Gingerbread Donuts with Peppermint Glaze
Yield: 36 mini donuts
Calories: 86kcal
Baked gingerbread mini donuts with a frosty peppermint glaze. The perfect treat for the holidays if you want to switch it up from baking chocolate cookies.
Ingredients
Gingerbread Donuts
- 1 cup gluten-free flour, or all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ground
- ½ teaspoon ginger, ground
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- ⅛ teaspoon cloves
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup dark brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons unsulphured molasses, Golden Barrel Supreme Baking
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Peppermint Glaze
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 pinch kosher salt
- 2 ½ tablespoons milk
- 10 mini candy canes, crushed for topping
- sprinkles, (optional)
Special Equipment
Instructions
Gingerbread Donuts
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray mini donut pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, salt, and brown sugar.
- In a separate bowl whisk together egg, molasses, vanilla extract, milk, and butter.
- Stir dry mixture into the wet mixture and mix until just combined.
- Transfer batter to a pastry bag or a plastic bag with a corner cut off. Pipe batter into donut pan filling each cavity about half full.
- Bake for 5 to 6 minutes or until donut springs back when touched. Immediately remove from the pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool. While donuts are cooling, make the glaze.
Peppermint Glaze
- In a medium-sized microwave-safe bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, melted butter, peppermint, and salt. Stir in 2 tablespoons of milk, adding additional milk 1 teaspoon at a time to reach desired consistency and whisk until smooth.
- Dip the tops of donuts into the glaze, shaking off excess and return to wire rack. Use a toothpick to create a hole in the center of the donut glaze if needed.
- Top immediately with candy canes and sprinkles. If glaze begins to harden, warm in the microwave in 6 to 10-second intervals, whisk after heating. Allow glaze to harden before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 86kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 10mg | Sodium: 43mg | Potassium: 43mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 100IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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