28 May 2014 by Lars Vilhuber

Baked doughnuts (with dulce de leche frosting)

While browsing a cooking stuff shop (I could spend hours in there), I bought a doughnut baking pan. That was just the right thing! Jé immediately took to it, as have I. You might want to try the following recipe (adapted from Joy the Baker [1,2], who in turn adapted it from somewhere else…)

Doughnuts (makes 6 baked doughnuts) (adapted from Joy the Baker)

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• a pinch of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract or vanilla sugar (the German way…)

Heat oven to 350 degrees F/180 C.  Grease a doughnut pan.

Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and sugar.

Melt butter until it begins to brown.  Transfer to a small bowl.

In a separate bowl, whisk together egg, buttermilk, and vanilla. Add brown butter, and whisk.

Dump the wet ingredients all at once to the dry ingredients.  Stir together with a wooden spoon until  well combined.

Distribute the batter across the doughnut pan. Bake in oven for about 8 minutes. Remove and let cool.