Happy Mardi Gras! We dug up some old traditions and decided to make donuts!
This the first time making baked donuts for both of us. Super dense with a rich maple flavor, these are perfect for dipping in coffee.
On Baked Maple Donuts
Baked maple donut perfect for cold weather sweets
Author: Adapted from The View From Great Island.
Ingredients
For Donuts
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup maple syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg, to taste (I used freshly grated)
- ½ tsp salt
- 2⅔ cups all-purpose flour
For Glaze
- 2 cups confectioner’s sugar
- maple syrup for thinning
Instructions
- Set oven to 350F
- Melt the butter. Beat in the oil, sugar, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla until everything is well mixed.
- Sift in the dry ingredients and mix until just blended. Do not over mix.
- Grease donut pan and spoon batter into a large ziplock baggie, and cut off a ½ inch tip from one corner and pipe the batter into the pan.
- Bake for about 15 minutes until risen and cooked through, you can use a toothpick to check. They will still be pale, so don’t judge by the color.
- Let the doughnuts cool for a couple of minutes before removing them to a cooling rack.
- Make the glaze by slowly adding maple syrup to the sugar to achieve a thick glaze texture. You can always adjust the glaze by adding more sugar or more syrup. Add the extract and stir well.
- While the doughnuts are still slightly warm, dip them into the glace, headfirst, and give them a little twist as you raise them up out of the bowl. Set them, glaze side up, on the rack to dry.
- Enjoy quickly, these beauties are best the day of!