Double Chocolate Doughnuts. Super moist & fudgy, this easy recipe for baked chocolate doughnuts with chocolate glaze is a chocolate lover’s dream!
Ingredients:
For the Doughnuts:
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt , to taste
- 2 and 1/2 tablespoons melted butter , cooled to room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2/3 cup buttermilk , or 1 teaspoon vinegar mixed with 2/3 cup cow’s milk
- For the Glaze
- 3/4 cup icing sugar
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 3-4 tablespoons cream
- 2 teaspoons corn syrup light or dark
- sprinkles optional
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Spray a 6 cavity doughnut pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
- In a separate medium bowl whisk together the melted butter, egg, sugars, vanilla & buttermilk.
- Add the dry ingredients into the wet & whisk until combined. The batter will be thick.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared doughnut pan. Or pour the batter into a ziplock bag, cut off the bottom corner, and pipe the batter into the prepared tin.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes. If you lightly touch the doughnut, it should spring back. Or an inserted toothpick should come out clean.
- Allow doughnuts to cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then remove from the pan and continue cooling on a wire rack
- While the doughnuts are cooling, make the glaze. Whisk together the icing sugar, cocoa and about 2 tablespoons cream. Add the corn syrup and slowly add the remaining cream until the glaze is smooth.
- Once the doughnuts are cooled, dip the top in the glaze and sprinkle with sprinkles.