DIY Lavender Doughnuts

Donuts!!! We are obsessed with donuts, but I had never made them before and felt that it would be a fun, winter, afternoon project. How hard can it be? Yes, and even better, make them lavender frosted!

DIY Lavender DoughnutsINGREDIENTS

  • 1/4 cup (4 tablespoons) butter 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg, to taste (opt out) 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 tsp Norwood Farm lavender extract 1 tsp Norwood Farm culinary lavender
  • 2 2/3 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour 1 cup milk

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Preheat the oven to 425°F. Lightly grease two standard doughnut pans.
  • In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat together the butter, vegetable oil, and sugars until smooth.
  • Add the eggs, beating to combine.
  • Stir in the baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, salt, and vanilla and lavender extract.
  • Stir the flour into the butter mixture alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour and making sure everything is thoroughly combined. The batter will be fairly thick; when you draw your spatula through the batter, it will leave a furrow.
  • Spoon the batter into the lightly greased doughnut pans, filling the wells to
  • about 1/4” shy of the rim.
  • Bake the doughnuts for 10 minutes. Remove them from the oven, and wait 5 to 7 minutes before turning them out of the pans onto a rack.
  • Recipe makes about a dozen donuts.

LAVENDER FROSTING

  • 1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
  • 1 tablespoon melted butter 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1/4 teaspoon Norwood Farm lavender extract

Stir the sugar, corn syrup, butter, Norwood Farm lavender extract and 1 Tbsp of milk together, adding extra reserved milk or confectioners’ sugar to adjust the consistency as needed. Dip each doughnut in glaze until tops are coated.

Author: Nicole Callen
Norwood Lavender Farm
Serves: 1 dozen doughnuts
Find online: https://www.norwoodlavenderfarm.com/recipes/archives/02-2019

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