Blueberry Bourbon Smash Doughnuts

Baked Lemon Doughnuts with a Blueberry Bourbon Glaze
Recipe from The Corner Kitchen 

While I was on vacation in Tahoe, every morning we would get up and walk down to the West Shore Market for a cup of coffee and perhaps a little breakfast treat.  One day they had these incredible chocolate blackberry doughnuts.  They were so good, and felt slightly less sinful since they were baked instead of fried.  Since my first bite, I have been wanting to make some doughnuts, and when my friend, Christine's birthday came  up, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to try something new,  And to maybe do something other than cupcakes for a birthday.

While we were celebrating her birthday over the weekend, she sipped on a bourbon lemonade drink at dinner.  It was delicious!  I wanted to kind of re-create that since I know lemon cake is her favorite and bourbon is just delicious.  I looked up a few different bourbon and lemon cocktails and found the Blueberry Bourbon Smash.  I liked the added flavor of the blueberries and decided it would be the perfect inspiration for the doughnuts.  I ended up making the light and fluffy lemon doughnuts and incorporating the blueberry and the bourbon into the glaze.  

These were so much fun to make!  And pretty easy too.  My friend loved them for her birthday!  I can't wait to try out more doughnut combinations in the future... Watch out October because Bourbon Pumpkin doughnuts are definitely happening!  :)

[ INGREDIENTS ]
Makes 12 doughnuts

Lemon Doughnuts
1 ¼  all-purpose flour
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup canola oil
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon lemon zest

Blueberry Bourbon Glaze
3 ounces fresh blueberries
2 tablespoons bourbon ( I used Bulleit)
2 cups powdered sugar


[ DIRECTIONS ]
Lemon Doughnuts 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Grease a standard doughnut pan.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
3. In a separate small bowl, whisk together the canola oil, buttermilk, egg vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
4. In the dry ingredients create a well in the center and add the wet ingredients.
5. Whisk until smooth.
6. Using a pastry bag, pipe the batter into the doughnut pan, filling each cavity about 3/4 full.
7. Bake for 13-15 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
8. Let cool for 5 minutes and then carefully remove the doughnuts from the pan and cool completely.

Blueberry Bourbon Glaze

1. In a blender or food processor, puree the blueberries and bourbon until smooth.
2. Pour the mixture into a medium sized bowl, and gradually add the powdered sugar until it reaches a desired consistency. 

Put it all together 

1. After the doughnuts have cooled, dip each one face down into the glaze so it just comes up around the sides of the doughnut.
2. Place on parchment paper and let the glaze harden slightly,
3. Enjoy! :)