On St. Joseph's Day we like to bake donuts, and that's just what we did this morning, Earlybird and I ...
This is a very simple, baked donut ...
After cooling just a bit, I dipped them in a light maple glaze, but I left one plain for Little Bear ...
Very small bites ... a new taste and texture to enjoy!
Cake Donuts
2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar (I used 1/2 cup vanilla sugar), 2 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. salt, 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter (melted), 2 eggs (beaten), 3/4 cup milk (I used whole), 1 tsp. vanilla, 1/4 tsp. cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Preheat oven to 325. Lightly spray donut pan with cooking oil (aka Pam). In bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt. Add butter, eggs, milk, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon. Beat until well blended. (I used a rubber spatula.) Fill each donut ring 2/3 full. Bake for 8 minutes or until tops spring back lightly when touched. Cool. Remove from pan and dip into glaze.
I adapted this recipe from one found on the back of my Wilton donut pan. For the glaze, I just mixed some confectioner's sugar with cream and maple syrup. I pressed the donuts into the bowl of glaze (face-down) while they were still warm, then set them on a plate to cool.
And they were DELICIOUS.
:)
Blessings to you all on this Feast of St. Joseph ... see you again sometime tomorrow!
