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Sugar coated chocolate doughnuts with a cup of coffee.

High Altitude Baked Chocolate Espresso Donuts

Heather Smoke
An easy, high altitude recipe for baked chocolate espresso donuts, coated in sweet espresso sugar.

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings24 small donuts

Equipment

  • Doughnut Pans
  • Disposable Piping Bag

Ingredients
 

Donuts

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour, fluffed, spooned and leveled
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 6 tbsp unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder
  • 1 tbsp instant espresso powder
  • ½ tsp coarse Kosher salt (if using table salt, use half the amount)
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup full fat sour cream
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Espresso Sugar

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp instant espresso powder

Instructions
 

Donuts

  • Preheat the oven to 375 F, and position a rack in the center of your oven. Spray your doughnut pans with non-stick baking spray.
  • In a bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, espresso powder, salt and baking soda, then whisk until evenly distributed.
  • Separately, whisk together the eggs, sour cream, oil and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry, and stir together with a spatula just until moistened.
  • Scrape the batter into a piping bag, and snip off the tip. Pipe the batter into the doughnut pans, filling the molds no more than half full.
  • Bake the doughnuts for about 8 minutes, until risen and the tops spring back when gently touched.
  • Cool the doughnuts in the pans for 2 minutes, then turn the pans over onto a cooling rack, letting the doughnuts fall out onto the cooling rack.
  • If you still have batter left, re-fill the pans with the rest of your batter, and bake a second batch of doughnuts.

Espresso Sugar

  • In a bowl, combine the sugar with the espresso powder, then use your fingers to rub the espresso powder into the sugar, to really infuse it with the coffee flavor.
  • While the doughnuts are warm, coat them in the espresso sugar.
  • Serve the doughnuts warm, or at room temperature.
  • These doughnuts will stay soft and moist for about 3 days, stored in an airtight container at room temperature, but the sugar will soak into the doughnuts and get a little sticky. To serve the leftover doughnuts, save the espresso sugar and freshen the doughnuts up with a new coat of sugar before serving.
Keyword Baked Doughnuts, Chocolate Cake, Coffee, Donuts, Doughnuts, Espresso, High Altitude
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