Chocolate Donuts

Chocolate Donuts

Chocolate Donuts

Ingredients:

• All-purpose flour – 1 cup
• Sugar – ½ cup
• Unsweetened Cocoa Powder – ¼ cup
• Baking Powder – 1½ tsp
• Salt – ¼tsp
• Soy milk – ½ cup
• Unsweetened Chocolate chips – 1/3 cup
• Non-hydrogenated vegan margarine – 4tbsp 
• Egg – 1 (or use 1½ tsp egg-replacer mixed with 2tsp water)
• Vanilla extract – 1tsp

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat the mini-donut pan with non-stick cooking spray.
2. Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder & salt in a large mixing bowl.
3. Add soymilk, chocolate chips and margarine to a sauce pan and heat the mixture just until margarine and choc. chips melt. Let cool. Whisk in egg (or egg replacer mixture) and vanilla.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix well to incorporate.
5. Fill the greased pan half full, bake for 12 minutes or until the cake tester comes out clean. Remove on to a cooling rack and repeat with remaining batter.

For the glaze:

• Confectioners Sugar – 2 cups
• Soy milk – 2tbsp
• Vanilla extract – ½tsp

Method:

1. Add soymilk to confectioners sugar in a small saucepan; bring the mixture to a simmer while constantly stirring. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Let cool for 5-10 minutes or until slightly thickened.
2. Dip the tops of the donut in the glaze, twirl and let cool on cooling rack.