Baked Chocolate Donuts
These easy baked chocolate donuts are super chocolaty and rich! Enjoy these with a cup of coffee or a glass of milk for the ultimate breakfast.
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 224kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 4 tbsp unsalted melted butter
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Chocolate Glaze
- 1/4 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix the eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, milk, and melted butter, set aside.
- In a separate bowl, sift the all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add to the wet ingredients.
- Place the batter into a pastry bag and fill a greased donut pan 3/4s of the way.
- Bake for about 8 minutes or until fully cooked through.
- For the chocolate glaze, place the unsalted butter, milk, vanilla extract, and chocolate chips in a sauce pan and let it melt.
- Stir in the powdered sugar and remove from the heat.
- Frost the donuts with the chocolate glaze and Enjoy!
Notes
- Place the donut batter into a piping bag and grease the donut pan well before piping the batter into the pan.
- Use room temperature eggs.
- Sift the unsweetened cocoa powder and all-purpose flour.
- Not a fan of sprinkles? Omit the sprinkles or top the donuts off with crushed walnuts, peanuts, or m&ms.
- Make the donut batter the night before and place it in a freezer bag and refrigerate it. The following day, let it sit at room temperature for about an hour before baking.
- Make sure you don't overfill the donut pan.
Nutrition
Serving: 12g | Calories: 224kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 320mg | Potassium: 184mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 130IU | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 1.9mg