On my recent trip to the Wilton headquarters (which included a mini shopping spree at the annual Wilton tent sale) I picked up two mini doughnut pans. I usually try to steer clear of "one use" pans, but they were just too cute to pass up! And I love mini desserts so much I think I'll find plenty of reasons to make good use of my new pans. In fact, just this week a friend called to see if I could help bring some doughnuts to church on Sunday as a special "Doughnuts for Dads" after church treat (in celebration of Father's Day). Of course I can bring doughnuts... and I'll make them myself!
The Wilton pan comes with a recipe right on it, so I thought that would be a good place to start. I gave it a practice run and I'm quite happy with it. I will be experimenting with other recipes as time goes on, but this was a nice starting point.
~ Baked Mini Cake Doughnuts ~
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk (or 1/2 cup milk plus 1 teaspoon white vinegar, mixed and set aside)
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 1/2 Tablespoons butter, melted
Preheat oven to 425*F. Spray mini doughnut pan with nonstick cooking spray.
In a large mixing bowl, sift together (or stir with a whisk), flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
Add buttermilk, egg, and butter and stir until just combined.
Scoop batter into a large ziplock style bag, or large piping bag and snip off the tip to fill doughnut pan.
Fill each doughnut cup approximately 1/3- 1/2 full. The batter will rise quite a bit during baking.
Bake 4-6 minutes or until the top of the doughnuts spring back when touched.
Cool in pan 1-2 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
Makes 36 mini doughnuts.
Recipe Source- Adjusted slightly from the Wilton mini doughnut pan
~ Maple Glaze ~
1 cup powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons milk
1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons pure maple extract (as desired)
*For a vanilla glaze, simple substitute 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract in place of the maple extract
In a small bowl, stir together sugar, milk and extract until sugar is completely dissolved. Use immediately to glaze doughnuts. Dip each doughnut in glaze, then set on a plate or baking sheet and top with sprinkles of your choice.
Go ahead and go get yourself a mini doughnut pan, because I think you'll be seeing a few more of these from me! There are all sorts of variations I want to try. In fact, Sprinkle Bakes, Cooking with my Kid and Cookies and Cups have all recently made some delicious looking variations!
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