Chocolate Donut Holes with Pomegranate Cream Filling
By: Karen Kelly
Published: Saturday, February 4, 2017 - 1:33am

Ingredients




1½ cups Bob's Red Mill 1 To 1 Flour
¼ cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
⅔ cup sugar
4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
2 eggs
½ cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar for rolling in.
For Filling:
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
¼ cup shortening
⅛ tsp salt
3 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp pomegranate jelly
drop or two of Icing Food Coloring (I used Wilton)

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350º F. Spray donut hole pan with cooking spray. 2 Whisk the flour, cocoa powder, soda, baking powder, salt and sugar in a large bowl. 3 In another small bowl whisk the remaining ingredients. 4 Add wet ingredients to dry and mix gently. 5 Fill each donut hole ¾ full. 6 Bake for about 8-10 minutes. 7 Let cool. 8 Roll in powdered sugar. 9 For Filling: 10 Using a stand mixer, beat butter, shortening and salt for a minute. 11 Add sugar one cup at a time and mix well. 12 Add jelly and vanilla, mix. 13 Add food coloring a little bit at a time until you get desired color. 14 Put filling into a piping bag and fill donut holes.

About

Need a sweet treat for your honey this Valentine's Day? You'll win big if you make these Chocolate Donut Holes with Pomegranate Cream Filling. They are a special gluten-free sweet treat that is a really show stopper.