Baked Chocolate Cake Donuts with Peanut Butter Glaze
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It wouldn’t be a proper Chocolate Peanut Butter Week without a breakfast recipe, am I right?
Of course I am.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Luckily, peanut butter is full of protein! And chocolate has antioxidants (I think). And there is milk in this recipe, so you’re getting some dairy. And flour for your grains!
Totally reasonable and healthy breakfast right here, folks.
Eat ‘em up!
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Yield: 6 donuts
Ingredients:
!For the donuts:
1 cup flour
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk (or regular milk with a teaspoon of white vinegar added)
1 egg, beaten
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoons butter, melted
!For the glaze:
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk or cream
Directions:
!To make the donuts:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Lightly grease a donut pan.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cocoa, and salt.
In a small bowl, stir together the buttermilk, egg, vanilla, and butter.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir with a wooden spoon until fully incorporated.
Fill the donut pan and bake for 10 minutes or until cooked through.
Remove from the oven and cool in the pan for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
!To make the glaze:
In a small sauce pan, heat the butter and peanut butter until melted over low heat.
Remove from the heat and stir in the powdered sugar and milk.
Dunk the donuts in the glaze when cool enough to handle.
donut recipe adapted from Allrecipes, glaze recipe from my peanut butter lovin' brain!
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I love you Karly! There, I’ve said it. I’m totally making these Sunday for brunch time fun.
Karly — August 10th, 2012 @ 4:48 pm
@Pam,
Love you back!
love choc/pb donuts – one of my fave things to eat, actually
well choc/pb anything is!
Karly — August 10th, 2012 @ 4:58 pm
@Averie @ Averie Cooks,
This was my first time trying chocolate peanut butter donuts! Super good!
Averie @ Averie Cooks — August 10th, 2012 @ 5:00 pm
@Karly,
I made these a year or so ago – need to remake!
http://www.loveveggiesandyoga.com/2011/11/baked-chocolate-peanut-butter-donuts-with-vanilla-peanut-butter-glaze.html
Karly — August 10th, 2012 @ 6:03 pm
@Averie @ Averie Cooks,
Ooh, love that you added peanut butter to the donut!
Averie @ Averie Cooks — August 10th, 2012 @ 6:18 pm
@Karly,
It kept them super moist. Sometimes baked donuts can get a little dried out but these stayed nice ‘n moist
I’ve never tried chocolate pb donuts, but judging by the looks of these ultra-drippy, ridiculously fudgy looking numbers, I need to get on with this whole choco-pb donut thing.
These sound so yummy! Is there anyway to make these without a donut pan? They don’t sell them in the part of the world where I live. =0(
Karly — August 10th, 2012 @ 6:44 pm
@Melinda,
Yes, ma’am! Just use a muffin tin instead. Won’t be shaped like a donut, but same taste. You’ll just need to adjust your baking time.
Melinda — August 10th, 2012 @ 6:48 pm
@Karly,
YIPEE!! Thanks! Muffins are one of our favorite things! Thanks!!
Karly — August 10th, 2012 @ 7:04 pm
@Melinda,
Oh, good! Keep in mind this recipe only makes six donuts, so I’m not sure how many muffins you’ll get. Mini muffins would be fun if you have a mini muffin tin!
Great brekkie idea
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Breakfast is very important, which is why it should definitely include the most important thing of all – peanut butter!
I want to eat a vat of that glaze!! Mmm.
This is my favorite flavor combo so I love the idea of bringing it to breakfast. I’ll be topping these with chopped Reese’s and still calling it breakfast. Maybe I’ll even get crazy and dunk it in some chocolate milk. That’s fine… right?
You made me hungry just by looking at the pictures. How much more if I do this recipe tonight for my boys? I can’t wait for breakfast.
Chocolate and peanut butter anything is my favorite!! I love the thought of my favorite combo for breakfast:-) Although I really just want to slurp that frosting!!!
I knew you’d come through on the breakfast front. Although…your other PB+Choc recipes seemed pretty breakfast appropriate to me as well
I just made these and they were wonderful! Chocolate and peanut butter rock together!
How many doughnuts does this make?
Karly — December 21st, 2012 @ 7:55 am
Six donuts!
Yum! Do you think these would be good to make the night before?