Chocolate Doughnuts Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease donut pans well.
• Sift flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, and salt together into a large bowl.
• Whisk milk, egg, butter, oil, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract together in a small bowl. Stir into flour mixture until just combined.
• Spoon batter into the prepared donut pans, filling each well 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into a donut comes out clean, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for about 5 minutes; tap donuts out onto a sheet pan.
• Combine confectioners' sugar, hot water, and remaining vanilla extract in a bowl to make the glaze.
• Place parchment paper under a wire cooling rack. Transfer cooled donuts to the rack and coat in glaze, letting excess drip onto parchment paper; coat the donuts a second time if desired.

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate and butter together in a saucepan over a medium heat.
• Stir in the cocoa powder, sugar, and vanilla extract.
• Take off the heat and whisk in the eggs one at a time.
• Tear off a piece of greaseproof paper and scrunch into a small ball.
• Pre-heat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
• Place the the paper balls in the centre of each hole in a muffin tin. Pour the chocolate doughnut mixture in the muffin tin holes, circling around the paper balls and being careful not to cover them.
• Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes.
• Carefully take the doughnuts out of the muffin tin. Take out the paper balls with your fingers. You should have a circle-shaped hole in each doughnut.
• Dip in some melted chocolate, followed by some sprinkles.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• For the ganache glaze: Bring the cream to a boil in a small saucepan. Combine the chocolate and corn syrup in a small heatproof bowl. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and let stand until melted, about 5 minutes. Whisk until smooth. Let the glaze cool until thick but still pourable, about 5 minutes.
• For the doughnuts: Pour the oil into a large saucepan set over medium heat. Clip a deep-fry thermometer to the side of the pan and heat the oil to 375 degrees F.
• Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg into a medium bowl. Beat the egg, sugar and salt in a separate medium bowl until combined. Combine the milk and vinegar in a small bowl; the milk will curdle slightly.
• Place the chocolate in a small bowl. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat until it browns and begins to smell nutty, 3 to 4 minutes. Immediately add it to the chocolate and stir until the chocolate is melted. Combine this with the milk mixture, along with the vanilla extract. Add the chocolate milk mixture in two additions to the eggs and sugar, alternating with the dry ingredients. Stir until a dough forms.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured a work surface. Roll out the dough out until it is 1/4 inch thick. Use a doughnut cutter to cut out doughnuts.
• To test the oil, add a doughnut hole to the oil and see how it fries; it should float up to the top and have large bubbles surrounding it. When the oil is ready, fry the doughnuts and holes in batches, being careful not to overcrowd the pot. Fry until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. They should be crisp on the outside and cooked through and fluffy on the inside. Drain the doughnuts on a plate covered with a paper towel. Cool each batch for at least 5 minutes and then coat with the ganache glaze. Serve the doughnuts the day they're made.

Steps:

• For the doughnuts: Add the vegetable oil to a medium-sized pot and heat to 350 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer. Whisk together the buttermilk, melted butter, egg and vanilla in a medium bowl. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment add the flour, brown sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt and mix together on low speed until well combined. Add the buttermilk mixture and mix on medium speed until the dough comes together and holds its shape but is still a bit sticky, 3 to 5 minutes (add more flour if needed).
• Generously coat the work surface with flour and turn the dough out onto the floured surface. Dust the top of the dough with more flour, then roll the dough into a 3/4-inch thick sheet. Use a 3-inch donut cutter to stamp out circles from the dough, then place the circles on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bring the scraps together, re-roll them and stamp as many circles from the dough as possible (discard the remaining scraps); you should get about 12 doughnuts.
• Line a rimmed baking sheet with paper towels. Add 2 to 3 doughnuts to the hot oil and cook until the doughnuts are golden brown, about 1 1/2 minutes on each side. Transfer to the paper towel-lined baking sheet to drain and cool and repeat with the remaining doughnuts, making sure the temperature of the oil returns to 350 degrees F between batches.
• For the marshmallows: Return the oil to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Add the milk, melted butter and vanilla and whisk until smooth. Dip a few marshmallows in the batter then add them to the hot oil (take care not to overcrowd the pot so they don't stick together) and fry until golden brown, about 30 seconds. Transfer the fried marshmallows to the paper towel-lined baking sheet and repeat with the remaining marshmallows.
• For the glaze: Whisk together the confectioners' sugar and cocoa powder in a medium bowl, then add the milk and whisk until smooth. Dip one side of the cooled doughnuts into the glaze and return them to the baking sheet.
• For the icing and for finishing the doughnuts: Place the marshmallows in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on low power until they are melted (be careful-they melt quickly!). Stir until smooth, then immediately dollop a spoonful on top of each doughnut. Stick a fried marshmallow on top of the icing and serve.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine yeast, warm water and sugar to dissolve. Add 1/4 cup of the all-purpose flour and 1/4 cup of the cake flour. Stir and set in a warm place for 30 minutes to foam up. Combine cocoa powder and baking soda and add hot water to dissolve. Add the melted chocolate to the cocoa powder mixture then stir in the powdered sugar, salt, and potato. Add this to the foamed yeast along with another 1/4-cup of all-purpose flour and the remaining 1/4-cup of cake flour and mix on low to combine with a paddle.
• Mix on high speed for 30 seconds to combine. Add the remaining 1/4-cup of all-purpose flour and mix on high speed. Flour the work surface heavily and knead the dough gently (it may be sticky). Turn into a greased bowl and proof until doubled in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and punch down then proof for another 30 minutes.
• Flour work surface heavily and pat out dough to about 1/2-inch thick. Cut out doughnuts and holes, flouring the cutter each time, and set on a floured sheet pan. Heat oil to 375 degrees and drop in doughnuts and holes. Cook doughnuts for 45 to 60 seconds and the holes for 30 seconds, flipping once. Drain on a paper towel-lined sheet pan.
• Place the chopped chocolate in a bowl. Boil the cream and pour it over the chocolate and let sit, whisking to combine. Keep warm. Dip doughnuts in chocolate glaze when cooled.

Steps:

• All ingredients should be at room temperature (about 70 degrees F).
• Beat the sugar and eggs together until creamy and lemon colored.
• Melt the butter and chocolate together in a small saucepan over low heat; beat into the sugar/egg mixture.
• In a separate bowl, combine the buttermilk and vanilla; stir into the sugar/egg mixture.
• Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl; stir into the liquid mixture, mix until well combined.
• Chill the dough in the refrigerator to make it easier to handle.
• On a lightly-floured board, roll out half of the dough to a 1/2-inch thickness.
• Cut into doughnuts; allow the cut doughnuts to dry for 10 minutes.
• In a large heavy skillet, heat 2-inches of oil to 370 degrees F (185 degrees C).
• The dough should be at room temperature before frying (this is important!) Transfer the doughnuts to the hot skillet, one doughnut about each 15 seconds, (dip a metal pancake turner into the hot oil each time before using it to remove or turn a doughnut) Fry each doughnut about 90 seconds per side.
• Remove the doughnuts, and drain on paper towels.
• Repeat with remaining dough.
• To make the icing/glaze: Beat the powdered sugar with the egg white and vanilla together until smooth.
• Drizzle onto the doughnuts after they have been cooled.