French Toast Doughnuts

By Greywolf

A welcome twist on plain doughnuts, these little treats are made with spice cake, topped with maple glaze and cinnamom sugar, or your favourite (vegan) sprinkles, if desired.

Ingredients

• Doughnuts
• 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp baing powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 2/3 cup plain soymilk
• 4 Tbsps margarine
• 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 1/2 tsp egg replacer
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Maple Glaze
• 2 Tbsps plain soymilk
• 2 Tbsps maple syrup
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• Cinnamon Sugar
• 2 Tbsps sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Details

Servings 18
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 35mins
Adapted from vegetariantimes.com

Preparation

Step 1

To make Doughnuts:

Prehear oven to 350 F. Coat doughnut pan with cooking spray.

Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a large bowl.

Combine soymilk, margarine and vinegar in saucepan and heat over low heat until margarine is melted. Cool. Whisk egg replacer with 2 Tbsps water in a small bowl; whisk this mixture and vanilla extract into soymilk mixture. Stir soymilk mixture into flour mixture.

Fill each doughnut mold half full with batter. Bake 12 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in doughnut comes out clean. Unold doughnuts on wire rack to cool, and repeat with remaining batter.

To make Maple Glaze:

Combine soymilk, maple syrup, sugar and salt in saucepan and brint to a simmer, whisking constantly. Remove from heat and cool 5 to 10 minutes, or until thickened. Stir in vanilla extract.

To make Cinnamon Sugar:

Whisk together sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.

Dip each doughnut into Maple Glaze and sprinkle with Cinnamon Sugar. Let glaze set before serving.