Dessert for 6
Boston Cream Doughnuts
Baked doughnuts are filled with vanilla custard and topped with a warm dark chocolate cream glaze.
Typical price
$5.22for 4 servings
$1.30 per serving$5.22 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
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- 80 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 6servings as written
- $typical cost tier
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What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Milk$0.04/oz typical | 13 oz | $0.54Typical price |
| Heavy cream$0.22/oz typical | 4.75 oz | $1.03Typical price |
| Eggs$0.30 each typical | 4 | $1.20Typical price |
| Chocolate chips and baking chocolate$0.45/oz typical | 6 oz | $2.70Typical price |
| Nuts and seeds$0.70/oz typical | 0.75 oz | $0.59Typical price |
| Sour cream or plain yogurt$0.14/oz typical | 2.25 oz | $0.30Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $7.83 | |
Pantry staples you likely have
Sugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaDried herbs, spices and seasoning blendsFlourBaking powder and sodaOlive and cooking oil
Not included in the cost.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups 2% milk
- 1/4 cup half and half
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp arrowroot starch or cornstarch
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/2 scraped vanilla bean and pod
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 5 tbsp heavy cream
- 1/2 cup oat flour
- 1/2 cup sweet rice flour
- 3 tbsp almond meal
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla
Steps
- Whisk the milk, half and half, sugar, starch, egg, egg yolk, and salt in a saucepan.
- Add the scraped vanilla bean and pod, cook over medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes, and stir until thick; remove the pod.
- Cover the custard and chill it for 20 minutes while heating the oven to 350 F.
- Whisk the flour, rice flour, almond meal, sugar, baking powder, salt, eggs, milk, yogurt, oil, and vanilla, then divide the batter among six greased doughnut wells.
- Bake the doughnuts for 14 to 16 minutes, until firm, then cool them for 10 minutes.
- Melt the chocolate chips with the heavy cream, split the doughnuts, fill them with custard, and spread the glaze over the tops.
Swaps
- Sour cream or plain yogurt for Yogurtabout $0.02/oz less at typical prices
- Heavy cream for Evaporated or condensed milkabout $0.08/oz less at typical prices
- Milk for Almond, soy or oat milkabout $0.01/oz more at typical prices
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