Fruitcake Donuts

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 2/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. sea salt
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt

  or Icelandic yogurt
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup salted butter

  melted, (1 stick)
• 2 tsp. almond extract
• 8 oz. container Paradise fruitcake mix
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tsp. almond extract
• 2 oz. container Rainbow Sprinkles

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 425°.     
• 2 Spray a 20-cavity donut pan with cooking spray.
• 3 Set aside.
• 4 In a large mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and
  granulated sugar.
• 5 Set aside.
• 6 In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk the half-and-half, Greek or Icelandic
  yogurt and eggs until smooth.
• 7 Whisk in melted butter and 2 teaspoons almond extract.
• 8 Stir in fruitcake mix.
• 9 Pour the butter/fruitcake mixture into the flour mixture and stir until all the
  flour is worked into the mixture.
• 10 But do not overmix.
• 11 Batter will be very thick.
• 12 Spoon batter into a large Glad-lock bag (without the “stand and fill” bottom). 
• 13 Trim a corner off the bottom of the bag and pipe batter into each donut cavity.
• 14 Fill each cup 3∕4 full.
• 15 Bake for 10 minutes at 425° or until the edges are lightly browned and a
  toothpick in center comes out clean.
• 16 Remove from oven and cool donut pan approximately 2 minutes on a cooling rack.
• 17 Remove donuts from the pan and dip in almond glaze.
• 18 Set on cooling rack.
• 19 Rest donuts 2 to 3 minutes before reglazing the donuts a second time.
• 20 Set on wire cooling rack again.
• 21 Finally, rest donuts another 2-3 minutes before glazing the donuts a third time.
• 22 Immediately sprinkle donuts with colored sprinkles before glazing the next
  donut.
• 23 Set out on wire racks until icing sets, approximately 10 minutes. 
• 24 In a medium sized mixing bowl, whisk half-and-half, powdered sugar and almond
  extract until smooth.
• 25 Dip the top of each donut into the bowl of glaze.
• 26 Swirl the donut to get good coverage.
• 27 Set donuts on wire cooling rack for two to three minutes.
• 28 Reglaze the donuts two to three minutes later.
• 29 Rest donuts an additional two to three minutes before glazing the donuts for the
  third time.
• 30 Sprinkle immediately with colored sprinkles after glazing each donut the third
  time.
• 31 Let glaze set for 5-10 minutes before serving.

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