If a doughnut could warm your soul it would be this one. Celebrating spring and into summer with these Chai Spiced Baked Doughnuts with Caramel Glaze. Made with a bunch of pantry staples, plus heaps of delicious chai spices. Then they’re baked, dunked and coated generously in sweet and warming caramel glaze. There’s really nothing not to love about these cute (and just perfectly sweet) doughnuts. These easy-baked doughnuts are so good to enjoy any time of day, breakfast or dessert!
When I think of comforting flavours my mind immediately goes to chai. I don’t drink coffee so chai lattes are my go-to hot drink. I’ve been wanting to incorporate the flavours into something for ages, and today when I had a craving for doughnuts I thought – now’s my chance! So here we are… and I’m so glad we made it.
The details:
The batter is really easy. You need butter, milk, yogurt, an egg, sugar, vanilla, and then all your basic dry ingredients as well as the classic chai spices of cinnamon, allspice, ginger and cardamom. All in one bowl, simple!
Mix the wet with the dry, then spoon the batter into a large zip-lock bag ready for piping into the doughnut pan. If you don’t have a doughnut pan, they also make great mini muffins… kind of like doughnut holes! This recipe usually has a bit of batter leftover so I make holes with the rest.
Whatever you choose, they both work the same, but make sure you really grease the pan before adding the batter. This is a pretty sticky batter so greasing the pan is essential.
Bake for ten minutes, then run a knife around the edge to release them.
Finish off with that sweet and rich caramel glaze
This glaze is so easy you’ll be making it with everything. Simply simmer butter with brown sugar and milk on the stove for a minute before adding some vanilla extract and giving everything a good stir. That’s it. Let cool for a bit before dipping the doughnuts. Make sure each one is generously coated, this stuff is good.
Each little doughnut is so delicious and since these are not fried, you know they’re slightly healthier than the alternative!
More tasty homemade sweets:
- Blueberry cheesecake cinnamon scrolls
- Mini strawberry puff pastry strudels
- Blueberry, banana and coconut loaf
- No-bake snickers cheesecake
- Banana caramel cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting
- Simple no-bake biscoff cheesecakes
And finally, if you like the look of these Chai Spiced Baked Doughnuts be sure to leave a comment, I love hearing from you guys! And of course, if you do make them, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram so I can see!
CHAI SPICED BAKED DONUTS WITH CARAMEL GLAZE
Course: DessertDifficulty: Easy6
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minutesDelicious baked doughnuts flavoured with chai spice and a sweet caramel glaze.
Ingredients
2 tbsp butter, melted
1/3 cup milk, room temp
1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
1 egg, room temp
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup white sugar
1 1/4 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cardamom
- Caramel glaze
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup salted butter
1/4 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
- Grease a 6-cup doughnut pan or 12-cup muffin pan and preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Use a wooden spoon to combine the butter, milk, yogurt, egg, vanilla, and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, chai spices and salt, mixing until just combined.
- Spoon the batter into a large zip-lock bag and snip a small chunk off the corner. Pipe the batter into each doughnut cup, filling 1/2-2/3 the way full. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove and let cool for 5 minutes, then run a knife around the edges to release. Invert the doughnuts onto a cooling rack.
- Caramel Glaze
- To prepare the glaze, bring the sugar, salt, butter, and milk to boil in a small saucepan over medium heat stirring constantly. Allow to boil for one minute, while stirring.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla and continue stirring for 3 minutes until the glaze is cool enough to use.
- Dip each doughnut into the glaze, coating generously. Enjoy!
