Baked Blueberry Doughnuts
Baked is better for this special treat
How long will it take?
45 minutes
What’s the serving size?
Makes 20 - 24
What do I need?
- 1 ½ cups plain flour
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon bicarbonate soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1 cup Greek yogurt (or ¾ cup of plain yogurt)
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 3 tablespoons apple sauce
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- zest of 1 orange
- 1 ¼ cups fresh blueberries
Glaze (optional):
- ¾ cup fresh blueberries
- juice of ½ an orange
- 2 cups icing sugar, sifted
How do I make it?
- In a mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, and salt. Whisk together to remove any lumps and set aside.
- In another mixing bowl combine the remaining ingredients except for the blueberries and whisk together.
- Stir the wet mixture into the dry mixture and stir together. Gently fold in the blueberries until just combined (batter should be thick)
- Scoop mixture into a piping bag or a re-closeable plastic bag and snip the tip. Pipe mixture into prepared doughnut moulds and bake for 22-25 minutes or until slightly darker than golden brown on top and doughnuts have begun to brown on the bottoms.
- Remove from oven and allow doughnuts to sit for 5 minutes. Remove from moulds and place onto a cooling rack.
- For the glaze: Place blueberries into a food processor and puree until smooth. Add the orange juice and icing sugar, ½ cup at a time) until fully incorporated and no lumps remain (the glaze should be very thin).
- To assemble: Fully dip each doughnut into the glaze and shake to remove any excess. Allow glazed doughnuts to sit on a cooling rack for 5-10 minutes before serving (doughnuts should still be sticky after glazed; the glaze should stay wet).
- If you do not wish to glaze the doughnuts you can simply sprinkle with icing sugar.
