Baked Donuts

While talking to a friend about homemade Twinkies she suggested that I post a recipe for homemade baked donuts.  Voila!  This recipe is easy to make.  We rarely eat sweet pastries for breakfast, so use this as a dessert instead.

Ingredients

DONUTS

• 1 1/2C flour, sifted
• 1/4C sugar
• 1 pkg. rapid rise yeast
• 1/4t salt
• pinch of nutmeg
• 2t olive oil
• 1/2C warm homemade almond milk (microwave milk for 30 seconds)

TOPPING

• 1/4C sugar
• 1t cinnamon
• 1/4C liquified coconut oil

Directions

1. Combined all ingredients and mix until a dough is formed.
2. Knead for about 5 minutes.
3. Placed the dough in a lightly-oiled bowl and let it rise for one hour or until doubled in size.
4. Roll out dough to a thickness of 1/2-inch.
5. Cut out donuts using a donut cutter or large (3-inch) and small (1 1/2-inch) biscuit cutters.
6. Place donuts on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
7. Cover the donuts with a cloth and allow to rise one hour.
8. Preheat over to 375 degrees during the last 15 minutes of rising (make sure the dough is out of the oven).
9. Bake at 375 degrees for 7 minutes.
10. Cool for 5 minutes. 
11. While donuts are cooling, combine sugar and cinnamon in a small plate.
12. Brush donuts with coconut oil and pressed into the cinnamon coating.