BAKED DONUTS RECIPE adapted from King Arthur Flour
makes 24 regular sized donuts
INGREDIENTS
for the donuts
- 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) butter
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 2/3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup buttermilk or whole milk
for the orange mint glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 fresh orange (juiced)
- 2 sprigs of fresh mint (washed & chopped finely)
for the strawberry glaze
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup freeze dried strawberries (crushed finely)
- 2-3 tbsp of milk (or more for a thinner consistency
for the chocolate glaze
- 3/4 cup chocolate of your choice
- 3 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp. honey
- dash of vanilla extract
for powdered sugar dust
- 2 cups of powdered sugar
DIRECTIONS
for the donuts
- Preheat oven to 425°F & prepare donut pans (butter and lightly flour -tapping off excess flour).
- In a medium bow, beat together butter, oil, and both sugars.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating to incorporate.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the flour, salt, spice, baking powder & soda.
- In another bowl, mix the vanilla extract and milk.
- Add the flour mixture to the butter and sugar mixture, alternating with the milk & ending with the flour.
- Fill a pipping bag (or a ziploc bag with the tip cut off) with the donut dough.
- Pipe the dough into prepared pans ~1/4 the way up.
- Bake for 10mins.
- Let cool for 5mins before flipping and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely before icing.
for the orange mint glaze
- Mix the powdered sugar & mint in a bowl.
- Add the orange juice 1tbsp. at a time till desired consistency.
- Dip the donuts into the glaze and with a swirly motion, pull them out & tilt them to let the excess drip off.
- Place on wire rack to drip as you finish the rest.
- Add extra mint leaves on top for decoration (optional).
for the strawberry glaze
- Mix powdered sugar & freeze dried strawberries into a bowl.
- Add milk 1 tbsp. at a time till desired consistency.
for the chocolate glaze
- Melt chocolate in the microwave in 15 second intervals, stirring in between till melted.
- Add honey, vanilla extract & butter, stirring till combined.
- Microwave for 15 secs again if clumpy.
for powdered sugar dusted
- Place powdered sugar into a large ziploc bag.
- Toss freshly made (warm) donuts in and coat.
- Tap off excess in bag before taking out.