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Hot Honey Pumpkin Chicken Donut Sandwiches

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Makes 10

Ingredients

Hot Honey Pumpkin Butter

  • 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled slightly
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon hot saue
  • 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin spice
  • Pinch Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper

Donuts

  • 1 pack Ready-to-Bake biscuit dough, thawed if required

Crispy Chicken

  • 10-20* store-bought crispy chicken tenders (* number dependent on size of tender pieces)

To Finish

  • Pickled red onion slivers
  • Bread and butter pickle slices

Method

Crispy Chicken

  1. Cook in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions

Hot Honey Pumpkin Butter

  1. While the chicken is cooking, in the bowl of a stand mixer combine all the hot honey pumpkin butter ingredients
  2. Whisk at medium speed until combined, then increase speed to maximum until mixture appears whipped and translucent. Stop the mixer and set hot honey pumpkin butter mixture aside until needed

*You can also use a handheld electric whisk but it will take longer for the mixture to become “whipped”

Donuts

  1. Poke hole in centre of each biscuit with finger and stretch dough to create a 1-inch hole
  2. Drop dough, in batches, in fryer oil preheated to 350°F; cook between 1-2 minutes per side until golden and cooked through
  3. Remove from oil, drain on a rack before moving on to assemble the donut sandwiches

To assemble

  1. Assemble your dounts on serving plate(s)
  2. Place the hot chicken crispy chicken pieces in a large bowl. Add some of the hot honey pumpkin butter, amount to your liking, then stir and toss to coat the chicken pieces
  3. Arrange 1-2 pieces of coated crispy chicken on top of the donuts and finish with pickled red onion and pickle slices
  4. Serve and enjoy!

Smoked Pumpkin Spice Latte Donuts

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Makes 18-20

Ingredients

Donuts

  • 1 3/4 cups All-Purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
  • ½ cup canola oil
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 cup fresh or canned pumpkin puree
  • 1/3 cup milk, room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Milk Glaze

  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 5 Tablespoons milk
  • ½ teaspoon extract

Coffee Glaze

  • 2 teaspoons espresso powder
  • 2 teaspoons water
  • Brown food coloring, optional

Optional

Pumpkin Spice mix, to decorate

Method

Donuts

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray/brush donut pan with non-stick spray. Set aside
  2. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice together in a large bowl until combined. Set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk the oil, brown sugar, eggs, pumpkin puree, milk, liquid smoke, and vanilla extract together until combined. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, then fold everything together gently just until combined and no white streaks of flour remain
  4. Using a piping bag, pipe the batter into the donut pans, filling about halfway
  5. Bake for 10-11 minutes or until the edges and tops are lightly browned. Cool donuts in the pan for 2 minutes then transfer to a wire rack. Re-grease the pan and bake the remaining donut batter
  6. Leave to cool fully before glazing

Glazes

  1. In a small saucepan, combine the milk glaze ingredients
  2. Cook over low-medium heat, whisking occasionally, until the glaze is warm, the sugar has melted and, after a brief pause, starts to form a crust on top. Remove from heat
  3. Dip one side of each doughnut into the glaze, gently shaking it to allow any excess glaze to drip off. Be sure to stir the glaze between each doughnut to prevent a crust forming in the pan. If the glaze in the pan sets too quickly, simply heat over a gentle heat, stirring till it is smooth again
  4. Set donuts on a cooling rack for the glaze to set
  5. Once all the doughnuts are glazed, add the coffee glaze ingredients to the remaining glaze. Stir the glaze until all the espresso powder has dissolved. Add a drop of brown food coloring, if using and stir to a uniform color
  6. Pour the espresso glaze into a piping bag, and drizzle over the doughnuts (preferably with a piece of parchment paper under them)
  7. Sprinkle a pinch of pumpkin spice mix, if using, over each donut to finish and set aside to fully set