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Baked Earl Grey Tea Infused Donuts

A classic baked sweet treat with an elevated twist, these earl grey tea infused donuts will have you coming back for more. The glaze is made with Earl Grey tea infused milk and an extra sprinkle of earl grey in the dough that will put you right in tea lovers heaven.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings 24 donuts

Equipment

  • Donut Pan https://a.co/d/6Kx3iOC
  • Earl Grey Cream Tea from Hopsewee https://hopsewee-plantation.square.site/product/loose-tea-or-tea-bags/9?cs=true&cst=custom

Ingredients
  

Donut Batter

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp Earl Grey Tea Leaves
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup Earl Grey Infused Milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp neutral oil (avocado oil)
  • 2 tbsp melted butter
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup white sugar

Infused Milk

  • 1 quart whole milk
  • 4 tsp Earl Grey Tea leaves

Infused Milk Glaze

  • 1 cups confectioners sugar
  • 8 tbsp infused milk

Instructions
 

Infused Milk

  • The night before you want to make your donuts add the tea leaves to your milk jug and let it sit in the fridge overnight. If you don't have a quart of milk use 1 tsp of tea leaves to every one cup of milk.

Donut Batter

  • Preheat your oven to 375°. Take a very soft bit of butter and grease up the donut pan. (you can also use oil)
  • Crush your tea leaves into a fine texture or powder. A muddler would work great. (I used the back of my whisk in a bowl.) Combine all of your dry ingredients. Flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and tea leaves.
  • In a separate bowl combine both sugars and butter until well combined. Add in the eggs, sour cream, vanilla, infused milk and oil.
  • Put the wet ingredients into the bowl with dry ingredients and fold in. The batter will be thick and a bit sticky, thats okay.
  • Add the batter into a ziplock bag squeezing it down to the tip of the bag. Put the tip of the bag to the inside of the donut indent of the pan. Cut off the tip to be slightly smaller than the pan allows for. Hold the top of the ziplock bag up and squeeze down on the batter with the other hand. Move the batter into the shape of the donut as you squeeze. Filling the donut ring about half way to the top. Add more for a full top donut.
  • Put donuts into the oven and bake for about 10 minutes or until they feel spongey. You can also use a toothpick in the middle of the dough. If it pulls out clean they are done.
  • While the donuts are baking mix together confectioners sugar and milk. You can change the ratio of milk to sugar depending on what type of icing texture you want. More milk = runny sticky glaze. Less milk = thicker glaze.
  • Wait for donuts to cool a few minutes then dip them into your glaze. Transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy for tea time!