Large Family Red Velvet Donuts | Desserts for Large Families
Prepare a sweet breakfast treat with this Large Family Red Velvet Donuts recipe. Make fresh and flavorful donuts that you can offer to loved ones for breakfast and as a sweet snack to have throughout the day.
Ingredients
- 3 cup all-purpose flour
- 6 tsp. cocoa powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 7 - 1/2 TBSP. unsalted butter melted & set to room temperature
- 3 large egg
- 6 tsp. vanilla
- 3 TBSP. sour cream room temperature
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 TBSP. red food coloring
- 1 1/2 tsp. white vinegar
- Cream Cheese Glaze:
- 3 TBSP. butter softened
- 12 oz cream cheese Room temperature
- 3 to 3 ½ cups powdered sugar sifted
- 3 to 6 tablespoon cream or milk until mixture is smooth
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F degrees and prepare doughnut pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl combine the flour, cocoa, salt, sugar, and baking soda
- In a separate medium bowl whisk together the melted butter, vanilla, egg, buttermilk and sour cream. Be sure this mixture is free of all clumps, then whisk in the red food coloring and vinegar.
- Combine the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk until fully incorporated.
- Pipe the batter into the donut pan using a piping tool if you'd like.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the doughnuts feel slightly firm.
- Allow to cool for about 5 minutes, then remove from the pan to continue to cool.
- Cream Cheese Glaze
- In a medium sized mixing bowl whisk together the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add in 1 cup powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon of milk and whisk until smooth.. The consistency should be smooth a thickened
- Using a flat edge knife frost each donut.
- Optional: crumble 1 doughnut and sprinkle the crumbs on top of the donuts or decorate as desired.