Maple Bacon Donuts Mini Donut Food

MAPLE BACON DONUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°, line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil, and place a cookie wire rack inside the baking sheet.
• Lay raw bacon strips on the wire rack and bake for 13-20 minutes, depending on the thickness of bacon.
• Take out of the oven and set aside. Make sure to save the bacon grease for the donut batter.
• Preheat oven to 350° and grease a donut baking pan.
• Combine all wet ingredients for the batter in a mixing bowl and whisk well. Sift in dry ingredients and whisk until incorporated. Fold in bacon pieces.
• Scoop the batter into a large piping bag. Cut the tip off the piping bag, leaving only about 1/2- 3/4 inch opening.
• Squeeze batter into the donut cups of the pan in one smooth circular motion, filling each cup about 3/4 full. Make sure there is an even amount of batter all around.
• Bake for 11-12 minutes and let donuts cool on the wire rack, just until it's cooled enough to be handled. Spread paper towel under the cooling rack to catch glaze drippings.
• Add powdered sugar into a small mixing bowl.
• Heat up maple syrup in a microwave for a few seconds, until hot but not boiling. Add heavy whipping cream to maple syrup and whisk until smooth.
• Pour the mixture into powdered sugar and whisk until completely incorporated.
• Dip each donut into the glaze to coat it on the top and sides. (You can even dip the bottoms as well.)
• Top each glazed donut with some bacon crumbles.

MINI MAPLE-GLAZED DOUGHNUTS WITH COCONUT "BACON"

Steps:

• For the coconut "bacon": Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix together the coconut chips, soy sauce, liquid smoke and maple syrup in a medium bowl. Spread in a single layer on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake, stirring halfway through, until the coconut is golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Set aside to cool. The "bacon" will crisp up as it cools.
• For the doughnuts: Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the almond milk and coconut oil. Remove from the heat and set aside.
• Pour the peanut or canola oil halfway up the sides of a cast-iron skillet and heat to 350 degrees F.
• Whisk together the flour, cane sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Make a well in the center and pour the hot milk mixture in the well. Mix until a thick dough forms. Roll portions of dough into 12 balls and use your thumb to make holes in the centers.
• Fry the doughnuts, in batches, until golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Let drain on paper towels.
• Meanwhile, make the maple glaze: Stir together the confectioners' sugar, maple syrup, maple extract and salt in a small bowl. Dip the doughnuts in the glaze and sprinkle with the coconut "bacon" before serving.

MAPLE BACON DONUTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F and lightly spray a mini donut baking pan.
• Whisk together all dry ingredients, excluding the powdered sugar. Make a well in the center.
• Whisk together the wet ingredients (excluding the maple syrup in a separate bowl) and pour it into the well of the dry ingredients. Combine with a wooden spoon.
• Fill a piping bag with the mixture and pipe into the donut pan. Bake for 12 minutes.
• Gradually add maple syrup to powdered sugar until you reach the desired texture for your icing, spread onto the donuts and top with cooked bacon pieces.

MAPLE BACON DONUTS - MINI DONUT RECIPE

Steps:

• Start by creaming together the eggs and sugar. Add in the melted butter and mix well. Add baking powder and spices.
• Mix in the flour and milk alternating between the two to make mixing easier. Start filling mini donut molds in your method of choice - recommend piping bag method.
• While your maple bacon mini donuts are baking you need to start making some icing. And you need to fry up some bacon! I used bacon bits because then the work of chopping up the bacon is already done for me.
• Let your mini donuts and bacon bits cool down before you start dipping them into the frosting so that it doesn't just runoff.
• Give it a minute to set and then add some chopped-up bacon onto your mini donuts.