Chocolate Covered Strawberry Donuts

February 14, 2012 by 2 Comments

I’m don’t these need an introduction.  They’re that good.  Heart shaped.  Strawberries.  Chocolate.  Enough said.

Love is in the air y’all!

 

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Donuts

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by Sarah Collins Chapman

Prep Time: 5-10 min

Cook Time: 10-12 min

Keywords: bake dessert vegan vegetarian strawberries Chocolate whole wheat pastry flour donuts

 

Ingredients (12-16 donuts depending on pan)

    For Donuts:

    • 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
    • 1 cup all purpose flour
    • 1/2 cup sugar
    • 1/2 T baking powder
    • 1/2 t salt
    • pinch each of cinnamon and nutmeg
    • 1 cup frozen strawberries, defrosted and mashed up (I just used a fork to lightly mash them)
    • 1 cup nondairy milk
    • 1/4 cup applesauce
    • 2 T Earth Balance (or butter), melted
    • 1 t vanilla extract

    For Chocolate Glaze:

    • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
    • 2 T cocoa powder
    • 2 T nondairy milk

    Instructions

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray donut pan with nonstick spray.

    In a medium bowl, combine flours, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.

    Add milk, applesauce, mashed strawberries, Earth Balance (or butter), and vanilla. Stir until just combined.

    Pipe batter into donut pan using a piping bag or a Ziploc bag with the corner snipped off. You can spoon it in but they look better after being baked if you pipe it in.

    Bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly brown.

    While donuts are cooling prepare the chocolate glaze by combining the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and milk in a small bowl.

    Dip the top of each donut into the chocolate glaze and let them hang out on a cooling rack until the glaze firms up.

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    How cute is this heart shaped donut pan?!

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    Love at first bite!!

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    P.S. Don’t fret if you don’t have a donut pan- just make them into muffins in your muffin pan and drizzle the tops of each muffin with some of the chocolate glaze!

    Happy Valentine’s Day!

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    Apple Spice Donuts

    December 21, 2011 by 2 Comments

    There’s not much that’s more cozy when it’s cold outside that any thing that is apple-spiced!  If you don’t have a donut pan you could totally make these into muffins and they would be amazing!

    Apple Spice Donuts  (makes 10 regular sized donuts)
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    Ingredients:
    For Donuts:
    1 cup AP flour
    1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
    1 T baking powder
    1/2 cup sugar
    1/2 t cinnamon
    1/4 t nutmeg
    1/4 t ginger
    1/2 cup applesauce
    1/2 cup peeled, grated apple
    1 cup nondairy milk
    1 t vanilla
    pinch of salt

    For Icing:
    1/2 cup powdered sugar
    2 T nondairy milk
    a small pinch each of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger

    Directions:
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

    Combine dry ingredients in a medium sized bowl.

    In a small bowl combine applesauce, grated apple, nondairy milk, and vanilla

    Add wet to dry and stir until just combined.

    Spoon mixture into a donut pan that’s been sprayed with cooking spray.

    Bake for 12-13 minutes until donuts are firm and slightly brown.

    Let cool in pan for 5 minutes.

    For glaze mix together the confectioners sugar and milk and dip each donut into glaze.  Let donuts sit until glaze hardens. (NOTE: if you store these in an airtight container the glaze will melt so plan accordingly!)

     

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    These are SO good!

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    Blueberry Glazed Donuts

    December 1, 2011 by 5 Comments

    There’s not much that’s better than a delicious donut.  Especially one that’s… healthy?  Wait, what’s that?  Donut?  Healthy?

    Of course- and it’s all thanks to this!

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    Now you can BAKE a donut.  You get to control the ingredients in your donuts.  And they’re baked, not fried so it won’t leave your tummy hurting (I have a pretty sensitive stomach and too much fat really does a number on my tummy!).

    I got my donut pan on Amazon.  I originally got the regular sized 6-count donut pan.  Then I was browsing around Hobby Lobby one day and I noticed that they had donut pans too.  So I got one of the 12-count mini donut pans.  I’m having so much fun experimenting with different recipes for donuts!

    First up is a blueberry glazed donut that will knock your socks off!  These donuts are low fat and vegan but don’t let that fool you because they’re amazing!!

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    Blueberry Glazed Donuts
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    Ingredients:

    For the donuts:
    1 cup AP flour
    1 cup Whole Wheat pastry flour
    1 T baking powder
    1/2 t cinnamon
    1/4 cup applesauce
    1/2 cup sugar
    1 t vanilla
    1 cup non-dairy milk
    1 cup blueberries

    For the glaze:
    1/2 cup confectioners sugar
    1-2 T non-dairy milk (depending on the thickness that you prefer for your glaze)

     

    Directions
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

    Combine dry ingredients in a medium sized bowl.

    In a small bowl combine wet ingredients.

    Add wet to dry and stir until just combined.

    Carefully fold in blueberries.

    Spoon mixture into a donut pan that’s been sprayed with cooking spray.

    Bake for 12-13 minutes until donuts are firm and slightly brown.

    Let cool in pan for 5 minutes.

    For glaze mix together the confectioners sugar and milk and dip each donut into glaze.  Let donuts sit until glaze hardens. (NOTE: if you store these in an airtight container the glaze will melt so plan accordingly!)

     

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    NOM!!

    Enjoy!

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