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Baked Chocolate Chip Cake Donuts with Peanut Butter Glaze

Baked Chocolate Chip Cake Donuts with Peanut Butter Glaze

Jenn
Put a tasty spin on an already much loved treat.. Try these Baked Chocolate Chip Cake Donuts with Peanut Butter Glaze
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Breakfast
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

Donuts

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoons salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 ½ tablespoons TruMoo Chocolate Milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons butter melted
  • 1 ½ to 2 cups dark chocolate chips depending upon how much you like chocolate

Peanut Butter Glaze:

  • 1 ½-2 cups powder sugar
  • ¼ cup milk you can also use TruMoo Chocolate Milk to give it a chocolatey flavor
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 ½ cups creamy peanut butter

Instructions
 

Donuts

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare your donut pan(s).  If you have a pan for donut holes, you can use that as well, just to mix things up a bit.
  • In a large bowl (I used my KitchenAid mixer bowl), combine the dry ingredients: flour, sugar, cocoa powder, chocolate chips, salt, and baking powder.
  • In a small to medium-sized bowl combine egg, vanilla, TruMoo Chocolate Milk and butter and whisk together
  • Pour the wet ingredients into your large bowl with dry ingredients.  If you have a mixer, I will use that on medium for about 1 minute, then turn it down to low until everything is mixed completely.
  • Using a spoon, or if you’re a smart cookie, you can use a baggie and pipe the batter into the donut pan.  Yea, I didn’t think of it either; you can thank my youngest daughter who came to tell me that when I was almost done.  It would have been so much easier and a lot less messy had she been like 5 minutes earlier.  Either way, as long as the batter ends up in your donut pan, you are doing great. Be sure to fill each donut cup about ¾ full.  It’s okay if they rise above the pan, just as long as they don’t overflow.
  • Bake for about 12 to 15 minutes or until toothpick ready.  To see if they are toothpick ready, just grab a toothpick and stick in the middle of the donut.  If the toothpick comes out clean, they are prepared.
  • Remove from oven and allow donuts to cool for a few minutes, Flip the pan over on a wire rack and allow to cool completely so you can add a beautiful peanut butter glaze.

Peanut Butter Glaze

  • In a medium-sized bowl, preferably one that you’ll be able to dip the donuts into, combine all ingredients but the peanut butter and whisk until mixed completely.  I would start out with 1 ½ cups powder sugar, and if needed, you can add more to make it thicker.  If you need to add more powder sugar, only 1/3 cup at a time until you get the desired thickness.
  • Add peanut butter to the powder sugar mixture and mix completely.
  • Dip one side of your donut into the glaze, make sure it’s covered well.  I normally dip mine about half way, especially with this chocolate and peanut butter combo.  YUMMY!
  • A place donut with glaze back on the wire rack with the glazed side up and allow glaze to harden.
  • If you like, you can melt the rest of your chocolate chips and pour them into a piping bag so you can pipe on a few chocolate lines.
Keyword donuts, peanut butter