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Neapolitan Donuts

Heather Wolf
For three killer flavors in one delicious dessert, bake a batch of Neapolitan Donuts. Bite a section at a time or mix and match between vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. You can't go wrong when every mouthful is a winning combination.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Total Time 39 minutes
Course Donuts
Cuisine American
Servings 6

Equipment

  • 6 cavity donut pan

Ingredients
  

Vanilla Batter (base)

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg at room temperature
  • 1/3 cup milk at room temperature
  • 1/4 cup Greek yogurt at room temperature
  • 2 Tbsp unsalted butter melted
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract pure

Strawberry Batter

  • 1 Tbsp strawberry jam
  • 1 drop pink gel food coloring

Chocolate Batter

  • 1 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions
 

Vanilla Batter (base)

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease donut pan and set aside.
  • Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar together in a large bowl.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk egg, milk, yogurt, melted butter and vanilla until combined.
  • Carefully add wet ingredients to dry, stirring with a wooden spoon until just combined. Take care to avoid overmixing. Note: Batter will be thick.
  • Divide batter into 3 equal sections: 1/2 cup for vanilla (which is already complete), 1/2 cup for chocolate and 1/2 cup for strawberry. Place batter reserved for chocolate and batter reserved for strawberry in their own separate mixing bowls.
  • Add vanilla dough to a piping bag and pipe 1/3 of the way around each cavity of your prepared donut pan. Set aside.

Strawberry Batter

  • Add strawberry jam and pink food coloring to the bowl of batter set aside for strawberry. Stir gently until evenly distributed.
  • Place strawberry dough into a piping bag. Starting where you left off with the vanilla dough, pipe an additional 1/3 way around the cavity of your prepared donut pan. Leave the final 1/3 of the cavity empty for chocolate dough. Set aside.

Chocolate Batter

  • Add cocoa powder to the bowl of batter reserved for chocolate. Stir gently until evenly distributed.
  • Place chocolate dough into a piping bag. Pipe batter into the remaining third of the donut cavity, filling the space between the vanilla and strawberry dough.

Bake and Cool

  • Bake for 9 minutes. Donuts are done when tops spring back when pressed by a fingertip. Avoid overbaking.
  • Cool donuts in pan for 3 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
Keyword donuts, neapolitan