Whiskey Bacon Baked Donuts

Each year this 0% Irish girl begrudgingly celebrates St. Patrick’s Day via her husband’s long-standing party tradition dating back to his bachelor days.

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup buttermilk or kefir
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vanilla Greek style yogurt
• 1 egg
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
• 1 cup vanilla Greek style yogurt
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon whiskey
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
2. In a large bowl, beat together buttermilk, brown sugar, 1/2 cup yogurt and egg.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together flours, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt. 
4. Add dry ingredients to wet better and beat until just incorporated (dough will be sticky.) Fold in half of the bacon crumbles.
5. Grease a 6-count donut pan with cooking spray. Fill each cavity with dough.
6. Bake for 15-18 minutes until donuts start to turn golden brown. Remove form pan and cool on a rack. 
7. Repeat with remaining dough.
8. While donuts are baking, make the frosting by beating 1 cup yogurt, powdered sugar, whiskey and vanilla together.
9. Line a colander with two coffee filters. Spoon in frosting. Put colander in a large bowl and refrigerate for 1 hour. 
10. To frost the donuts, dip each donut into the frosting until half of it is covered. Place on a rack. Repeat with remaining donuts.
11. Sprinkle remaining bacon on top of donuts and serve. (Best if served the day they are made.)

Source:healthyaperture.com

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