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vegan baked chocolate donut
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5 from 3 votes

Vegan Chocolate Donuts

These vegan baked chocolate donuts have the perfect amount of chocolate with a double glaze.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time9 minutes
Frosting Dipping10 minutes
Total Time29 minutes
Course: Breads/ Donuts/ Muffins
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6 donuts
Calories: 185kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 TB unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 2 TB white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup + 1 TB non dairy milk
  • 1 TB Vinegar
  • 1 TB vegan butter, melted
  • 1 TB oil
  • ½ cup vegan chocolate chips
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Double Glaze

  • 2 cups powder sugar sifted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼-1/2 cup non dairy milk

Instructions

  • Start by preheating your oven to 350 degrees and greasing a donut pan; set it aside.
  • Make your vegan buttermilk by combing your non-dairy milk, vinegar, and vanilla extract, stir, and let sit while you prepare the rest of the recipe.
  • Take a large bowl and mix your dried ingredients; all purpose flour, cocoa powder, brown sugar, white sugar, baking powder, and salt. Whisk until combined well.
  • Take a heat-safe small bowl and combine your oil, vegan butter, and chocolate chips. Melt in the microwave for 30 seconds, and stir until smooth. Add this to your dry ingredients, then add the remaining wet ingredients (the milk mixture). Mix with a spatula until well combined.
  • Take your donut pan and use your hands or a spoon and shape the dough in the donut pan. You should get around 12 donuts in total.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 9-12 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean and they aren't too soft. Don't overbake. Let them sit in the donut pan for 5 minutes before placing them on a cooling rack.

Make the glaze

  • Take a medium-sized bowl and add all the glaze ingredients. Stir until combined well. This is a wet glaze, but it should have some thickness.
  • Take a large cookie sheet with a cooling rack on it. Take a warm donut and dip it into the glaze; repeat with the remaining donuts. Then dip them a second time and let them rest on the rack.
  • Repeat until your donuts are all cooked and glazed.

Notes

Expert Tips and Tricks-
    • Make sure to grease your donut pan.
    • Use good quality vegan chocolate chips.
    • You can use a ziplock bag or piping bag and cut the tip to squeeze the dough evenly into the donut pan.
    • Make sure not to underbake or overbake the donuts. One will be mushy, and the other will be dry. A toothpick should come out clean.
Variations-
  • Feel free to add a different glaze. You could do chocolate or vanilla frosting.
  • Add sprinkles if you want
  • You could make these with a peanut butter drizzle and crushed Oreos
  • Add some peppermint extract to the donuts and top them with chocolate frosting and crushed peppermint.
  • You could add mini chocolate chips to the batter if you want it to be extra chocolatey.

Nutrition

Serving: 1donut without glaze | Calories: 185kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 293mg | Potassium: 125mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 167IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 84mg | Iron: 2mg