So I was in a bit of a blogging funk last week. It started out as an “I-don’t-have-eggs” funk and quickly turned into a “I-haven’t-blogged-all-week-so-why-start-now” funk. It happens. But I made these doughnuts to make up for it!
I’ve been dreaming about these forever now. A cakey peanut butter doughnut with the kind of glaze that all the doughnut places use, that kind of crusts over after it sits for awhile and gets even better. They turned out just as I’d hoped – no, better since I had Reese’s Pieces on hand to sprinkle on top!
Obviously not the kind of breakfast you’d want to serve everyday, but this was the perfect Sunday treat for my boys!
Baked Peanut Butter Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
Ingredients
For the doughnuts:
¼ cup peanut butter
¼ cup sugar
⅓ cup plus 1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon canola oil
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 cup all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
For the glaze:
2 tablespoons butter, melted
¼ cup cocoa powder
2 tablespoons milk
½ teaspoon corn syrup
½ teaspoon vanilla
½ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325F. Lightly grease a doughnut pan.
Using a mixer, combine peanut butter and sugar until fluffy. Add in milk, oil, vanilla, and egg; mix. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt over top of peanut butter mixture. Use mixer to blend until just combined. Transfer to a pastry bag with a large, round tip (or a zip top bag) and pipe into doughnut pan. Bake 8 - 10 minutes, until doughnuts are golden brown and spring back when touched. Flip onto a wire rack and allow to cool for a few minutes before glazing.
To make the glaze, whisk together melted butter and cocoa powder. Once the cocoa powder has melted into the butter, add milk, corn syrup, vanilla, and powdered sugar; whisk. If the glaze is too thin, add more powdered sugar. If too thick, add more milk.
Dip the doughnuts into the glaze and allow the glaze to set about 30 minutes before serving.
Oh dear these look like serious trouble for us. Doughnuts are hard enough for us to resist – and now you’re adding peanut butter, chocolate and Reese’s?!! Help.
Thank you for sharing these amazing doughnut recipes. I had a gift card to Crate and Barrel and I purchased the doughnut pan. I will be trying some of your recipes soon!
This has really tempted me to buy a donut pan! I’ve wondered how they would compare to regular “fryed” donuts (tho I truly have never eaten a “fryed” donut). Definitely a much healthier version!
I have never had a pb donut but, now I feel like I have to. This combination looks like an insanely good Sunday treat. I have some of those reese’s pieces left from the Easter carrot shaped package. I think these need to make it to my Mom’s day feast.
Oh my goodness – these sound heavenly! I am resisting the urge to buy a pan, but you are seriously making it more and more difficult!
So glad you are out of your funk because these sound pretty great!
Whoa!! These look incredible and decadent. Nice!
Nothing gets a person out of a funk like a doughnut! Especially one that involves peanut butter!
I just got a doughnut pan and I now know how I’m going to christen it. Thanks for sharing, Amanda!
Chocolate and peanut butter for breakfast? Yes, please!
This looks amaaaazing! I love love love PB and chocolate! I need a doughnut pan ASAP
Oh dear these look like serious trouble for us. Doughnuts are hard enough for us to resist – and now you’re adding peanut butter, chocolate and Reese’s?!! Help.
This is just all-kinds-of-right. Yes! I’ll have one to dine in and one to go please!
Thank you for sharing these amazing doughnut recipes. I had a gift card to Crate and Barrel and I purchased the doughnut pan. I will be trying some of your recipes soon!
Ooh, have to say homemade donuts are a weakness…maybe not the healthiest thing in the world, but they are. so. good. How can I help looooving them?
Baked donuts? With peanut butter? Yes!
I love peanut butter and doughnuts. This is a winning recipe to me
I love your recipes for baked doughnuts! I sometimes feel limited by the recipes that need fryer, and theyre healthier!
I subscribe to your emails, and I just couldn’t believe it when I saw this recipe in my in-box! What a yummy-sounding, drool-inducing post :)
This has really tempted me to buy a donut pan! I’ve wondered how they would compare to regular “fryed” donuts (tho I truly have never eaten a “fryed” donut). Definitely a much healthier version!
These look heavenly! You can’t ever go wrong with peanut butter!
I have never had a pb donut but, now I feel like I have to. This combination looks like an insanely good Sunday treat. I have some of those reese’s pieces left from the Easter carrot shaped package. I think these need to make it to my Mom’s day feast.
I read your tweet out loud to BF over the weekend when you tweeted about making them and we cracked up. Yeah, we were jealous.
Amanda, These look incredibly decadent!
Also, I’ve tagged you over at my blog for a game of food tag, if you care to play!
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These sound AMAZING!!!!! Would you happen to have a UK conversion for the measurements???
YUM!
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