Iced doughnuts

These doughnuts are baked, not fried, and any kid will be delighted to find one in their lunchbox!

Makes

12

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (75g) plain flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 cup (55g) caster sugar
• 1/4 cup (60ml) milk
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 25g dark chocolate melts
• 100s and 1000s or shredded coconut, to decorate

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Sift flour, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt into a large bowl and stir in sugar. In a separate bowl, whisk together milk, egg, olive oil and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients and stir until smooth.
3. Fill a 12-hole mini-doughnut pan with mixture and bake for 8 minutes or until cooked (when a skewer inserted into centre comes out clean). Allow to cool slightly, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
4. Melt the dark chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water (don't let the bowl touch the water). Alternatively, melt it in a microwave on medium (50%) heat for 1 minute, stir, then cook in 30-second bursts, stirring after each. Dip half of each doughnut into the chocolate, then coat in 100s and 1000s or coconut.
5. Topping variations: Sift 1/2 cup icing sugar into a bowl with 2-3 teaspoons lemon juice and stir to dissolve. Dip 1/2 the doughnut in icing, then in 100s and 1000s.