Baked Chocolate Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze

Happy Halloween! Just for you..doughnuts! So, here was my plan...doughnuts..chocolate with some nice orange, Halloween-y sprinkles.  Sounds cute, doesn't it?  It was a plan..plans around here doesn't always pan out.  When I was making my Funfetti Cake Batter Bars, I had sprinkles.  They were here.  I caught my 9 year old autistic daughter trying to eat the container of them in the bathroom that day (she loves sprinkles,also, you probably have to have an autistic child to realize that  this is not a big surprise or a shock on some days.), but, was able to get them away from her.  When, I was done with them, I hid them.  Well, I did such a great job of it..I can't find them. Anywhere!  My little trouble maker didn't take them either.  She doesn't do a great job of hiding her escapades, and no where was the container or sprinkle crumbs left anywhere.  Honestly, though, these don't need sprinkles.  They are super fabulous without them.  And, if I do find said-sprinkles, it's too late.  These tasty doughnuts are looonnnggg gone. 

 Enjoy and have a safe Halloween :)

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Ingredients:

for doughnuts:

3/4 cup flour:

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup sugar

1 TBSP baking powder

1 egg

1/2 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

4 TBSP canola oil

for chocolate glaze:

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1 TBSP corn syrup

2 TBSP butter

1/4 tsp vanilla

Directions:

for doughnuts:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.  Spray doughnut pan with non stick cooking spray. (If you don't have a doughnut pan..here is a link with instructions to turn your muffin pan into a doughnut pan)

In a mixing bowl, lightly whisk flour, cocoa, sugar and baking powder.  Add in egg, milk, oil and vanilla. Mix until well combined.  Spoon or pour batter into doughnut pan about 2/3 full.  Bake for 7-9 minutes or until they spring back when touch. 

for chocolate glaze:

Melt all ingredients in a small saucepan on low heat.  Spread on cool doughnuts or dip tops of doughnuts into glaze.

Not the sprinkle thief..just, a very anxious child waiting to finish his doughnut!