Coffee donuts with a coffee glaze are great for breakfast or dessert.
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Keyword: coffee, donuts, glaze
Ingredients
Donut Ingredients
2tablespoonsinstant coffeeor make 1/4 cup strong coffee
1egg
1/2cupsugar
1/4cupbuttermilkor use regular milk with a touch of vinegar
1/4cupcanola or vegetable oil
1teaspoonvanilla
1 1/2cupsflour
1teaspoonbaking powder
1/4teaspoonsalt
1/2teaspoonnutmeg
Glaze Ingredients
1/4cupwarm milk
1tablespooninstant coffeeor use a tablespoon strong coffee
1teaspoonvanilla
2 1/4cupspowdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Prepare a donut pan by spraying it with cooking spray.
If using instant coffee, dissolve it into 1/4 cup of hot water.
In a mixing bowl, beat the egg, sugar, buttermilk, oil, vanilla and coffee until smooth.
Beat in the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg until just combined and spoon the batter evenly between the six wells in your donut pan (this will fill them pretty much to the brim. If you'd rather have smaller donuts, you could fill them less and make another partial batch, too).
Bake for eight to 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in them comes out clean.
Let the donuts cool for about 10 minutes and then let them cool completely before glazing them.
For the glaze, in a shallow bowl, whisk the coffee, vanilla and milk until smooth, and then whisk in the powdered sugar, a little at a time, until you get the consistency you want. If it's too thin, add more sugar. If it's too thick, add a little more milk.
Dip the donuts into the glaze (just the tops, you don't have to submerge them) and then place them on a wire rack to dry. I did two coatings on mine.
Once the glaze is dry, store any leftover donuts in an airtight container.