Fall is a favorite season for a lot of people. Cold weather, cozy vibes and some delicious home-baked treats. What's not to love?!
Bake something with your heart
This year I wanted to try different baking recipes that I have never done before. No pumpkin breads, or pumpkin cookies or Cinnamon rolls. These are incredibly delicious and I have made them almost every year (Maybe I'll share some recipes later).
I wanted to get into baking donuts, pies and crumbles. I love donuts and wanted to try the baked version- so I tried the simple Maple Glazed Baked donuts
I like to challenge myself with baking without eggs. Growing up in India, "eggless" bakery items were readily available in the market. Although I do consume eggs, occasionally- I am not a huge fan of the eggy taste in baked goods. Its usually masked by tons of sugar and spices. But I have noticed, if you have less sugar you can smell and taste the egg. Or maybe that's just me sitting here with my ultra sensitive nose.
Maple Glazed Donuts
Ingredients:
For Donuts
All Purpose Flour - 1 1/4 cup or 110 gm
Coconut Flour- 1/4 cup or 45 g; Can use AP flour instead
Flax Egg -1
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder -1/2 tsp
Salt - 2 pinch
Brown sugar - 1/3 cup
Full fat yogurt - 1/4 cup
Vegetable oil - 1/4 cup ; I used avocado oil
Whole milk -1/4 cup
Water - 1/4 cup ; coconut flour tends to absorb water too much, hence need to add water to make batter the right consistency
Vanilla essense/paste - 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon, ground- 1/4 tsp
For Glaze
Butter, melted - 1 1/2 tbsp or 20 g
Powdered sugar - 3 tbsp or 40 g
Maple Syrup - 1 tbsp
Salt - pinch; skip if using salted butter
Steps
Preheat oven at 350 F or 180 C
Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl. Make sure there are no large lumps of brown sugar. Break down by hands if necessary
In a separate bowl or measuring jog, add wet ingredients. Whisk until homogenized
Slowly pour wet mixture into the dry ingredients and mix until combined. The batter is thick and goopy.
Fill a piping bag with the batter. If not available, you can pour the batter carefully with a spoon. but piping is the easiest method.
In a greased donut pan, pipe in the donuts.
Bake for 20 mins for a nice golden brown outer covering. Poke a toothpick into the donut to check there is no raw batter.
Remove the donuts and invert immediately onto a cooling rack.
Meanwhile, Add the glaze ingredients into a bowl. Once the donuts are completely cooled, dip the donuts slightly onto the glaze and place on a plate with glazed side up. Alternatively, you can also pour the glaze onto the donuts- there is no wrong way to do it.
Enjoy!
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