Lotus Biscoff Donuts - Vegan!
If you haven't heard of the wonderful thing that is Lotus Biscoff Spread yet, where have you been?! It's a gloriously tasty (and accidentally vegan) spread made from the delicious caramel Lotus Biscoff Biscuits. You can enjoy the spread on toast, pancakes ,fruit... or you can make donuts with them!
I was first introduced to this spread a few years ago and it is safe to say it is better for me to avoid buying it if I want to stay healthy - I would eat it straight out the jar if I got the chance! As you may have seen in my blog recently, I've been enjoying making donuts with my new silicone donut pans.
I had seen people making these donuts all over Instagram and knew I needed to give it a go, so off to Tesco I went in search of some totally sugary and totally delicious ingredients. This recipe was adapted from my Cinnamon Donuts with a Chocolate Glaze recipe, with the addition of the biscuit spread into the batter. I also just experimented with icing sugar, dairy-free milk and the biscuit spread until I created a consistency which was suitable for icing the donuts.
For this particular recipe I used the smooth variety of Lotus Biscoff Spread, however a crunchy version is also available and I imagine the results would be similar - you end up with wonderfully tasty donuts with a melt in your mouth icing - talk about a treat!
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Total time: 1 Hour 15 Minutes
Yield: 10 DonutsIngredients
- 90g Dairy-free Butter
- 100g Caster Sugar
- 170g Plain Flour
- 1 Tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
- 150ml Dairy Free Milk
- 2.5 Tbsp Lotus Biscoff Spread (I used the smooth version)
- 135g Icing Sugar
- 40ml Dairy Free Milk
- 1 Tbsp Lotus Biscoff Spread (melted)
- Lotus Biscoff Biscuits (To decorate)
- Preheat your oven to 180˚celsius.
- Beat together the butter and caster sugar until light and fluffy.
- Fold in the flour and bicarbonate of soda (the mixture will resemble breadcrumbs).
- Stir in the milk, until a smooth batter is formed.
- Spoon in the Lotus Biscoff Spread and stir until fully combined in the batter.
- Transfer your mixture to a piping bag - top tip, put your piping bag into a pint glass, then fill it up, this makes it easier to pour the mixture in! (See picture above)
- Pipe the mixture into the donut pans, filling each donut hole about half full.
- Bake for 15-17 minutes, until the donuts have risen and are firm.
- Leave to cool in the pan for a few minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack, turning the donuts over so the bottom side doesn't get soggy as they cool.
- To make the icing, beat together the butter and icing sugar, then stir in the Lotus Biscoff Spread.
- Spread the icing on top of the donuts, then decorate with the Lotus Biscoff biscuits - I crumbled the biscuits and sprinkled them on top and also put whole biscuits on top, it's whatever you fancy!
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