Baked orange doughnuts with cinnamon sugar
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Baked orange doughnuts with cinnamon sugar
Description
This recipe combines all-purpose flour, caster sugar, baking powder, and salt as the dry base, mixed with wet ingredients including buttermilk, egg, melted butter, orange juice, and zest. The batter is gently combined then spooned three-quarters full into doughnut tins. Baking at moderate oven temperatures produces doughnuts that are light and fluffy. After baking and cooling, the doughnuts are dipped in additional melted butter and coated generously with a cinnamon and granulated sugar mixture, adding a crisp, flavorful exterior. This method yields doughnuts with a soft crumb and citrus brightness balanced by the sweet-spiced finish.
The cinnamon sugar coating enhances the orange aroma and adds a textural contrast without deep frying. These doughnuts can be served warm or cooled and make a sweet treat for brunch or snacks.
Ingredients
- 140 g all-purpose flour 1 cup, plain
- 70 g caster sugar 1/3 cup
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 125 ml buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp butter melted, cooled
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- 0.25 tsp orange zest
- For the cinnamon sugar
- 125 g granulated sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 75 g butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to fan assisted 160C / 180C / 350F / gas 4 and lightly oil two 6 cup doughnut tins.
- Mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and set aside.
- In another bowl, combine the buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, orange juice and orange zest.
- Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until everything is just combined.
- Using a spoon, add the batter in to 8 doughnut cups until they are three quarters full.
- Bake the doughnuts for 13-15 mins until a toothpick comes out clean, remove them from the oven and let them cool in the pan before transferring them to wire rack to cool completely.
- Mix together the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Dip the donuts in the melted butter, let the excess butter drip off before dipping in the cinnamon sugar till they are well coated.
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