Nutella Baked Donuts

Well, as long as these are baked, you can have them for breakfast. Lovely. I don`t know about you, but my mom never served me donuts for breakfast. Or anything of that sort. My "treat" for breakfast were the sunny-side-up eggs and cheese. On other occasions, it was the plain toast with some butter. But almost never something sweet.

Doesn`t matter, I`m catching up now. I make myself whatever I desire. If I want Cinnamon Rolls with Snickers bars inside `em, that is what I do. And my family are happy because I usually make hearty portions. 

Ok, why was I talking to you about childhood? Anyways, let`s get back to the recipe. NUTELLA! This is good stuff, buddy. No, "good" is not an appropriate word to describe this chocolate hazelnut spread that makes life 1000 times better. It`s the food of the Gods. The only thing worth everything. Even dumping someone. Ok, not like that. But to me, a girl who has never had a boyfriend or fell in love or soapy stuff, Nutella is my life. My every trusting, understanding, always-there friend. 

I secretly keep a jar in my wardrobe in case there`s an emergency. Like kid-parent fight. I lock up my room and grab the jar. I don`t even need a spoon! I`m terrible, I know.

Apparently, this morning wasn`t a good one. I had the worst sleep I can remember and woke up with a pain in the neck. Morose as I was, I took the jar of Nutella out. But I wanted baked donuts as well. So what did I do? Exactly! I combined two of the best comfort foods in the mega-super-duper breakfast/dessert alternative: Nutella Baked Donuts.

Don`t judge, leaf-eaters.

You know, when 2014 started, everybody made resolutions, had aims or goals like eating healthy and working out. These types of resolutions were what I had seen all over the internet. People were posting pictures with healthy food like salads, smoothies and there were tons of pictures of gyms and descriptions or hashtags like "#workout" "healthy" "new year, new beginning". At some point, I kind of felt annoyed. Was I the only one who ate more sweets than in the previous years? However, this trend disappeared as quickly as I would bake a batch of these donuts. 

Am I boring? I think so. Ok, I`ll shut up now.

OH MY DEAR SPRINKLES! Mother of sugar! I`m so sorry we have none left. I`d bake a batch right now, but I just had a shower and my Milk N` Cinnamon drink is making me lazy. And tiiiiired. *yawn*

I`ve been through a lot recently. I mean my mood. I went from calm to anger and then tears in a matter of minutes. Then I laughed. Then I got bored. Finally, I decided to gather a collection of the moods I`ve experienced. My messy hair says a lot.

I am not the owner of the prettiest face (or anything physical) in the world, but I love to make faces and I often laugh when I`m tired. See those dark circles around the eyes? Yep, I got used to them and this is how I know that I worked.

Back to our donuts...what can I say more? Really nothing.

Oh yeah, I remember! The topping! I can`t believe I almost forgot to mention this. You know, leaving your donuts plain, iced or glazed or filled with nothing is in my opinion a huge sin and an insult for the food. An unpardonable, horrendous sin! 

I rolled almost all of the donuts in sweetened cocoa powder, but as I felt like some more Nutella is always welcome, I schmear it on the donut and top with sprinkles, shredded coconut, chopped peanuts or caramels. You name it. Just put something on it if you feel extra sassy.

Here is what I`ve done to a few:

Need I say they disappeared in no time? Like 2 minutes or so. And I`m not kidding.

Also, these beauties are so incredibly moist, with a tender crumb. They melt in your mouth. I mean it! Let me tell you why they came out spongy, flavorful, with a tantalizing aroma and all the fancy stuff: cream cheese. Yes, hear me out! Cream cheese. The main ingredient of the Cheesecake. Boy, was that good!

I took an extra picture of the interior so you can see the texture better:

I would like to call these the most PERFECT Nutella Donuts in the world, but unfortunately there is no such thing as a best recipe. I don`t believe in it and you shouldn`t either. Even though some have the word "fool proof" in it, there will always be  that one attempt that won`t work. And there`s a good chance that it is yours.

I just suggest you give them a try and indulge on the entire batch because they are baked, not fried. And the batter is beautiful, it looks like mousse. I don`t have a picture of that.

Ingredients:

25 gr. room temperature cream cheese

2 Tablespoons of milk

1 large egg

1 Tablespoon vegetable oil (NOT olive!)

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

80 gr Nutella

70 gr. white plain all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

Directions:

1. Preheat your oven to 180 d C/375 d C. Grease a donut pan with butter and lightly sprinkle some flour. Set aside.

2. In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese and milk until it resembles a thcik cream (2 minutes).  Add the egg, oil, vanilla and Nutella. Mix it together to incorporate all the ingredients. Scrape the sides of the bowl if necessary. Lastly, beat in the flour and baking soda.

3. Divide the batter evenly between the donut moulds and bake in the preheated oven for somewhere around 18 to 20 minutes.

Take them out and enjoy them warm, as they are, or go crazy and top it with whatever you like. You`re welcome.