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My daughter and I were looking for desserts to make and saw this recipe on Pinterest, I think. Â I love the ganache added to the donut. Â It really takes the donut over the top. Â It makes these chocolate glazed donuts a dessert. Â By I assume you have often wondered as IÂ do, is a donut a breakfast or a dessert? Â So I went searching for answers – I googled it. Â I could not seem to find an answer but what I did find is that I think the actual spelling should be doughnut. Â It is after all fried dough. Â It does not have to be fried though and I like to bake them to make them healthier.
Chocolate Glazed Donuts
INGREDIENTS (adapted from Buns in my Oven):
For the donuts:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
6 tablespoons sour cream
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
Ingredients
For the glaze:
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
6 tablespoons whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
DIRECTIONS:
To make the donuts:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, chocolate chips, and baking soda.
In a separate bowl, beat together the vanilla, egg, sour cream, milk, and oil. Â Stir the wet ingredients into the dry until just combined.
Wet Ingredients
Spoon in a donut pan greased with spray.  Bake for 8 minutes or until the tops spring back when you touch them.
Baked Donuts
Let the donuts cool in the pan before glazing.
To make the glaze:
In a small saucepan over low heat, combine the sugar, milk, and vanilla until well combined. Â Remove from the heat. Â Dunk the donuts in the glaze to fully coat and place on a wire rack to set.
Glazing Donuts
Chocolate Ganache:
Ingredients
8 ounces good semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
Directions
Heat the cream in a heavy sauce pan.  Combine the chocolate chips and instant coffee to the warm milk and stir until fully incorporated.Â
Chocolate Ganache
Finish making the dounts by dipping the donuts in the ganache. Â
Adding Ganache
Return to the wire rack and let set. Â
Serve and enjoy!
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I love this recipe! I made the donuts also awhile ago and they came out great. Thank you for joining Foodie Friends Friday this week. Hope you join us again next week.
Yes, breakfast without the ganache and dessert ‘with’. I like to make baked doughnuts so I don’t feel guilty if I eat more than one. Thanks for sharing your recipe with Foodie Friends Friday party this week. I’ve pinned and shared.
A FFF co-host,
Joanne
I like your definition of breakfast or dessert.
Chocolate donuts always win my heart. Yours look amazing!
Thank you so much. It is hard not to love chocolate donuts.
mmm…i love chocolate doughnuts. they look great!
These are some yummy looking donuts!! I can’t wait to try this recipe!!
They were good. Didn’t last long!
It’s funny you mentioned donut vs. doughnut because anytime I write that word I always fumble with which word I should use. I like your explanation so I’m choosing sides and going with doughnuts.
Great looking doughnuts – even just with the glaze – but I do think the Ganache takes them to a whole new level of goodness.
Cheers and have a great week.
Cheers Trevor. I often wonder these deep thoughts. Our language is so funny. Yes the donuts were good without the ganache but why not add the ganache?