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Baked Double Chocolate Doughnuts

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Luscious chocolate doughnuts slathered in chocolate ganache and topped with sprinkles! These are easy to bake, easy to decorate, and come together so quickly!
Servings 12 regular sized donuts or 24 minis

Equipment

  • 1 Doughnut pan mini or regular sized (or both!)

Ingredients

Chocolate Doughnuts

  • 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 large whole egg room temperature
  • 2 1/2 Tablespoons melted butter
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon vanilla
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk room temperature

Chocolate Ganache

  • 2 cups chocolate melts
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream (add more to achieve desired consistency)

Garnishes

  • 1 cup themed sprinkles we did Valentine's Day this time, but you can use any color/size/shape you want!

Instructions

How to make the chocolate doughnuts

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (F), and prep doughnut pans with a swipe of shortening or cooking spray. Set aside.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  • In another bowl, hand-whisk together the egg, melted butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, vanilla, and buttermilk.
  • Slowly incorporate the dry ingredients into the second mixture and mix until just combined (don't overmix).
  • Add the doughnut batter to a large piping bag or ziploc bag and snip off the end. Carefully pipe the doughnut batter into the prepared doughnut pan (I usually do a little less than half full).
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes (mine were done at 8). Flip out of the pan and let cool completely before dunking into the ganache. Store in an airtight container when they're cool.

How to make the Chocolate Ganache

  • In a microwave-safe bowl, stir together the melts and heavy cream and heat for about 30 seconds. Stir, and repeat until the ganache is smooth and silky. Let it cool a little to thicken (and so the sprinkles will stick and not slide off!). If it's too thin, add a little more candy melts and stir.
    NOTE: If you want the ganache to "set" faster, you can completely skip the heavy cream and just melt the candy melts alone and dip them.

Assembly

  • Dunk the doughnuts into the ganache, let the ganache drip off carefully, and place (ganache side up) onto a parchment sheet. Immediately add the sprinkles and let sit to set.