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Gingerbread Donuts | A delicious Christmas breakfast recipe, homemade donuts made with gingerbread!
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Gingerbread Donuts

Gingerbread Donuts feature all of your favorite holiday season flavors, like molasses and cinnamon, with the addition of a nice little gingersnap crunch!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time8 minutes
Total Time38 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baked cinnamon donuts, christmas donuts, christmas donuts recipe, eggnog icing
Servings: 12
Calories: 146kcal
Author: Jill

Ingredients

Donuts Ingredients:

Icing Ingredients:

  • 1 cup confectioner's sugar
  • 1 tablespoon hot water
  • 1/2 tablespoon + 1/2 tsp eggnog
  • 1/4 teaspoon maple extract
  • crumbled gingersnaps

Instructions

Donut directions:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Spray donut pan with non-stick baking spray.
  • Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, salt, and brown sugar in a large bowl.
  • Set aside.
  • Whisk together the egg, molasses, vanilla, milk, and butter in a small bowl.
  • Slowly add the wet ingredients to dry ingredients.
  • Stir together until just combined.
  • Scoop the batter to a pastry bag.
  • Pipe batter into donut pan filling each about 2/3 full.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes. (Or until the edges just start to turn a golden brown.)
  • Remove the donuts from the pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Set aside.

Icing Directions:

  • Stir together the confectionary sugar, hot water, eggnog, and maple extract. (If your icing is too thick add up to another 1/2 teaspoon of eggnog to reach desired consistency.)
  • Dip tops of donuts into glaze.
  • Return each glazed donut to the wire rack.
  • Top with crumbled gingersnaps.
  • Let the glaze to harden before serving.

Notes

Best served same day but can be stored in an airtight container.

Nutrition

Calories: 146kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 84mg | Potassium: 144mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 120IU | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 1mg