Champagne Doughnuts

Dessert, Baking, Sweet
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Don't just pop the bubbly, bake it into these delicious doughnuts!

Ingredients

¾ cup Wholesome granulated sugar

½ cup + 1 Tbsp. Organic Valley unsalted butter, softened

2 Vital Farms large eggs

2/3 cup Organic Valley buttermilk

1 tsp. Frontier Co-Op vanilla extract

½ tsp. Simply Organic almond extract

1/3 cup Mercat Cava Brut

3 cups War Eagle Mill all-purpose flour

1 tsp. Rumford baking powder

½ tsp. Bob’s Red Mill baking soda

½ tsp. kosher salt

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350.

Step 2

In the bowl of a stand mixer, add your sugar and butter, cream until light and fluffy.
Next, add in your eggs, one at a time, followed by your buttermilk, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Scrap down the bowl. Add in your champagne.

Step 3

In a bowl, combine your dry ingredients; flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk together.

Step 4

Add half of the mixture into the stand mixer, turn on, incorporate, and add the rest. Mix until just combined.

Step 5

Add mixture to a piping bag and pipe into a well-greased donut pan, about 2/3 of the way full.

Step 6

Bake for 15-17 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes in the pan.

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Every good doughnut needs a good glaze.

Ingredients

2 cups Wholesome powdered sugar

½ tsp. Simply Organic almond extract

Pinch of kosher salt

2-3 Tbsp. Mercat Cava Brut, or more as needed

Bulk demerara sugar, for sprinkling

Preparation

Step 1

While waiting on the doughnuts to bake, make your glaze. In a medium size bowl, add your powdered sugar, almond extract, and salt. Start out adding 2 T of champagne, stir to combine. Add more Champagne, 1 T at a time, until desired consistency.

Step 2

Dip the doughnut in the glaze, tilting to make sure the top gets covered or use a fork and drizzle glaze over each doughnut.

Step 3

Sprinkle with demerara sugar to finish.