Gingerbread Donuts, affectionately called Christmas donuts in our house, are easy baked donuts. If you've never made homemade donuts, you'll love these!
Ingredients
Donuts Ingredients:
1Cflour
1tspbaking powder
1/4tspbaking soda
1tspcinnamon
1/2tspginger
1/4tspallspice
1/8tspground cloves
1/4tspsalt
1/4Cbrown sugar
1large egg
3TBSPmolasses
1/3Cwhole milk
1 1/2tspvanilla extract
3TBSPunsalted butter, melted
Icing Ingredients:
1Cconfectioner's sugar
1TBSPhot water
1/2TBSP+ 1/2 tsp eggnog
1/4tspmaple extract
crumbled gingersnaps
Instructions
Donut directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray donut pan with non-stick baking spray.
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, salt, and brown sugar in a large bowl.
Set aside.
Whisk together the egg, molasses, vanilla, milk, and butter in a small bowl.
Slowly add the wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
Stir together until just combined.
Scoop the batter to a pastry bag.
Pipe batter into donut pan filling each about 2/3 full.
Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. (Or until the edges just start to turn a golden brown.)
Remove the donuts from the pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Set aside.
Icing Directions:
Stir together the confectionary sugar, hot water, eggnog, and maple extract. (If your icing is too thick add up to another 1/2 teaspoon of eggnog to reach desired consistency.)
Dip tops of donuts into glaze.
Return each glazed donut to the wire rack.
Top with crumbled gingersnaps.
Let the glaze to harden before serving.
Notes
Best served same day but can be stored in an airtight container.