Eggless and Vegetarian Recipes

Chocolate Donuts

Ingredients for the donut:

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup buttermilk

1 flax egg (If you don't know what this is, copy and paste this link into your browser: https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.egglesscooking.com/flax-egg-substitute/&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=1594223114509000&usg=AFQjCNHqNH6j3_r_R0VenCR-p7t-pt6rqQ )

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon avocado oil (any oil of your choice)

Ingredients for the glaze:

3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1-2 tablespoons milk

Procedure for the donut:

Preheat oven to 420F/220C.

Grease a 6 regular size donut pan with non-stick cooking spray and also dust it with some all-purpose flour. Set aside.

In a small bowl prepare flax egg and set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, soda, and salt.

In a large measuring cup, measure the buttermilk first, then add the flax egg, vanilla, and oil. Whisk well.

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and whisk until smooth, about 2 minutes. I felt that the batter was a bit thick, so I added little water in small increments up to 2 tablespoons.

It is suggested to pipe the donut pan with the batter instead of spooning it. 

Using a Ziploc bag will make the job easy. If you don't have anybody to help you with holding the Ziploc bag, place the bag in some container and fill it with the batter.

 Once done, close the bag and cut one corner with scissors and pipe out the batter evenly among donut cups in your pan. 

Fill about 2/3rds full. The batter will be perfect for the 6 donut cups.

Tap the pan against your counter a few times to release any air bubbles.

Bake donuts in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in few places in each doughnut comes out clean. 

Mine was done in exactly 8 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven and place it on a cooling rack. Leave it undisturbed for at least 10 minutes and then remove the donuts from the pan carefully and place it on the wire rack. 

You may use a butter knife to carefully lift the donut out of the pan.

Procedure for the glaze:

Place chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl. I didn't have heavy cream as mentioned in the original recipe. So just added a tablespoon of 2% milk to the chocolate chips and melted it in the microwave in small increments until it melted completely and was smooth when mixed well.

Now dip the donut in the glaze and decorate it with sprinkles while it is still wet. Leave it on the cooling rack for the glaze to set.