DARK CHOCOLATE DOUGHNUTS with WHITE CHOCOLATE GLAZE
If you're a chocolate lover, you'll love these dark chocolate doughnuts. They bake up so moist that you almost don't need the white chocolate glaze. But go ahead and do it anyway.
Servings: 6 doughnuts
Ingredients
Doughnuts
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Glaze
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 3 Tablespoons half & half or cream
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup white chocolate chips
Extras
- Sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 6-cavity doughnut pan with non-stick spray.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
- In another medium bowl, whisk together buttermilk, sugar, egg, oil and vanilla.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry and stir until just combined.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan filling about ⅔ to ¾ full.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately remove doughnuts from pan by turning upside-down over wire rack. Allow to cool for 5-10 minutes while you prepare the glaze.
- To prepare glaze: Place white chocolate chips, half & half and vanilla extract in microwave proof bowl. Heat in 30-second increments, stirring in-between, until all chips are melted. Do not overheat. Stir in powdered sugar.
- Dip tops of doughnuts into glaze then return to wire rack, top with sprinkles if desired, and allow to cool completely.
Notes
To make gluten-free, substitute 1 cup gluten-free flour & ½ teaspoon xanthan gum for the all-purpose flour.
