Baked Carrot Cake Doughnuts

• FOR THE DOUGHNUTS:
• 2 cups All-purpose Flour
• 2 teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoons Ground Nutmeg
• 1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
• 1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
• 1 stick Butter, Softened
• 2/3 cups Light Brown Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoons Salt
• 1 whole Egg
• 1/2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
• 2/3 cups Plain Yogurt
• 2/3 cups Crushed Pineapple, Drained, Reserve 4 Tablespoons Juice For The Frosting
• 2/3 cups Finely Shredded Carrots
• FOR THE FROSTING:
• 4 Tablespoons Butter, Softened
• 4 ounces, fluid Cream Cheese, Softened
• 4 Tablespoons Pineapple Juice
• 1 cup Powdered Sugar
• 1 cup Chopped Walnuts, For Garnish

1. For the carrot cake doughnuts:
2. Preheat oven to 375 F. Lightly grease an 18-count doughnut pan; set aside.
3. In a medium sized mixing bowl sift together the flour, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, and baking soda; set aside.
4. In the bowl of your stand mixer cream together the butter, light brown sugar, and salt. Add egg, vanilla, and yogurt; beat until smooth. Stir in pineapple and carrots. Slowly mix the dry ingredients into the wet, until fully combined.
5. Spoon the mixture into a piping bag or a Ziploc bag with the corner cut off. Pipe batter into prepared pan, filling only 1/2 way up the side of the doughnut cavities. Bake for 10 minutes then remove pan from the oven. Cool doughnuts in the pan for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack.
6. For the cream cheese frosting:
7. In the clean bowl of your stand mixer cream together the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Pour in the pineapple juice and powdered sugar; continue to beat until completely blended and smooth.
8. Frost the doughnuts and top with chopped, toasted walnuts.
9. For the chopped walnuts:
10. Add the chopped walnuts to a frying pan. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until toasted and fragrant, about 3 to 5 minutes.
11. Adapted from Life's Simple Measures.

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/baked-carrot-cake-doughnuts/ (may not work)