By Season - @theholisticavocado
These delicious donuts are packed with all the familiar flavors of gingerbread but with the added bonus of a streusel topping!
You can’t go wrong making a batch of these - I’m sure everyone would love to wake up to these on Christmas Day!
INGREDIENTS
Donuts
- 2 cups flour
- 3/4 cup cane sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon and ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice and nutmeg
- 1/2 cup Wild Friends Gingerbread Peanut Butter
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 eggs
Streusel topping
- 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 6 tablespoons cold butter cut into tiny pieces
- 1/2 cup toasted and chopped pecans
- 1/2 teaspoon each of cinnamon, ginger, and allspice
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
DIRECTIONS
To make the Donuts:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a donut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and spice.
- In a small bowl mix together the peanut butter, melted butter, vanilla, milk and eggs.
- Carefully pour the wet ingredients the dry ingredients. Mix gently until incorporated.
- Fill the donut pan with the dough and bake for 10- 13 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest on a cooking rack.
To make the Streusel topping:
- In a small bowl mix together all the ingredients for the streusel topping and work into small chunks. Spread on a small pan and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
To make the Glaze:
- In a small bowl add the powdered sugar and using a whisk slowly drizzle in the milk until the glaze is a smooth and not too runny mixture. Be careful because you might not need to use all the milk! Add the vanilla.
- Assemble your donuts by dipping the donut tops in the glaze and then press them into the pan of the streusel topping. Place on a cooling rack to set up.