Frosted Gingerbread Donuts Recipes

GINGERBREAD DONUTS RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• In a large bowl and using a hand mixer, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, granulated sugar, brown sugar, McCormick® Ground Ginger, McCormick® Ground Cinnamon, McCormick® Ground Cloves, and McCormick® Ground Nutmeg. Mix with a spatula until completely combined.
• In a medium bowl or large liquid measuring cup, whisk together the eggs, melted butter, molasses, vanilla, sour cream, and milk.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix on medium speed until fully combined and the batter is smooth and thick, about 3 minutes.
• Turn the batter out onto a generously floured surface and dust more flour over the top and sides. Roll out to a 10x12-inch rectangle, about ¾ inch thick. Dip a 3-inch round cutter in flour, then cut out as many rounds of dough as possible, dipping the cutter in flour between each cut. Make sure the donuts are not sticking to the surface. Use a 1¼-inch round cutter to cut out the center of each donut. Reroll any scraps and cut out more donuts.
• Make the McCormick® ginger-cinnamon brown sugar dust: In a medium bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar, brown sugar, McCormick® Ground Ginger, and McCormick® Ground Cinnamon.
• Fill a medium pot halfway with vegetable oil and heat over medium heat until the temperature reaches 350°F (180°C). Line a baking sheet with paper towels or a wire rack.
• Working in batches of 4-5 at a time, fry the donuts in the hot oil until golden brown, 1-2 minutes per side. Use a spider or slotted spoon to transfer the donuts to the prepared baking sheet and let cool for 2 minutes. Toss 1-2 donuts at a time in the McCormick® ginger-cinnamon brown sugar dust to coat completely.
• Serve warm or at room temperature.
• Enjoy!

FROSTED GINGERBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Line a 9-inch square baking pan with plastic wrap. In a saucepan, melt the butter over low heat. Add the sugar, corn syrup and milk, and whisk continuously until a candy thermometer registers 100 degrees F, which will happen rather quickly. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
• With an electric mixer on low speed, combine the bread flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, salt and cloves. Slowly pour the butter-sugar mixture in, and beat until thoroughly combined, 2 minutes. Transfer the batter to the prepared pan, cover with plastic wrap and press with your hands to spread the batter to the sides of the pan. Refrigerate overnight or up to 3 days.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat several baking sheets with cooking spray, or line them with parchment paper. Cut the chilled dough into 4 equal pieces. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out 1 piece of dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch; dust with more flour as needed. (Keep the other dough pieces refrigerated until you're ready to use them.) Using 2 different-sized biscuit or cookie cutters, cut out concentric circles of dough, leaving a 1/2-inch-wide ring. The cookies shown are about 2 inches across, but you can make them larger or smaller based on the size of your cookie cutters. Place the rings about 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. Repeat with the other pieces of dough.
• Bake the cookies until slightly browner on the edges and firm to the touch, 10 to 12 minutes for smaller cookies, 15 minutes for larger. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets on wire racks for a couple of minutes before using a metal spatula to transfer them to the racks to finish cooling.
• Squeeze icing onto each cookie, leaving a thin border around it. While the icing is still wet, press the jelly beans into it end to end. The icing will spread to cover the cookie. Store the baked cookies, decorated or not, in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks; if decorated, stack them between sheets of wax paper.

OLD-FASHIONED DOUGHNUTS WITH FROSTING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat sour cream and buttermilk until smooth. Beat in sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla just until combined. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to buttermilk mixture just until combined (dough will be sticky). Cover and refrigerate 2-3 hours., Turn dough onto a well-floured surface; knead 2-3 minutes or until smooth. Roll out to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. doughnut cutter., In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Fry doughnuts, a few at a time, 1 to 1-1/2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Fry doughnut holes until golden brown. Drain on paper towels., For frosting, combine confectioners' sugar and salt in a bowl. Stir in 3-4 tablespoons water, butter and vanilla until the desired consistency is reached. Pour half into a small bowl. Stir cocoa into remaining frosting until smooth. Dip tops of warm doughnuts in chocolate or vanilla frosting.

FROSTED GINGERBREAD NUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, salt and cloves; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in chopped walnuts. , Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake until edges are firm, 10-12 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool. , For frosting, in a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, butter, vanilla and enough cream to achieve desired consistency. Frost cooled cookies. Top each with a walnut half if desired.