Peanut Butter Cup Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
Peanut Butter Cup Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze are delicious baked doughnuts. They are easy to make, and quick, too! The whole recipe takes less than an hour from start to finish. I start this recipe by mixing up a yummy peanut butter doughnut batter. Then, I dip the doughnuts into a thick chocolate glaze. Finally, I top these doughnuts with chopped up peanut butter cups. My whole family really loves these doughnuts. And, I love how quick and easy they are to make. I also love that they are baked and not fried. As much as I love traditional fried doughnuts, they tend to taste a little greasy, and they can be messy to make. But, these baked doughnuts, are not at all greasy. And, they don’t leave a big mess behind.
The Equipment I Used
- Food Scale- For perfect baked goods, be sure to weigh your flour and sugar.
- Sifter- Be sure to sift your dry ingredients.
- Donut Pans- I use nonstick Wilton three inch cup doughnut pans. I use three pans so I can bake all 18 doughnuts at once.
- Double Boiler- I use this to melt my chocolate. You could also use a heatproof bowl on top of a pot.
- Ziplock Bag- Use a ziplock bag filled with batter to fill your pans.
The Ingredients Needed for Peanut Butter Cup Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
- Flour- Use all purpose flour.
- Butter- Use unsalted butter.
- Sour Cream- Please use full fat sour cream.
- Peanut Butter- I use Skippy all natural creamy peanut butter.
- Chocolate- Use a semisweet baking bar. I used Ghiradelli.
- Corn Syrup- Be sure to use light corn syrup.
How I Made my Doughnuts
- First, I greased my pans really well.
- Next, I mixed up the batter and used a plastic bag to fill the cups with rings of batter.
- Then, while the doughnuts cooled, I made the glaze.
- Finally, I dipped the doughnuts in the warm glaze.
My family really enjoys these Peanut Butter Cup Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze. If you family loves doughnuts, you should try these yummy baked doughnuts.
Peanut Butter Cup Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze
Equipment
- three inch doughnut pans
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour (240g)
- ⅛ tsp. salt
- 1½ tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 8 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup sugar (200g)
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup sour cream
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- 18 mini peanut butter cups, chopped
For the Chocolate Glaze:
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, broken up
- 3 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 3 tbsp. light corn syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease three 3 inch doughnut pans with vegetable shortening.
- Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda into a small mixing bowl and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together the butter, sugar, vanilla, eggs, sour cream and peanut butter. Then stir in the flour mixture.
- Put the batter in a large ziplock bag, and cut off one corner. Squeeze a ring of batter into each doughnut cup.
- Bake the doughnuts for about ten minutes, or until the doughnuts spring back when touched. Remove the doughnuts right away by inverting them on to a cooling rack. Let cool and then dip them into the glaze and top with chopped peanut butter cups.
For the Chocolate Glaze:
- Heat an inch of water in the bottom of a double boiler. Bring it to a simmer, not a boil, and then add all the ingredients and stir until everything is melted. Dip the doughnuts into the warm glaze.
