Chocolate Doughnuts for Valentine's day 2026

 

Preppy Kitchen recipe.

Donuts took 12 minutes to bake. Raw inside at 8 minutes but cooked outside. Turned oven down to 340 and checked again at 10 minutes then at 12.  At 12 minutes a toothpick came out clean.

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