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Matcha Green Tea Donuts with Shredded Coconut

By: Lyndsay // Coco Cake Land
Makes: 2 dozen regular donuts

ingredients

For the donuts

  • ¼ cup unsalted butter
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • cup coconut sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 to 1¼ teaspoons ground nutmeg, to taste
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon matcha green tea powder
  • 3 tablespoons boiling water
  • 2⅔ cups flour
  • 1 cup milk

For the glaze

  • cups icing sugar
  • 1 tablespoon matcha powder
  • 3 tablespoons boiling water - whisk
  • 1 teaspoon whole milk
  • ¼ cup shredded white coconut

instructions

Make it!

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Oil your donut baking pans.
  • Boil water in a kettle. When water has boiled, in a liquid measuring cup, whisk 1 tablespoon of matcha green tea powder with 3 tablespoons of boiling water until a creamy paste forms. Set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, cream together the butter, oil and sugars until smooth and creamy.
  • Add the eggs, mixing to combine.
  • Stir in the baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, salt and vanilla extract.
  • Add the milk to the green tea paste in liquid measuring cup; whisk to combine.
  • Add the flour into the butter, oil and sugar mixture, alternating with the green tea milk until combined. Do not overmix.
  • Fill your donut pans ¾ full with the donut batter. I used a piping bag for easy donut pan filling!
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes, or until lightly browned and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Do not overbake!
  • Remove donuts from pans and let cool on wire racks.
  • Meanwhile, make the glaze: combine 1 tablespoon matcha green tea powder with 3 tablespoons of boiling water, whisking to combine. Add icing sugar and milk, whisking until a creamy green glaze forms. Add more icing sugar if required to thicken or add more milk a ½ teaspoon at a time to thin.
  • Once donuts are cool, dunk the donuts into the glaze. While glaze is still wet, sprinkle with shredded coconut.