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Baked CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN SWIRL DONUTS ~ featuring IMPERIAL SUGAR
1/4 cup pumpkin puree...……...……………. 1/4 cup (4 TB) butter, softened
1/2 cup IMPERIAL white granulated sugar
2 cups flour ………………………………………..2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda …………………………... 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp. cinnamon...……………………………. ….1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground cloves...……………………... 2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream or buttermilk
(TIP: I keep a tin of powdered buttermilk in my pantry to make up as needed for recipes. It's found by the other powdered or cans of milk on the baking aisle at grocery store.)
2 heaping TB dark unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup dark chocolate syrup
GLAZE:
about 1 cup dark chocolate chips
OPTIONAL SPRINKLES
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Preheat oven to 350. Spray 2 6-hole donut pans with non-stick baking spray and set aside. (You might get 18 donuts from the recipe. It depends how full you fill the pans. This recipe can easily be cut in half though, if you don't want that many donuts.)
Whisk flour, baking powder, soda, salt and spices together. Cream butter and sugar in your electric mixer; add eggs and mix well. Next, beat in the pumpkin. Then gradually beat in 1 cup of flour ~ then gradually beat in the sour cream or buttermilk ~ gradually beat in the last cup of flour. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and give a quick beat to be sure all ingredients are well incorporated.
Put half of the pumpkin batter into another bowl. Now put the cocoa powder and chocolate syrup into the mixer with the rest of the pumpkin batter and beat it in. (If you need a little more liquid, add about 1 TB more sour cream/buttermilk/chocolate syrup {your choice}.) Fill the donut pans about half way with the pumpkin batter; then the rest of the way with the chocolate batter. I used a butter knife to lightly go down through the batter in each hole to marbleize it; then smooth the top of each hole.
Bake for about 20-30 minutes (depends on your oven ~ the color of your pans & how full they are). Let the donuts cool in the pan about 5 minutes before turning out onto a rack or paper to cool completely. (TIP: If they're a little ragged on the sides, trim them even with a kitchen scissors. And, if the hole closed up, carefully cut the hole through with a tiny kitchen knife.)
GLAZE: Melt the chips in a glass bowl for 1 minute in the microwave (stir with a spoon until all the chips are melted). Then spread on top of each donut. Top immediately with sprinkles before the chocolate hardens.
IMPERIAL SUGAR
In 1843, along the banks of Oyster Creek in what would later become Sugar Land, the Williams brothers built a mule-powered sugar mill, began grinding sugar cane, and a Texas legacy was born. The Imperial Sugar Company is the one of the oldest continuously operating companies in the State of Texas and was founded by one of the original 100 families brought to the state by Stephen F. Austin. For 175 years, Imperial Sugar has been a trusted name in family kitchens all across the south. Sweet things happen when people come together in the kitchen, and that’s why Imperial Sugar has been at the heart of family traditions and celebrations for generations. We’re the secret ingredient in family-favorite recipes handed down from one generation to another. Home cooks know that when you bake with love and Imperial Sugar, that’s when memories are made. Imperial Sugar provides high-quality sugar and sweetener products and over 100 years of time-tested recipes. Our family of products includes granulated sugar, light and dark brown sugar, free-flowing sugar, powdered sugar, sugar shakers and Steviacane® (Stevia + sugar blend). Imperial Sugar products are 100% pure cane sugar, non-GMO and provide consistently delicious results. |