Cinnamon Smoked Doughnuts
Baked cinnamon doughnuts rolled in cinnamon sugar and finished under a dome of applewood smoke.
⏱️ Prep: 20 min🍳 Cook: 15 min
Ingredients
| 1 | apple wood chips | |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | flour |
| 1/2 stick | melted butter | |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | ground cinnamon |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | plain white sugar |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | vanilla extract |
| 1 | egg | |
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | vanilla yogurt |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | cinnamon |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | brown sugar |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | baking soda |
| 1 | spray-on oil |
Instructions
- Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl (1 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 cup brown sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon) until fully combined.
- Mix all the wet ingredients (1/2 cup vanilla yogurt, 1 egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract) until fully combined.
- Combine the dry and wet mixes until fully integrated, then place an open ziplock bag inside a cup (for easy pouring) and transfer 1/3 of the mix into the bag.
- (If you don't have a pastry bag) squeeze the mix into a corner of the bag and twist the corner for easy piping.
- Grease a doughnut pan with spray-on oil and fill each mold 3/4 of the way.
- Bake at 180°F for 10 minutes, or until golden. (Note: this low temperature reflects the source recipe.) While baking, prepare the dusting mix.
- Make a mix of 1 cup plain white sugar and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; set aside a bowl of 1/2 melted stick of butter.
- Lightly dunk each doughnut in the butter and quickly roll in the sugar mix, then place them in a container.
- Let the doughnuts cool for about 5 minutes, or until cool to the touch, then insert the smoking-gun hose into the container and seal with saran wrap or a lid.
- Place apple wood chips in the smoking chamber, turn on the smoking gun and light the chips, letting the smoke fill the entire container.
- Turn off the gun and remove the hose while sealing the container (let very little smoke escape) and let it sit for 5 minutes for maximum flavor, shaking occasionally.
- When time is up, remove the plastic and your doughnuts are smokin'!