Eggless Baked Donuts (Doughnuts) Recipe with Chocolate Glaze

• Pulse the sugar in a mixie jar once or twice to make it super fine and keep aside.
• Reserve 1/2 cup flour separately.
• Grease a bowl with oil and keep it ready.
• The butter should be cold and hard. Cut it into small cubes and keep it ready.
• In a microwave safe bowl, mix together milk and vanilla essence and microwave at high for 30 secs. This heat would be perfect. You can also do this on stove top.
• In a mixing bowl, mix together 1-1/2 cups flour, corn flour, yeast, salt and fine sugar.
• Make a well in the center and pour the warm milk.
• Spread your fingers and mix it together. It will become a big lumpy mass.
• Add the cubed butter and work it into the dough.
• The warmth of the milk and your hands are enough and it will easily merge with the dough. The dough will be sticky at this stage.
• Add the remaining 1/2 cup flour and knead well for 4-5 minutes.
• Place the dough in the greased bowl. Cover and let it rest for 1 hour or till it doubles in volume.
• After an hour, gently deflate the dough by pressing the dough and letting the air out.
• Dust your work area with flour and place dough on it. I used a shallow plate for this.
• Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into 1/2 inch thick slab.
• Using a donut cutter, cut out the shapes.
• Gather the edges, once again, roll them and continue till all the dough is used up. I got only 3 dough holes at the end.
• Transfer the cut donuts to a greased baking tray and arrange them side by side leaving enough space in between.
• Cover with a thick cloth and let it rest for another 20 minutes. I just placed a big dinner plate upside down over the baking tray.
• Preheat the oven at 200 C (400 F).
• Bake for 10 minutes or till golden brown. Eggless baked donuts are ready.
• Take the tray out and brush with melted butter all over the donuts. I just rubbed a hard cube of cold butter all over the top which did a better job. Let it cool for 5 minutes.

For the chocolate glaze or sauce:

• After you place the donuts in the oven, start making the glaze. The timing will be perfect.
• In a small sauce pan, place all the ingredients for the glaze and heat it till the chocolate melts.
• Keep stirring continuously using a balloon whisk until it resembles a thick sauce. This should take just 2-3 minutes.
• Take off stove and let it rest till it becomes warm and you can see it thickening slightly.

To glaze donuts:

• Transfer the chocolate glaze to a shallow plate or bowl.
• Holding your Donuts upside down, dip the top surface of the donut in the glaze and pull it up.
• Let the extra sauce dribble and turn your hand up in one swift movement and place the Donuts on a plate for the glaze to harden.
• Top with colored sprinkles or silver balls over the glaze.