Description
Baked Chocolate doughnuts with Salted Caramel icing.
Ingredients
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Doughnuts:
- 2 cups Cake Flour
- 2/3 cup Sugar
- 2 tsp. Baking Powder
- 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
- 3/4 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Sour Cream
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla
- 3/4+2Tbsp Milk
- 3 Tbsp Butter
Caramel Icing:
- 2 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 + 2 Tbsp Heavy Cream
- 3 Tbsp Butter
- 2 tsp Vanilla
- 3 Tbsp Course Sea Salt for Topping
Instructions
Doughnuts:
- Preheat your oven to 425F.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt.
- Beat in greek yogurt, eggs, vanilla, milk and melted butter until fully incorporated.
- Spray doughnut pan with non-stick spray, filling each cavity with ¼-1/3 cup doughnut batter.
- Bake in oven for 9 minutes, or until light golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
Caramel Topping:
- In a sauce pan, combine all ingredients except course sea salt. Heat over medium-high heat whisking ingredients together until mixture melts and becomes smooth. Remove from heat.
- Gently invert cooled doughnuts and dip into hot caramel. BE CAREFUL, the caramel is scorching hot. Dip doughnuts into caramel, turn right side up and allow to cool on a wire rack.
- Immediately sprinkle hot caramel with sea salt. Repeat with remaining doughnuts. Allow caramel to cool and promptly devour.
Notes
Original recipe by Megan Keno and Julie Chiou