Gingerbread Donuts
These gingerbread donuts make the perfect holiday breakfast with just the right amount of spices and melt in your mouth flavor.
Gingerbread Donuts
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Ingredients
- Donuts Ingredients:
- 1 C flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ginger
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 C brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3 TBSP molasses
- 1/3 C whole milk
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 TBSP unsalted butter melted
- Icing ingredients
- 1 C confectioner's sugar
- 1 TBSP hot water
- 1/2 tsp & 1/2 TBSP Eggnog
- 1/4 tsp maple extract
- crumbled gingersnaps
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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.
- Best served same day but can be stored in an airtight container.
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