These Baked Matcha mini donuts with chocolate glaze pack a lot of lovely matcha tea flavor in a small guilt free format.
Matcha is green tea from the Camellia sinensis, with the entire leaf transformed into a very fine powder. Unlike other teas derived from Camellia sinensis, matcha has not been fermented. This is not its only particularity, as true matcha is derived from tea leaves grown in the shade so that the leaves achieve a dark green color, which gives matcha its magnificent amino acids. A healthier recipe emerges: Matcha mini donuts.
One glass of matcha green tea is equal to 10 glasses of regular green tea as far as antioxidants and nutrients are concerned. Some studies claim that matcha has fat burning properties, may give an energy boost, and also promote relaxation and well-being within the brain.
Did you you add can matcha powder to your recipes? It will add a pleasant small leafy bitter taste to your food. Look on the internet and you will find tons of recipes with matcha: from cocktails to beverages, smoothies, pizzas, vinaigrettes, pasta, chicken, cakes, muffins and candy. I personally enjoy sweet cake and pastries with Matcha.
A few months back I purchased the most adorable individual silicone mini donut moulds. I bought them from a colleague though a fundraising campaign for her son’s hockey team. Loved working with them and cleaning is a breeze: just flip them inside out to clean properly. Plus you stack them up into a small tower for storage.
It took a while to settle on a first recipe to test drive these mini donut molds. When I came across this Matcha & vanilla mini doughnuts recipe I was sold. Keep in mind these are baked so they have basically a cake texture, it’s not like a real fried donut. The result was not too sweet donuts in a guilt free mini size. Well almost guilt free! Depend how much chocolate glaze you use.
Sweet Matcha mini donuts with chocolate
Ingredients
For the doughnuts:
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1/4 cup caster sugar
- 2 tbsp matcha powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- pinch salt
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 1 tbsp butter melted and cooled
For the chocolate glaze:
- 100 g milk or dark chocolate broken into small pieces
- sprinkles of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. Oil your donuts mould. In a bowl, sift flour, sugar, matcha powder, baking powder and salt.
- Beat in the buttermilk, egg, vanilla extract and butter on medium high speed until just combined.
- Fill donut batter into a piping bag and pipe the dough into the moulds 3/4 of the way.
- Bake for 5-8 minutes, until the top of the doughnuts spring back when touched with your finger. Let cool in pan for 2-3 minutes before removing for moulds. Cool on a wire rack.
- Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or in the microwave and dip the donuts into the melted chocolate. Top with sprinkles.
I had extra chocolate at the end so I spread it out on a sheet of parchment paper. Sprinkle with nuts and candy confetti for a fun treat. Once refrigerated just break off a piece.
Wow you have delicious recipes.
Olga.
I saw these on the pinterest board and had to check them out! WOW! Wish I had a couple of these for breakfast in the morning. Let’s see, matcha donuts with a matcha latte. YES!
Yummy!
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Totally is 😀
Wow! These look gorgeous! I’ve recently tried out this matcha-chocolate combination and i think it’s awesome together.
I like how you’ve described these cuties as guilt free I will depend on that and eat 10 of them at once hahahaha. Loved your recipe sp much I’ve heard alot about the match and actually I have a pack in my pantry that I still did not use and would like some recipes to start with.
I respect that nothing went to waste here—extra chocolate, no problem! =) These donuts look divine and I love the matcha flavor.
Did someone say donuts? Oh I am so excited about this post lol. I definitely love this recipe.
You know I don’t think I’ve tried matcha with dark or milk chocolate but it sounds amazing! 😀
These donuts look heavenly…so beautifully green from the matcha….this time we will be searching matcha online…as all our trials to get a pack of it nearby has failed…the first thing we will be making is this beautifully glazed donuts,thanks so much 🙂
These little donut mold are sure cute…and the matcha in the donuts sounds really good…I love that you add the chocolate glaze on it…what a treat!
Have a great week Evelyne 🙂
I love how those molds make such perfect donuts! And cakey donuts with chocolate glaze are the kind my family loves best 🙂
What a fun idea and of course covered in chocolate is the best way to have your green tea 🙂
G’day I LOVE Matcha anything Evelyne and add chocolate, well this truly is a matcha made in heaven lol! I could go for one, okay, two of these right now!
Cheers! Joanne
Looks really good, but what is match exactly?
Thanks
Absolutely Michal 🙂
They look so beatuiful, and the mould is pretty cute too. Great idea with the extra chocolate, Evelyne.
Simply damn delicious!!!
lovin the bitter sweet matcha on these donuts
I love those molds. The donuts look delicious, Evelyne! Have a great week!
You are the only other person I know that spends more time in the kitchen than anywhere else in the house. All these matcha recipes have piqued my interest.
Mini donuts looks perfect and ready to grab…Like your baked version!
I have never tried matcha but with all the info you gave us I will start looking for it. Plus your donuts look absolutely delectable!