If you are making chocolate donuts then chocolate glaze is the only way to go. If you can do double chocolate then do it! These are a baked cake style donut and the glaze can be used on cakes and cookies too.
Recipe
Chocolate Glaze Donuts
Makes 12 regular donuts or 24 mini donuts
Ingredients
For the Donuts
- ½ cup All Purpose or Cake Flour
- 2 tablespoon cocoa
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon espresso powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt (omit if using salted butter)
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- ¼ cup butter milk*
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tablespoon white sugar
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
For the Chocolate Glaze
- ¼ cup chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoon icing sugar
Instructions
For the Donuts
- Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, espresso powder and salt. Set aside.
- Combine melted butter, buttermilk*, vanilla extract, egg yolk, white sugar and brown sugar. Mix well.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix well.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a donut pan with cooking spray.
- Baked mini donuts for 6-8 minutes and regular sized donuts for 8 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 2 minutes. Then turn pan upside down and put donuts on a cooling rack.
- Repeat process with second batch if using just one pan.
For the Chocolate Glaze
- Combine chocolate chips and butter in a microwave safe dish. Microwave on high for 30 seconds.
- Stir until smooth and then add the icing sugar. Stir until smooth.
- Dip the donuts into the glaze and return to wire cooling rack.
Notes
- make your own buttermilk by putting 1 teaspoon of lemon juice or vinegar in a ¼ cup measuring cup and then fill up with milk
