Coconut Doughnuts

Name: Coconut Doughnuts
Yield: Makes about 10–12, 3 ″ doughnuts
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon coconut extract (optional); ⅔ cup coconut flakes; 3 cups confectioners’ sugar; 2 teaspoons light corn syrup (optional); 1 recipe Vanilla Old-Fashioned Doughnuts; Canola oil, for frying; 1 cup coconut milk

Preparation info

Makes about
10–12
, 3 ″ doughnuts

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Doughnut Cookbook

By Williams Sonoma

Published 2016

About

To deepen the coconut flavor, substitute 1½ teaspoons coconut extract for 1½ teaspoons of the vanilla extract in the doughnut dough. For a shaggier finish, use shredded dried coconut in place of the coconut flakes.

Ingredients

1 recipe Vanilla Old-Fashioned Doughnuts
⅔ cup coconut flakes
1 cup

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Make the vanilla doughnut dough and knead. Roll it out to ½-inch thickness, cut out doughnuts and holes, and refrigerate.

Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350°F. Spread the coconut flakes in an even layer on a baking sheet.