Baked blueberry doughnuts
MAKES 12 READY IN 45 mins
INGREDIENTS FOR THE
DOUGHNUTS ● 30G BUTTER, MELTED ● 150ML BUTTERMILK
● 3 CAMOMILE AND LAVENDER TEABAGS ● 150G SELF-RAISING FLOUR ● 75G CASTER SUGAR
● 1 MEDIUM ORGANIC EGG
● 100G BLUEBERRIES FOR
THE GLAZE ● 30G FRESH BLUEBERRIES ● 2TBSP LEMON JUICE ● 130G FONDANT ICING SUGAR ● 1TSP EDIBLE SHIMMER
YOU WILL NEED ● 2 X
6-HOLE DOUGHNUT TRAYS, GREASED ● PIPING BAGS
1 Heat the oven to 200C/ Gas 6. In a pan, melt the butter, then add the milk and 2 teabags and heat until steaming. Infuse for 5 mins.
2 Meanwhile, sift the flour and sugar into a bowl. Remove the teabags from the milk mix and beat in the egg. Pour into the flour mix and whisk until smooth.
Stir in 100g blueberries.
3 Pipe the batter into the moulds, leaving a 5mm gap at the top of each. Bake for 20 mins. Leave to cool.
4 For the glaze, heat the blueberries, juice and icing sugar with 1tsp water. Blitz, strain and stir in the edible shimmer. Allow to cool.
5 Dip the doughnuts into the glaze and sprinkle with flowers from the last teabag.