Ww 2 Points - Chocolate Mini Doughnuts

mariposa13's Note:

From ww magazine. A nonstick mini-donut pan is a must for this recipe.

• Total Time: 28 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 24

DONUTS

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup unsweetened dutch process cocoa (such as droste)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup espresso or 1/2 cup strong coffee, cooled
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

GLAZE

• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon water

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray 24 mini-donut cups with nonstick spray.
2. Whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.
3. Whisk together the sugar, coffee, eggs, oil, and vanilla in a large bowl, beating until smooth.
4. Gently fold in the flour mixture, a little at a time, and stir just until smooth.
5. Place about 2 tsp of the batter into each donut cup, filling them halfway.
6. Bake until firm, about 8 minutes.
7. Transfer to a rack to cool 1 minute, then carefully remove the doughnuts and let cool completely on the rack.
8. To make the glaze, stir the confectioner's sugar and 1 tbsp of the water in a small bowl until smooth, adding a little more water if needed (the glaze should be thin).
9. Brush a thin layer of the glaze on top of each cooled donut, let stand 10 minutes to set.
10. 2 Points per serving (1 donut).

Reviews

[cookee monster]

My kids loved these! My DD saw them and said that she would never eat another store bought donut again. They made so much noise when they were eating them I was afraid that they would choke. When DD actually ate one she said that she would miss these when I was gone (as in deceased :roll:). I promised to give her the recipe before then. DS (4 yrs.) kept smacking his head. He said that he had to do it because they were so good. DH thought they were just like store bought. I give these another 5 stars because my son has food allergies and can't have donuts from most places. I put some in the freezer to see how they do. Another 5 stars because I didn't have to fry them. I didn't have coffee so I used 1T Nestle's chocolate milk syrup and 1/2 c minus 1T skim milk. The donuts were cakey and a little spongy. I thought that the slightly spongy texture might be due to the milk. But my family had no problems with that. I also couldn't find my donut pan and used a mini bundt pan instead. They looked kind of fancy. I put in about 1/4 batter and got 10 donuts. I cooked them for 10 minutes. I wasn't sure of the glaze because I only used 1T water and it was pretty thin. But it fine, it made a nice little crust on the donuts, just like the ones from a donut place. As far as points go I figured them to be 5 pts each. Thanks for a great recipe. Now I can justify the space the previously unused mini bundt pans take up. I first rated these on Feb.21, 2008 but the stars didn't make it on.

[JMigs;0)]

It's pretty good. Although I suspected it wouldn't taste really like a real doughnut, it is as good as it gets being not fried! I also used my Donut Express pans (someone gave us) as the recipe that was supposed to comes along with the pans weren't in the box, besides I heard they weren't any good anyway. Thanks for posting this recipe!

[LonghornMama]

The kids are doughnut connoisseurs, and just gobbled these up. Regular doughnuts are so BAD that they're a rare treat around here, so it's nice to find a recipe that's low fat and still yummy. I used my Donut Express pans, 12 mini and 6 regular size. These are very lowfat so even though the pans are nonstick, they should be sprayed well with cooking spray. I'd suggest checking them early, 8 minutes was just a bit much in my oven for the mini ones. I didn't even let them cool all of the way before glazing. A lovely treat with a cup of coffee. Thanks, mariposa, for posting!