Baked Chocolate Donuts
Baked Chocolate Donuts are packed full of fresh strawberries and semi-sweet chocolate morsels and dipped in fresh strawberry icing. Perfectly sweet and great for breakfast or dessert!
Ingredients:
FOR THE BAKED CHOCOLATE DONUTS
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons buttermilk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 large egg
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract
1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
1/2 cup small diced strawberries
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
FOR THE STRAWBERRY ICING
2 cups powdered sugar
¼ cup mashed strawberries
1 tablespoon half and half
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
Directions:
FOR THE BAKED CHOCOLATE DONUTS
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a standard 6-count donut pan with non-stick spray, set aside.
2 In a small bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and kosher salt, set aside.
3 In a larger bowl whisk together remaining ingredients. Once mixed add the buttermilk, vegetable oil, egg, granulation sugar, vanilla bean paste and instant espresso powder to the wet mixture and stir to combine.
4 Fold in the strawberries and chocolate chips.
5 Add batter to the donut pan and bake for about 9 minutes or until the donut springs back when touched. Let the donut rest in the pan for a few minutes before trying to take it out. If you take it out too soon it might break.
6 Spray pan again with non-stick spray and make remaining donuts. You should get about 10 donuts.
FOR THE STRAWBERRY ICING
1 In a bowl mix together all ingredients. The mixture will look very thick at first but keep stirring. The berries will release a bit of juice to help thin out the icing.
2 If it looks too thin add more powdered sugar. If it looks too thick just let it sit for a few minutes and it will get thinner. Ice your donuts immediately so the icing does not thin out too much.
