The Story: I told myself I wasn’t going to bake. But before I knew it, I was busting out the pans and the sugar.
What better way to procrastinate than to bake?
What better way to procrastinate than to bake?
Coconut Doughnuts:
1 ½ cup + 2 TB all purpose flour½ cup whole wheat pastry flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2/3 cup + 2 TB granulated sugar
4 TB butter
½ cup coconut milk, scalded
½ cup plain yogurt or sour cream
2 eggs
2 teaspoons coconut extract
2 teaspoons vanilla
Chocolate Coconut Glaze
4 TB unsweetened cocoa
2 teaspoons vanilla
½ teaspoon coconut extract
2-3 TB milk
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
Coconut shavings
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly spray doughnut pans (yields 8-12).
2. Combine flours, baking powder, and sugar.
3. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter.
4. In a small bowl, gently beat egg with coconut extract and vanilla.
5. Add egg mixture to the flour mixture.
6. Add scalded coconut milk (do not boil) and yogurt. Stir only until combined, do not over mix.
7. Fill doughnut pans ¾ using a piping bag and bake for 8-12 minutes or until the tops spring back.
8. Chocolate Glaze: Whisk all ingredients together and adjust sweetness and consistency as desired.
9. Toast coconut shavings on a cookie sheet at 250 degrees for 3 minutes.
10.Dip warm doughnuts in glaze and top with coconut.
Beautiful coconut shavings my mother bought for me at Bob’s Red Mill
This looks so yummy! Did you use the canned coconut milk (with the higher fat content in it) or the refrigerated half gallons… or something else?
Dang! Now, I'm going to have to go buy a doughnut pan! 😉
I use canned coconut milk because it is the easiest for me to keep on hand, but I am sure anything could work. Good luck! And Monica, doughnut pans are fabulous!
Lizzy, they may be my downfall! Hehehe!
Lizzy Mae, I'm just kidding! Anything to make my life easier, I'm all for! BTW, your recipes all look fabulous, and I can't wait to try them!
This looks so yummy! 🙂 I am a new follower to your blog! 🙂 Erin
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ooooooh……..i'm drooling over this, looks so yum!!!!!! i just discovered your website lizzy, a question here, it is possible to make this doughnut without doughnut pan? many thanks and a beautiful sunday!
Irene, What a lot of people do is make muffin doughnuts, so they just bake the dough in regular muffin pans, so you don't get the doughnut look, but they will taste the same. Good luck!
Coconut doughnuts with chocolate glaze are a delicious treat that combines the tropical flavor of coconut with the richness of chocolate jacksmith.