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Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Donuts

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These delicious donuts will make Nutella lovers flip.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 16 donuts

Equipment

  • Donut Pans
  • Piping Bag
  • Electric Mixer (Stand Mixer preferred
  • Oven

Ingredients
  

For the Donuts

  • 3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
  • 2 cups All Purpose Flour Can substitute with Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1-1 Baking Flour for gluten free
  • 2 t Baking Powder
  • 1 t Salt
  • 3/4 cup Milk Or Dairy Free Milk
  • 2 large Eggs Room Temperature
  • 1 T Vanilla Extract
  • 1/2 cups Mini Chocolate Chips

For the Glaze and Topping

  • 1 cup Chocolate Chips Regular or Dairy Free
  • 1/4 cup Heavy Whipping Cream or Coconut Cream
  • 1 1/2 cups Roasted Hazelnuts Chopped Fine

Instructions
 

For the donuts

  • Preheat oven to 425°F, and grease donut pans, including the center.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the sugar with the oil until well combined.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, and baking powder. Whisk until incorporated.
  • To the sugar/oil mixture, add the milk, eggs, and vanilla. Mix until well combined.
  • Add the flour, salt, and baking powder mix to the combined wet ingredients.
  • Mix until combined and no lumps remain.
  • Add in the chocolate chips, and mix until evenly distributed.
  • Pour batter into a piping bag fitted with a large open tip. If you don't have a piping bag, use a large resealable bag and snip about a half inch of the corner off.
  • Pipe the mixer into the greased donut pans, filling them about halfway. Do not cover the center peg, where the hole will be when they are done.
  • Check the donuts at 8 minutes to see if they're done or need a few minutes longer.
  • Remove from oven, and cool in the pans for five minutes.

For the topping

  • Make a ganache by putting the cream and chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl.
  • Microwave in for 40 seconds, until the cream is hot and the chocolate is starting to melt. If it doesn't happen on the first 40 seconds, keep microwaving in 20 second bursts.
  • Stir the chocolate into the warm cream until it melts and is well combined.
  • Finely chop hazelnuts.

Topping the donuts

  • Remove the donuts from the pan. You may need to use a rubber spatula to help get them out if they stick.
  • Flip the donut upside down, so the bottom is facing you, and dip the top halfway into the bowl of ganache.
  • Immediately dip the ganached portion of the donut into the hazelnuts to "glue" them on.
  • Allow them to cool and set for at least 5 minutes more.
Keyword Chocolate, Donuts, Hazelnut