Baked Churro Donuts

Ingredients

    1 cup flour

    3 tablespoons butter

    ¾ cup sugar

    ¾ teaspoon baking powder

    ¼ teaspoon baking soda

    ½ teaspoon cinnamon

     1 egg

    ½ cup  buttermilk

    1 teaspoon vanilla extract

     Salt

For the churro covering

    ½ cup sugar

    ½ cup brown sugar

    1 tablespoon cinnamon

    3 tablespoons butter

Instructions

   1-Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium-low heat.

   2- Butter will crackle and foam a bit as it browns. Once butter is light brown and smells nutty, remove from heat and immediately transfer to a small bowl.

   3-In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.

    4-In another small mixing bowl, whisk together egg, buttermilk, and vanilla extract.

    5-Add wet ingredients to dry ingredeints. Stir together until ingredients are well combined.

    6-Spoon batter into a large ziploc bag and use a scissor to cut about a ½” piece off one corner to create a makeshift disposable pastry bag. Fill each well in the doughnut pan approximately ¾ full. Alternatively, use a spoon to fill donut pan and smooth out batter.

   7-Preheat oven to 350°F and Place in the oven, bake for 9-12 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into doughnut comes out clean. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan before inverting to cool completely.

   8-Combine sugar, brown, sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl.

   9- Melt remaining 3 tablespoons butter in another small bowl. Working one at a time, lightly brush doughnut with butter, and roll around in sugar mixture until evenly coated.

     

H.Zoghib