Doughnuts are usually fried, not baked, at our local doughnut shop. This recipe however bakes just as delicious if not better than those fried doughnuts. Of course clean up is far easier and minus the calories too. The ingredients required are simple, easy, everyday ingredients. There's no mixer required at all, but you will need a doughnut pan. ( My doughnut pan was bought in Singapore by my daughter's friend, Chris). I suppose you can use a muffin pan for this if you don't have a doughnut pan. Baked doughnuts do not take long to bake in the oven. Just bake until the edges are very lightly browned about 8 minutes. They'll be done before you know it!
In a large bowl, whisk all DRY ingredients together.
Lightly beat the eggs.
In a medium bowl mix all WET ingredients together. Then add vanilla extract.
Stir the WET ingredients into the DRY ingredients.
Blend until JUST moistened. Do not OVERMIX.
Lightly grease a doughnut pan with baking spray.
Using a spoon, fill batter 1/2 full into the doughnut pan.
Preheat oven to 200 degree C (400 degree F). Place rack in middle of oven.
Bake doughnuts 8 – 9 minutes until doughnut is golden brown and springs back when touch.
Remove doughnut pan from oven and cool on rack.
Remove mini doughnuts from pan to cool on wire rack before glazing them.
To Glaze The Doughnuts
Prepare ingredients to glaze doughnuts: icing sugar, almond extract, hot water.
Blend icing sugar, hot water and almond extract in a small bowl. Dip doughnuts in the glaze.
Serve the almond glazed doughnuts warm.
Can also glaze with melted butter, sugar and ground cinnamon.
Mix the sugar and ground cinnamon together. Dip the warm doughnuts in melted butter and roll in cinnamon sugar.
Serve the glazed doughnuts with cinnamon sugar warm.
Can of course serve the doughnuts plain.
Choose either a freshly baked cinnamon doughtnut ……
Or an almond glazed doughnut for your afternoon tea.
Of course, you can have both too to enjoy with your coffee or tea.