This past Friday, he stopped by the store on his way home from work and picked up a donut pan. Sunday morning, we attempted our first batch! I followed the recipe on the pan packaging for the most part, substituting GF flour (duh), leaving out the baking powder since there's already some in the flour mix I use, adding butter instead of shortening because I didn't have any, and adding sugar for a topping because donuts aren't donuts without SUGAR!!
Donuts
2 C. Pamela's Ultimate Baking and Pancake Mix
3/4 C. white sugar
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. salt
3/4 C. milk
2 eggs, beaten
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tbsp. butter, melted
Sugar in the Raw or chocolate glaze (recipe below) for topping
Preheat oven to 325ยบ. Lightly grease the donut pan. In a large bowl, mix the Pamela's mix, sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt together. Add the milk, eggs, vanilla, and butter and beat until well blended. Fill each donut cup 3/4 full. Sprinkle with Sugar in the Raw to your liking or leave plain for chocolate glaze post-baking. Bake 10-12 minutes until the donuts spring back when touched.
I was able to make about 10 donuts, but could have made 12 if I didn't fill some of the cups too much...
Chocolate Glaze
1 ounce melted unsweetened chocolate
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2-1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 to 3 tablespoons milk
Once the donuts were cooked, I moved them to a cooling rack and put a plate underneath to catch the extra glaze. I used a knife to spread the glaze since it had hardened a bit. If you make it right before you need to use it, you could probably pour it on the donuts.
Overall, they were good, but not great. Terry and I agree that they really need to be fried to taste like the donuts I miss so dearly. But, considering it's the first donut I've had in a year, it was a terrific start.
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