Baked Mini Doughnuts

Doughnuts are usually fried, not baked, at our local doughnut shop. This recipe however bakes just as delicious if not better than those fried doughnuts. Of course clean up is far easier and minus the calories too. The ingredients required are simple, easy, everyday ingredients. There's no mixer required at all, but you will need a doughnut pan. ( My doughnut pan was bought in Singapore by my daughter's friend, Chris). I suppose you can use a muffin pan for this if you don't have a doughnut pan. Baked doughnuts do not take long to bake in the oven. Just bake until the edges are very lightly browned about 8 minutes. They'll be done before you know it!

📝 Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs (beaten)
• 2 tablespoons butter (melted)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup icing sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon hot water
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Measure DRY ingredients: all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, nutmeg
2. 2Measure WET ingredients: eggs, buttermilk, melted butter .
3. 3In a large bowl, whisk all DRY ingredients together.
4. 4Lightly beat the eggs.
5. 5In a medium bowl mix all WET ingredients together. Then add vanilla extract.
6. 6Stir the WET ingredients into the DRY ingredients.
7. 7Blend until JUST moistened. Do not OVERMIX.
8. 8Lightly grease a doughnut pan with baking spray.
9. 9Using a spoon, fill batter 1/2 full into the doughnut pan.
10. 10Preheat oven to 200 degree C (400 degree F). Place rack in middle of oven. Bake doughnuts 8 – 9 minutes until doughnut is golden brown and springs back when touch.
11. 11Remove doughnut pan from oven and cool on rack.
12. 12Remove mini doughnuts from pan to cool on wire rack before glazing them.
13. 13--- To Glaze The Doughnuts ---
14. 14Prepare ingredients to glaze doughnuts: icing sugar, almond extract, hot water.
15. 15Blend icing sugar, hot water and almond extract in a small bowl. Dip doughnuts in the glaze.
16. 16Serve the almond glazed doughnuts warm.
17. 17Can also glaze with melted butter, sugar and ground cinnamon.
18. 18Mix the sugar and ground cinnamon together. Dip the warm doughnuts in melted butter and roll in cinnamon sugar.
19. 19Serve the glazed doughnuts with cinnamon sugar warm.
20. 20Can of course serve the doughnuts plain.
21. 21Choose either a freshly baked cinnamon doughtnut ……
22. 22Or an almond glazed doughnut for your afternoon tea.
23. 23Of course, you can have both too to enjoy with your coffee or tea.