Chai Spice Baked Donuts with Cream Cheese Glaze

Chai Spice Baked Donuts with Cream Cheese Glaze

Sip + Sanity | Linda Feller

Chai Spice Baked Donuts are perfect for autumn! Full of warm spices and topped with cream cheese glaze, you get a delightfully sweet and cozy feeling with each bite.

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Breakfast

American, Indian

donuts

258 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Chai Spice Mix

¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground cardamom
¼ teaspoon allspice
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon ground cloves

Donut Batter

2 cups all purpose flour
½ cup brown sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
1 large egg, room temperature
4 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted + cooled to room temp
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream Cheese Glaze

2 tablespoon unsalted butter, room temperature
2 ounce cream cheese, softened
1½ cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoon milk, plus more if needed
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly spritz the donut pan with cooking spray.
Combine the chai spice mix in a small bowl. Remove 1/2 tsp and save for making the glaze.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, 1-1/2 tsp chai spice mix, baking powder and kosher salt with a whisk.
In another bowl, whisk together the milk, egg, melted butter and vanilla extract.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Transfer the batter to a piping bag (or zip top bag with the corner snipped off). Pipe batter into each of the donut wells.
Bake for 10 minutes. Wait 5 minutes before removing from the pans.
Make the cream cheese glaze by whisking the butter and cream cheese together until smooth. Add 1/2 cup of powdered sugar and stir to combine. Stir in the milk, vanilla extract, reserved chai spices and remaining powdered sugar.
Dip one side of a donut in the glaze then place glazed side up on a wire rack. Allow to set up. If there is extra glaze, you can drizzle it over the donuts in a zigzag pattern.

Notes

Glaze: If the glaze is too thick, add 1 tsp of milk at a time until it reaches the desired consistency. If it is too thin, add 1 tbsp of extra powdered sugar at a time.

Nutrition

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