Oven Baked Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze

5 from 3 votes

Oven Baked Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze

Easy Oven Baked Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze and sprinkles, rich, decadent, with an incredibly fluffy texture, and a lot healthier than the fried version, these donuts are heaven! The chocolate glaze makes them sinfully delicious, and great for any party or family gathering. The best homemade doughnuts, so easy to make with a few ingredients, but so big on flavour. You can't possibly say they are not fried, they are so good!

Prep Time3 40

Cook Time15

Total Time3 55

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Romanian

Servings: donuts

Calories: 135kcal

Author: Daniela Apostol

Ingredients

For the doughnuts:

300 g white bread flour
100 ml milk
2 teaspoon dried yeast
zest from one lemon
75 g caster sugar
1 drop of lemon extract
50 g butter
1 egg
1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil

For chocolate glaze

100 g milk chocolate
⅓ cup double or heavy cream

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Warm up the milk and pour it in a jug.
Add the yeast, a teaspoon of flour and a teaspoon of sugar, and set aside for at least 10 minutes so that the yeast can become foamy and rise.
In a large bowl, add the flour, the rest of the sugar, zest of one lemon, egg and butter. The butter and egg should be at room temperature.
Now pour over the milk and mix everything well with your hands.
Transfer the dough to the working surface and knead it for at least 5 minutes, it will become elastic. Use a bit more flour if it's too sticky.
Shape the dough into a ball.
Oil the bowl and place the dough in it, oiling it lightly as well.
Cover with cling film and wrap the bowl with a clean tea towel.
Leave it to proof for at least 1 hour, so that it can double its size.
To make the chocolate glaze, bring the cream to a boil, then add the chocolate broken into pieces, give it a good stir, so that the chocolat can melt, then take it off the heat.
When the dough is double its initial size, transfer it to the working surface again.
Use a rolling pin to flatten it and cut round circles, and a smaller cirles in the middle, cookie cutters will be good, otherwise a glass and a plastic bottle lid can work too.
Place the dough rounds on the baking tray and again leave to proof for about 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C. (390 degrees Fahrenheit).
Bake the doughnuts for about 10-15 minutes, keeping an eye on them so that they don't burn.
Leave to cool, then dip them into the chocolate sauce to coat the top. You can adds some sprinkles too if you like.

Notes

If you'd like to see the ingredients listed in cups and ounces, please check the US Customary Link.
Also, the amount of ingredients changes depending on the servings, so click on the number listed to change it to the number you prefer.

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