Chocolate Donuts

The other day I was talking with my friend, Jimmy, and he mentioned making some chocolate donuts. He said they were Tim Horton Donuts. It turns out Tim Horton is known in Canada for Donuts, or something along those lines.

My friend was in Florida, and I'm in Georgia but he just couldn't say enough about these donuts. 

And he said he got the recipe online. 

So while we're talking I bring up Google and immediately do a search for "Tim Horton Chocolate Donuts Recipe"  

It's the third hit.

I confirm, this is the recipe from Food.com

I'm good to go!

So this morning, I wake up, the kids have all been good, we even have an extra one (Grace's friend slept over) I decide it's time.

To make these donuts.

Chocolate Doughnuts

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup  cocoa powder

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 large eggs

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1/3 cup buttermilk

3 tablespoons butter, melted

vegetable oil      (for frying, 6-8 cups)

Mocha Glaze

6 ounces chopped semisweet chocolate (I used 3/4 cup semi sweet chips)

1/2 cup whipping cream

1 tablespoon butter

2 teaspoons corn syrup

Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. 

In a small bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, buttermilk, and melted butter to blend. 

Stir into dry ingredients

until well blended. 

Chill until cold, at least 1 hour or up to 3 hours.

About ten minutes before you are ready to start cooking, make the Mocha glaze.

Mocha Glaze - In a heatproof bowl, combinesemisweet chocolate, 1/2 cup whipping cream, 1 tablespoon butter, 2 teaspoons and corn syrup.

 Bring a few inches of water to a boil in a pan; remove from heat. Place bowl over water and let stand, stirring occasionally, until smooth, about 10 minutes.

Scrape dough onto a generously floured surface. With floured hands, pat dough out to about 1/2 inch thick.

 With a 3-inch doughnut cutter, cut out doughnuts. I just used a biscuit cutter. 

Pat together scraps of dough and cut again. Place doughnuts on a well-floured baking sheet.

I used well floured fingers to get the hole in the middle, make sure the hole is large or when frying, it will close up.

Heat oil in an electric deep-fryer or pour about 4 inches of oil, I had maybe 2 inches, into a 5- to 6-quart pan, I used a 2 quart; heat oil to 375°F. Place one doughnut at a time onto a wide spatula and gently slide into oil, frying up to three at a time. Cook, turning once, until puffy and cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes total (to check timing, cut first one to test). With a slotted spoon, transfer doughnuts to paper towels to drain. Repeat to fry remaining doughnuts. Be careful not to over cook.

When cool enough to handle, dip the top half of each doughnut in warm mocha glaze and place on a plate.

 Let stand until glaze is set, about 5 minutes.

These were delicious cake donuts and I could have made myself sick on the glaze, yum, yum.

Also, next time I will halve the recipe. I had 4 hungry kids eating these and we didn't come close to finishing them.