These tasty baked donuts are sure to please whether at home or on a trip to your favorite KOA. Don’t forget the yummy chocolate dipping sauce! Trust us, you want these!
Ingredients
Donuts
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- ¼ tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ milk + ½ tsp. vinegar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 3 Tbsp. melted butter
- 1 egg
Topping
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- ½ cup butter, melted
Chocolate Dipping Sauce
- 1/3 cup water
- ½ cup heavy cream or half-and-half
- 1 tsp. espresso powder
- 8 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate
- ¼ tsp. cinnamon
- pinch of salt
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 6-8 cup donut pan with cooking spray. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon. In a measuring cup, combine milk and vinegar. In a medium bowl whisk together brown sugar, vanilla, melted butter and egg. Whisk in milk/vinegar mixture. Stir in dry ingredients until combined.
- Spoon batter into a zip top bag, cut off one corner of the bag and pipe into prepared pan, filling ¾ of the way full. Alternately, use a pastry bag or simply spoon batter into pan. Bake for 10 minutes until tops spring back.
- While donuts are baking, prepare topping. Melt butter in a small saucepan. In a small bowl whisk together sugar and cinnamon.
- When donuts are done, cool slightly then dip in melted butter and roll in cinnamon sugar. Serve with Chocolate Dipping Sauce
- For sauce, bring cream, water and espresso powder to a simmer in a medium saucepan. Remove form heat and add chocolate and salt. Let sit for 1 minute, then stir until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. If needed, return to low heat and cook until chocolate is fully melted.
