Baked Vanilla Bean Doughnuts

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Baked Vanilla Bean Doughnuts

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 8 minutes

Yield: About 14

Ingredients

• 2 2/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup + 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
• Seeds of 1 vanilla bean
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• Softened butter, for tins
Glaze
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 small pinch salt
• 2 - 3 Tbsp milk
• Food coloring and sprinkles (optional)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Butter 14 holes of three doughnut tins and set aside. In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt for 30 seconds, set aside. In a separate mixing bowl, using an electric hand mixer, blend together melted butter, vegetable oil, sugar and vanilla bean seeds until smooth, about 1 minute. Blend in eggs one at a time then mix in vanilla extract. Working in three separate batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture, add 1/3 of the flour mixture alternating with half of the milk and mix just until combined after each addition. Spoon batter into buttered doughnut wells, filling them about 1/4-inch from the rim. Bake in preheated oven 7 - 8 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into doughnut comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool until lukewarm then dip in glaze and return to wire rack, immediately top with sprinkles if using and allow glaze to set at room temperature.
• For the glaze:
• In a flat bottomed bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, melted butter, vanilla and salt then stir in 2 Tbsp of milk, adding additional milk 1 tsp at a time to reach desired consistency and whisk until smooth. Tint with food coloring if desired. Warm in microwave in 6 - 10 second intervals on HIGH power to warm as it begins to set while dipping doughnuts, as needed, whisking after heating.
• Recipe Source: cake portion adapted with slight changes from King Arthur Flour, glaze - Cooking Classy

Article source:http://www.cookingclassy.com/2014/02/baked-vanilla-bean-doughnuts/