Oh, how I love social media for informing me that today is National Doughnut Day. This might be my second favorite day of the year (nothing beats Christmas)!
To celebrate National Doughnut (or Donut?) Day with you, I have Nutella donuts to share. I really need to get myself a donut or two after staring at all of these pictures this afternoon.
These are some beautiful donuts. The glaze on top hardens just a bit while still maintaining their glossy shine so you can properly hold it without getting Nutella all over your fingers. Not that that’s a bad thing…
I even took some step by step photos, which I normally never do because my camera would get covered in flour, butter, sugar, and eggs:
Easy peasy.
Fill up your mold and then start making that dreamy glaze.
Look how shiny it is!
These donuts puffed up beautifully. I still have yet to make a disaster in my Norpro donut pan. That thing is pure magic, I tell ya.
After the donuts have cooled off a bit, it’s time to dunk the top into Nutella.
Hmmm… one dunk doesn’t seem like enough so let’s do that again.
There we go! Now, before we leave them on a cooling rack to set, let’s add a little something extra on top.
Ice cream topping praline crunch isn’t just for ice cream.
Now they look complete.
I apologize for this post having a million pictures, but I just can’t help myself.
Have you had your donut today? I still need to go get mine. Yelp hasn’t helped me at all. Apparently people don’t like to review small donut shops. Anyone know of any good ma and pa donut shops near Glendale, California? Krispy Kreme is just a couple of miles away from me, but I’m a sucker for the smaller donut shops that are open 24 hours.
Recipe from Damn Delicious.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- 1 1/2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1 large egg
- Crushed hazelnuts, for sprinkling
- 1/2 cup Nutella
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- toppings (optional)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Spray a donut pan with nonstick spray.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cornstarch, baking powder and salt.
- In a measuring cup or another small bowl, whisk together milk, butter, vinegar and egg.
- Gradually pour the mixture over dry ingredients and stir using a rubber spatula just until just moist.
- Divide the batter evenly into the donut pans.
- Bake for 7-8 minutes, or until donuts are slightly browned and spring back when touched.
- To make the glaze, mix together the Nutella and heavy cream.
- Let the donuts cool for ten minutes and then dip them in the Nutella mix.
- Sprinkle any toppings, if using.
- Allow glaze to set before serving.
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