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Maple peanut butter doughnuts with bacon bits

14
Points®
Total Time
22 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
12 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Moderate
Peanut powder does double-duty in this recipe, appearing both in the tender maple-peanut butter doughnuts, and again in the sweet peanut butter frosting. Add a sprinkling of bacon bits and you’ve got yourself a mapley, bacony, peanut buttery treat that’s hard to resist. Peanut powder is made by pressing out most of the natural oils from roasted peanuts, and then grinding the remaining nuts into a fine powder that has a big peanut flavor, as well as fewer calories. If you don’t have a doughnut pan, you can divide the batter among a 6-cup muffin tin, and bake a little longer, 15 to 20 minutes in a 350°F oven.

Ingredients

All-purpose flour

1 cup(s)

Baking powder

1 tsp

Baking powder

¼ tsp

Table salt

½ tsp

Dark brown sugar

¼ cup(s)

Peanut Butter & Co. Pure peanut powder

8 Tbsp

Canola oil

2 Tbsp

Egg

1 item(s), large

Maple extract

½ tsp

Whole milk

¾ cup(s)

Powdered sugar (confectioner's)

1 cup(s)

Ready cooked bacon

2 slice(s), crumbled

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 6-cavity doughnut pan with cooking spray.
  2. For the cake: In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  3. In a second mixing bowl, beat together the 1/4 cup of the peanut butter, brown sugar, canola oil, egg, and vanilla until smooth and combined. Add the dry ingredients and stir until just barely combined, being careful not to overmix. (The finished dough should have the consistency of a very thick muffin batter.)
  4. Spoon the batter into the prepared doughnut pan with a small spoon or a piping bag fitted with a large plain tip, filling each cavity about 2/3 full for best results.
  5. Bake in preheated oven for about 8-12 minutes or until the tops are golden brown and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let the doughnuts cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool off completely.
  6. For the Frosting: While the doughnuts are cooling, prepare the frosting by combining the icing sugar, peanut butter, and 2 tablespoons milk in a small mixing bowl. Whisk until smooth. (The frosting should be thick, but pourable. If the frosting is too stiff, whisk in more milk 1 teaspoon at a time until it reaches the right consistency. If it’s too runny, add more icing sugar 1 teaspoon at a time.)
  7. Dip the tops of the cooled doughnuts into the peanut butter frosting. Sprinkle with the crumbled bacon while the frosting is still wet, then let stand for 5-10 minutes to set before serving.

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