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Breads & Breakfast Pastries

Spiced Cocoa Doughnuts

There’s nothing better than a doughnut fresh out of the fryer. But no need to get to the bakery at the crack of dawn. The recipe for these Spiced Cocoa Doughnuts comes from a vintage 1930’s Hershey’s cookbook and is easy enough to make at home for a weekend treat. Pair them with a fancy at-home coffee, and try other sweet breakfast recipes like Baked Chocolate Cake Donuts and Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread.

Ingredients & Directions

Yields:
24 doughnuts
Prep:
20 Min.
Bake:
10 Min.
Total:

BAKE MODE:

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Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 cups
    all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 tsps
    baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp
    ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp
    ground mace
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 1 1/2 Tbsps
    butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup
    granulated sugar
  • 1
    egg
  • 1/2 cup
    milk
  • 1/4 cup
    powdered sugar
  • 1/4 tsp
    ground cinnamon, plus a dash
  • fat
  • powdered sugar
READY TO MAKE THIS?
You'll Need 
Measuring cups and spoons
Medium mixing bowl
Large mixing bowl
Stand or hand mixer
Rolling pin
Doughnut cutter
Deep fry or candy thermometer
Deep, wide pot or Dutch oven
Slotted spoon

Directions

flour, cocoa and dry ingredients in mixing bowl with whisk
creamed butter and sugar in mixing bowl with hand mixer
egg added to butter and sugar mixture in mixing bowl
chocolate doughnut dough in mixing bowl with spatula
ball of chocolate doughnut dough
rolling out chocolate doughnut dough with rolling pin
chocolate dough cut into doughnut rings
sprinkling powdered sugar over doughnuts on wire cooling rack

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