National Doughnut Day!

Happy National Doughnut Day lovelies!!! As you all know, we love doughnuts here at Diamonds, Doughnuts, and Drama headquarters. In honour of doughnut day, I thought it would only be right to post a recipe on how to make your own doughnuts at home! Of course, this recipe comes from the one and only Ina Garten, my food guru.

This recipe comes from Barefoot Contessa: Foolproof

Cinnamon Baked Doughnuts (serves 12)
Baking spray with flour
2 cups all-purpose flour 
1½ cups sugar 
2 teaspoons baking powder 
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg 
½ teaspoon kosher salt 
1 extra-large egg, lightly beaten 
1¼ cups whole milk 
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 
for the topping 
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter 
½ cup sugar 
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray 2 doughnut pans well. Into a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, melted butter, and vanilla. Stir the wet mixture into the dry ingredients until just combined. Spoon the batter into the baking pans, filling each one a little more than three-quarters full. Bake for 17 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then tap the doughnuts out onto a sheet pan. For the topping, melt the 8 tablespoons of butter in an 8-inch sauté pan. Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Dip each doughnut first in the butter and then in the cinnamon sugar, either on one side or both sides.

I am dying to try out this recipe. These doughnuts look amazing!! And baking them is such a cool idea compared to the classic deep-fry technique.

Are you guys going to try this recipe and celebrate national doughnut day?

Bye for now!
-E xo