Cherry Donuts

Another Valentine's Day goodie! I love donuts! They are my number one weakness! And since I have joined Pinterest I have pinned a lot of donut recipes. This past weekend I finally bought a donut pan! The next morning we had these donuts for breakfast. They are amazing! I adapted the recipe from HoosierHomemade.com. If you don't own a donut pan, you need to get one ASAP so you can bake these little gems!

Yum!

Filling the pan can be messy if you aren't careful.... I was not careful.

Cherry Donuts

• Donuts:
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 15 maraschino cherries, chopped
Glaze:
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon maraschino cherry juice
• 5-6 tablespoons milk

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees
2. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients; flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Whisk together until combined.
3. Add eggs, melted butter, vanilla and milk. Mix well.
4. Fold in chopped cherries.
5. Place a large resealable bag in a tall glass and fill bag with batter, close tightly.
6. Snip off corner, pipe batter into doughnut pan.
7. Fill only 1/2 full, making sure not to cover the inside hole with batter.
8. Bake for 8-10 minutes, cool completely.
9. Add powdered sugar and cherry juice to small bowl, gradually add milk a little at a time until desired consistency. If you want to spread your icing use less milk. If you want to dip the donuts in the icing (like I did) use more milk.
10. Frost doughnuts or hold upside down and dip.