Healthier oven baked donuts

Doesn't matter if it's Monday, Wednesday or Saturday, there is no wrong time to have donuts. These perfectly glazed and sprinkled sweets are definitely up on my top 10 list of favorite things to stuff my face with. There is no better way to put it.. It's just not possible to eat them slowly and with manners. Just open the big ol' pie hole and show em' in.

To make them a bit lighter, I tried baking them in the oven, instead of frying in oil.

I wasn't expecting them to turn out as good as they did to be honest, but they are nothing short of a little masterpiece.

• 60g - 1/4 cup yogurt. Plain or vanilla

• 60g - 1/4 cup whole milk

• 2 tbsp butter

• 1 egg, beaten

• 150 g - 1 cup flour

• 1 ts baking powder

• 75 g - 1/3 cup sugar

• 1/2 teaspoon salt

1. Preheat your oven to 180C - 350F.
   Mix flour, sugar, salt. and baking powder in a large bowl. You don't need a mixer for this.
   Add the butter and use your fingers to rub it into the dry ingredients, until evenly distributed. Add the milk, yogurt, and egg and stir until just combined. It's very important that you don't mix to long, or else the dough will get rubbery.
2. Now your dough is done, and it's time to make the actual donuts.

You will need a donut- pan or silicon mold. You can find them for almost nothing on Ebay. 

I bought mini silicon molds for 3 USD, and they work perfectly.

You will also need a piping bag to fill the molds. You can use a spoon, but a bag will be faster and less messy.

Make sure you grease up the mold before filling them.

Fill them 1/3 full, and make sure the middle part of the mold stays clear.
I filled the molds a bit too full the first time, as you can see, which resulted in no-hole donuts. But do not fear; you can just use a knife to remove the middle part, once they have cooled, if you do the same.
Bake until doughnuts are a light golden brown and spring back when touched, about 6-10 min.
Let cool a little before you start frosting.





I made 2 different frosting's. Chocolate and cream cheese.

1. To make the chocolate frosting I simply melted 100g - 3,5oz dark chocolate with 1 tbsp butter, and gave it a good stir.Or you can leave them in, and fill the hole with frosting (Yum)
   
   The cream cheese frosting I made by melting 1 tbsp butter and then adding 3 tbsp light cream cheese and 1/2 cup powdered sugar. Add all ingredients to a bowl and combine until smooth.
   Dip half the donut in the frosting, and add sprinkles for an extra festive touch.