Baked Oreo Donuts

🧂 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup dark chocolate cocoa
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

  (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. sea salt
• 2 large eggs

  beaten
• 3/4 cup half-and-half
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 tsp. chocolate extract
• 3 tbsp. melted butter
• 12 Oreo cookies

  crushed
• 4 oz. cream cheese

  softened
• 2 tbsp. salted butter

  softened
• 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup powdered sugar

  (I would increase to 1 1/2 cups, or more if desired)
• 2 tbsp. half-and-half
• 6 Oreo cookies

  crushed

Instructions

• 1 Combine cocoa, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large
  mixing bowl with a wooden spoon.
• 2 In a separate bowl, whisk eggs, half-and-half, sour cream, chocolate extract and
  melted butter.
• 3 Place Oreos in a zip lock bag WITHOUT the "stand and fill" bottom and crush with
  a rolling pin; set aside.
• 4 Combine dry mixture with wet mixture and crushed Oreos, just until mixed.
• 5 Do not over-mix the batter.
• 6 This is a very thick batter.
• 7 Spoon mixture into another Ziplock bag (WITHOUT the "stand and fill" bottom")
  and cut off the corner.
• 8 Pipe the donut mixture into greased donut pans.
• 9 Bake at 350 degrees for about 8-10 minutes.
• 10 Check with a toothpick for doneness.
• 11 Do not over-bake or donuts will become tough.
• 12 Remove from oven.
• 13 Cool in donut pan about 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to ice donuts.
• 14 Combine cream cheese, butter, vanilla, powdered sugar and half-and-half in a
  mixing bowl.
• 15 See my note above about increasing the powdered sugar.
• 16 Mix with an electric mixer until smooth.
• 17 Spread frosting over top of donuts.
• 18 Sprinkle crushed Oreo cookies over top of donuts.

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