Ingredients

  • Doughnuts
  • 1.25 cups all purpose flour
  • 0.5 teaspoons baking powder
  • 0.25 teaspoons salt
  • 0.25 cups milk
  • 0.25 cups plain greek yogurt
  • 1 egg
  • 4 teaspoons butter, melted
  • 0.25 cups brown sugar
  • 0.25 cups maple syrup
  • 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 0.25 teaspoons allspice
  • 0.25 teaspoons ginger
  • 0.25 cups additional maple syrup for glaze
  • 'Bacon' Coating
  • 0.33 cups grated Parmesan
  • 0.25 cups walnuts
  • 0.25 cups almonds
  • 1.5 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 0.5 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 0.5 teaspoons sea salt

Method

  • To make doughnuts: Preheat oven to 325. Coat a doughnut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
  • In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and ginger.
  • In a small bowl whisk together milk, yogurt, egg, butter, sugar, syrup and vanilla. Slowly add to dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
  • Spoon mixture into a large plastic bag and cut one corner of the bag with scissors. Squeeze the dough into the doughnut pan, using the bag like a pastry piping bag.
  • Bake doughnuts for approximately 12 minutes or until the doughnut springs back when touched.
  • Cool on a wire rack. Wait until completely cool before glazing and topping.
  • To make bacon coating: Preheat oven to 350. Spread cheese in a thin disc on a baking sheet. Cook for about 10 minutes or until browned. Set aside to cool.
  • Combine nuts with 1/2 T. of brown sugar and maple syrup. Spread on baking sheet and bake in 350 oven for about 8 minutes. Keep an eye out on these because they can burn really quickly.
  • Add Parmesan, nuts, the rest of the brown sugar and sea salt to a small food processor. Pulse until you have a fine crumb mixture.
  • To Assemble: Fill the bottom of one pie dish with maple syrup. Spread the bacon topping in a separate pie dish.
  • Dip both sides and the edges of each doughnut in maple syrup.
  • Dip both sides and the edges of each doughnut in the bacon topping, making sure to coat as much of the doughnut as possible.
  • Place on a parchment paper lined plate and enjoy!