Churro Doughnuts

Who doesn't love doughnuts? What a question to ask I'm sure we all do. Doughnuts are good to go for breakfast,tea time or even in between lunch or dinner. You will come across of doughnuts almost in every bakery on the street with different shapes,colours,flavors,toppings and fillings.

Today I'm sharing churro doughnuts recipe. Unlike fried version this is a baked doughnuts with lesser calories and spare me of guilt. No yeast required in this doughnut recipe with the baking powder do all the tricks for soft and fluffy doughnuts. To compliment to soft interior i opted for a crunch exterior with granulated cinnamon sugar topping but you can use castor or confectioner sugar as well. After all, its about our own taste bud. Can anyone go wrong with cinnamon sugar? I don't think so. Fluffy,soft and flavored with cinnamon sugar doughnut are simply divine to enjoy with a hot cup of black coffee.

Ingredients

For The Dough

2 cups cake flour
3/4 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup granulated white sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 tbsp baking powder
2 tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
Pinch of nutmeg powder

For The Topping

1/2 cup granulated white sugar
3 tbsp melted butter
1/2 tbsp cinnamon powder

Methods

For The Doughnuts

Preheat oven at 220'C or 425'F. Grease a doughnut baking pan and set aside,

In a bowl, whisk together eggs,buttermilk and melted butter. Set aside.

In another large bowl, add cake flour,sugar,cinnamon powder,nutmeg powder,baking powder and salt.

Add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well. Pour the batter into the prepared doughnut molds till 2/3 full. Bake for 9-10 minutes.

Remove from oven and cool on the baking pan for 2-3 minutes. Unmold the doughnuts and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

For The Topping

Mix sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and set aside.

Brush the doughnuts with melted butter and dip the doughnuts with cinnamon sugar mixture.

Enjoy with a cuppa of hot Americano.

Notes:

• I used granulated white sugar for a little crunch you may use confectioners sugar or castor sugar as well.