars! I love them.
Alison says
Yes, so quick and easy! I’m so glad you love them!
Lanie says
Can you make them the day before? How long twill they keep? Can they be frozen
Jessica says
I’m not a fan of making them a day before or freezing them, unfortunately.
Beth says
I don’t have corn syrup what should I use to replace it?
Jessica says
You can use honey!
Karen H. says
Couldn’t you just use maple syrup instead of the corn syrup and maple flavoring?
Jessica says
Unfortunately, maple syrup isn’t strong enough to give enough flavor to the glaze. It ends up taking a super long time to set and the flavor is quite subtle.
Diane Scott says
As I’m reading this yummy recipe, I notice that each bar is 342kcal. In researching this, one kcal is equal to 1000 calories. That would make each bar 342,000 calories. That doesn’t make sense to me. Based on the ingredients, I know they are very high in calories, but that seems higher than any donut should be. Please explain what the actual calorie count is.
Jessica says
LOL, yeah that’s not quite right. I’ll fix it. I use an auto nutritional calculator and sometimes it has a mind of its own!
Eiji says
Hi Diane and Jessica,
Kcals is correct. Normally when people measure the energy in food we say “calories”, but we are actually, unknowingly, referring to kcals, aka thousands of calories. The reason is that real, actual calories are very, very small units, used by chemists for precise calculations.
So for example when people say “eat 2000 calories a day”, scientifically it’s actually “eat 2000 kcals a day” but people just want to say it in a simplified way.
Further explanations here:
https://www.usa.philips.com/c-f/XC000010892/what-is-the-difference-between-kcal-and-calories
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/diet-nutrition/a19689820/how-are-calories-measured-kcal/
E says
Can I use maple syrup instead of the extract?
Jessica says
Maple syrup does not have enough flavor to be able to taste it at all, sadly. Plus the icing won’t set.
Millicent says
Have you tried pure maple syrup , grade b or similar? Or using store bought pancake syrup?
Jessica says
Just using maple syrup doesn’t lend enough maple flavor, unfortunately. You need to use the extract.
Annomalee says
These look delicious! I had a horrible time this morning making homemade dough and frying what should have been donut holes and then a maple glaze. Turned into an absolute nightmare. I think I will try these tomorrow. Wish I would’ve seen this recipe before but since I’m a baker wanted to try homemade. Has anybody tried using an air fryer for something like this? I’d love to know. Thank you and thanks for this recipe! Can’t wait to try it
Jody says
I used a high quality maple syrup because I didnt have the other 2 ingredients then topoed with some kosher salt. My fam is in heaven even my picky hubby. Thanks for this fast and delish recipe!!
Jennifer says
I had trouble with them burning at 350 degrees. Turned down to 250 and they were great. Anyone else have that issue? They were delicious with that modification!
Rachel says
Yes, I had that problem, as well! A 4 on my stovetop cooked the outsides too quickly and then they were doughy inside 🙁 They need to cook at a lower temperature for a longer period of time so that the inside gets cooked all the way through.
Jessica says
Your stove seems much hotter than mine! Sounds like you’ve got a good plan!
Gretchen says
The first two were great. It glaze got grainy after that. Wondering if perhaps it got too warm? Thoughts?
Jessica says
Did you reheat the glaze several times? I find that once I reheat it 3-4 times, it can get grainy. So I just try and have the donuts ready to glaze!
Denise says
Is there a way to make these creme filled. They are my Mom’s favorite. She’s coming for a visit and I can’t find anyone who makes them in this area. Of course I would need a recipe for the filling too. We like a fluffy, less sweet creme. It would be a nice surprise for her.
Jessica says
Yes- use this recipe as a reference! https://butterwithasideofbread.com/easy-valentines-donuts/
Kirsten says
Is there a way to bake these instead of frying them?
Nellie says
I haven’t tried baking, and I’m sure it would work, but I don’t think they would end up tasting quite as much like a donut. I would just bake according to the directions on the biscuit wrapper. Let us know if you try it!
Luciana says
Loved this recipe!
Kathy says
These are wonderful and my family loved them. Very easy to make and does only take about 15 minutes to get to the best maple bars around. Thank you for this great recipe!
Jessica says
So glad you like them Kathy!!
Cindy says
Loved it I just had one problem I couldn’t dip the bar into the icing I had to spread it when I tried to dip it didn’t stick onto the bar but it still was the best maple bar I ever had thank you
Camila Monteiro says
I will try to make your recipe for my family. Thanks for sharing!
Alison says
I hope you enjoy Camila!
Rachel says
I have the layered biscuits, do you think those would work or should I wait and buy the regular buttermilk biscuits
Jessica says
The layered biscuits will work, but they won’t look as pretty!
Jeannette Wilson says
Great!!I too would cook on a lower heat…otherwise, wonderful and fun!!
Alison says
Thanks Jeannette! I hope you enjoy them even more next time!
Sheila says
I can’t comment on the biscuit part, but I made the maple glaze for another recipe. I’d recommend sifting the powdered sugar in advance. I didn’t and my glaze was extremely lumpy. I had to put it through a strainer before I could use it. That being said, it was absolutely delicious on my cream puffs and I plan to try it on cream sticks next!
Alison says
Thank you for your tips Sheila! I hope you enjoy this again!
Renae says
So I have been looking for a good maple bar recipe, and I have found it! I made these and they were amazing. I cooked them at a lower heat for a longer period of time to get them to cook through. Everyone should try this.
Jessica says
So glad you liked them Renae!!