Baked chocolate donuts are a delicious treat that needs just 10 minutes prep time. Make them even more special with a drizzle of icing and crushed candy cane.
The other day, I picked up my oldest from school. As he ran out the door, rather than saying ‘hi dad!’ he instead came running out claiming it was donut Friday and that it was vital that we make donuts. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure where he got this idea, but a good idea is a good idea.
Now, I love a good doughnut, I’ve even made them before. However, I don’t like deep-frying food in my kitchen. Especially when I have my kids around. So, instead, I turned to
What do you need to make baked chocolate donuts
- 1 Egg
- 4 Tbsp butter
- White sugar
- Brown sugar
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Nutmeg
- Vanilla extract
- Milk
- Plain flour
- Coco Powder
- Greek Yogurt
How do you make baked chocolate donuts
- Preheat oven to 350F, grease your donut baking sheet with melted butter. Whisk together all the dry ingredients and set aside. Mix the sugars with eggs, 2 Tbps of the butter and all the other wet ingredients.
- Slowly add the dried ingredients to the wet, and mix until combined. Then spoon into the doughnut tins. Bake these for 10-15min.
- Let cool in the pan for 5-10min, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Once completely cool, drizzle with vanilla icing and crushed candy canes!
What goes well with this baked chocolate donut recipe
- Tourtière!
- Roasted butternut squash salad
- Gluhwein
- Black Forest Biscotti – Food Meanderings
Drinks
Moscow mule, or frankly a good cup of coffee!
Music
Baked chocolate donut
Ingredients
Donuts
- 1 Egg
- 4 tbsp Butter – melted
- 1/4 cup White sugar
- 1/4 cup Brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cup Plain white flour
- 1/3 cup Cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 1/2 tsp Ground nutmeg
Toping
- 2 Candy canes – crushed
- 1 cup Powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2-3 tbsp Whole milk
Instructions
Donuts
- Preheat oven to 350F, grease your donut baking sheet with melted butter. Whisk together all the dry ingredients and set aside. Mix the sugars with eggs, 2 Tbps of the butter and all the other wet ingredients.
- Slowly add the dried ingredients to the wet, and mix until combined. Then spoon into the doughnut tins. Bake these for 10-15min.
Icing
- In a seperate bowl, add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Slowly add the milk one tbsp at a time until smooth.
Decoration
- Use a spoon to drizzle icing over the donuts, and then rain down the crushed candy canes over top.
You know we have a donut tin that’s gathering dust in a cabinet somewhere as I’ve not thought of baking donuts in ages. But after see the images of your baked chocolate donuts I’m motivated. Oh and I so agree, a good warm hand pie followed by a chocolate donut would make a great pair.
Also loved the image with the hand reaching in. Happy Holidays.
delicious i’m sure. merry christmas. cheers sherry
Donut Friday? I’ve never heard of that one, either…but like you I’m totally on board with this concept. Every Friday should be donut Friday! While we will fry stuff occasionally around here, I’m with ya on the baking note. Baked donuts can be quite delicious, and these chocolate ones look awesome! Perfect snack for Santa on Christmas Eve!
Aw… so nice to see your kids becoming real foodies. Good hand modelling skills too 🙂 The doughnuts look so good!
These look amazing! The photos are beautiful. I think I might need to get myself a donut baking pan!
What gorgeous donuts to feature on a holiday breakfast table!
Donut Friday is a great idea and I’m totally on board. I don’t like deep frying in my kitchen either, so these baked donuts are perfect! Pinning to try later.
Donut Friday sounds like a brilliant idea to me! I love anything chocolate, but I especially love the 10 minute prep time!
I missed this recipe for Christmas Matt. So really I shouldn’t have any more sweet things. But hey, as its a baked donut recipe than fried I can still have it now as it’s healthy right? 🙂
I’m loving the sound of donut Friday! And I agree, baking is so much better than frying. Time to pull out my mini donut pan I think! These look wonderful. Hope you’ve had a wonderful Christmas, Matt, and wishing you a very happy New Year!
I can never resist a chocolate donut and I love that these are baked! Happy New Year Matt!
Chocolate donuts, sound terrific, and I like the fact that they are baked.
BAKED DONUTS! One of my fave treats. I just love making baked donuts as a special treat for my boys. I have got to try your chocolate version asap!
They are a great treat!