Here comes that chant again; Doughnuts, Doughnuts, Doughnuts. I realised it had been too long since the last time I cracked out my doughnut baking tray and I wanted to give a strawberry glaze a go for that classic pink glazed ring doughnut. When my friend Char (across at Dino Princess Char) was posting about some problems and not being too happy I took the chance to send her a Cake Care Package to try and cheer her up. It was the perfect opportunity for me to crack out the dinosaur sprinkles my friend Naomi gave me for my birthday, and it gave me a chance to channel my inner Jurassic Park fan (I’ve still not seen the new one, so no spoilers please).
Basically the most amazing doughnuts I’ve ever tried. Plus, y’know…dinosaurs! <3 https://t.co/SGdOJYN6ns
— ch r (@dinoprincesschr) June 23, 2015
The doughnuts I’ve made before have featured cinnamon prominently (apart from the lemon glazed ones you can see here) so doing something a bit more summery felt more appropriate. In hindsight the kind of glaze I made probably wasn’t ideal for postage in such warm conditions but when fresh it has a great strawberry flavour without having to use any artificial flavouring and the colour comes entirely from the strawberries and jam. I still haven’t bought myself to do fried doughnuts, but oven baked ones, when done properly, are still wonderful doughnuts and the added bonus of less fat is always going to be good.
What’s your favourite sort of doughnut?
- **for the doughnuts**
- 130g all-purpose flour
- 6 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 4 Tbsp Greek Yogurt (plain, vanilla or strawberry)
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 1 egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- **For the glaze**
- 6-7 Strawberries, stems removed and halved
- 1tbsp Strawberry jam
- 130-250g Icing sugar, sifted
- Preheat the oven at 160°C(140°C fan assisted) and grease the doughnut tray.
- In a large bowl mix the dry ingredients together (flour, sugar and baking powder) and set aside.
- In a smaller bowl, whisk together the wet (yoghurt, milk, egg, vanilla and melted butter), Slow mix the dry ingredients into the wet ones until it has just mixed. You do not want to overmix this recipe.
- Divide the mixture out into the pan so each is about ⅔s full. The best way to do this would be to use a piping bag and pipe the mixture in. If you haven't got one, just use a spoon but be careful about covering the hole.
- Bake in the center of the pre-heated oven for 8 to 11 minutes until the doughnuts have completely set and a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for about 5 minutes in the pan before transferring to a wire rack.
- While they are cooling make the frosting. Dust the strawberries with a couple of tablespoons of the icing sugar and set aside for about 10 minutes.
- Over a small bowl, push the strawberries through a sieve to remove all the joice/puree them. Add in the jam then the icing sugar gradually. Do this until it reaches the desired thickness (I like it very thick).
- Dip the top of each doughnut in the glaze and allow to dribble down the sides. Cover with sprinkles if you are using them (I did this by dipping them in).
I did not know these weren’t fried… healthy doughnuts for the forever win! also – and I get this is probably the norm for you baking types, but.. dude. you made strawberry icing; you are a dream boat.
Yup! I have a little baking tray that does 6 at once. I want a second so I can speed up the process.
Haha, I don’t usually make overly fancy glazes myself. So I’m pretty pleased with it. Gonna do a strawberry drizzle soon I think.
yeah. if you need a quality tester, I’m your girl.
Okay, so this probably shows some kind of doughnut naivete on my part, but I’d never realised that you could get doughnut baking trays. These were delicious and the strawberry flavour was amazing, it kind of soaked into the body of the doughnut and they were amazingly sticky and super wonderful. I’ve not yet seen Jurassic World either – need to sort that out, stat! Thank you again for the wonderful mail <3
No naivety at all. I only really found out myself last year and it’s only really down to my fear of frying that that’s how I do them. Think there’s a link to the tray I use in my other post.
It shouldn’t have soaked in, think that was the time it took and the heat issues. But so glad you liked them!
You’re so sweet! I love Char, I can imagine she bloody loved these
Cx
charliedistracted.com
Thank you! She is isn’t she! As far as I know she loved them 🙂 x
I’ve just popped in from Char’s blog and just have to say that 1. You send awesome care packages and 2. I’m going to have so much fun baking my way through your archives! So pleased to have found your blog, thank you Char and the Dinosaur Donuts!
Thank you so much for the kind words. Please do let me know if you do try to make any of it. And I’d love to see any snaps! Share them with me on twitter: @beardedbakery or instagram: mikebbakery!
That’s so sweet of you – these are amazing. LOVE the dinosaur sprinkles! xx
Sophie Elizabeth
http://www.popcornandglitter.co.uk
Everyone has been a fan of the sprinkles haha. Really need to get my mate Naomi a small gift as thanks for giving me them! x