Baked Coffee Glazed Donuts with Coffee Candied Pecans

March 20, 2015 by Kristi 37 Comments

This Baked Coffee Glazed Donuts with Coffee Candied Pecans post has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #McCafeMyWay #CollectiveBias

These Baked Coffee Glazed Donuts with Coffee Candied Pecans are the perfect balance of sweet, with a light Coffee Glaze and sprinkled with sugar-y Coffee Candied Pecans!

You guys, today I’m sharing two things that are really special to me. Care to reminisce with me?

Not only do I have an amazing recipe that you’ll love, but more importantly, a fond memory to share that takes me back years to a really special time in my life. It molded me into who I am today. 🙂

To say that my love of coffee goes back a long, long time, is a small understatement.

You see, I was raised on a 2,000 acre working cattle ranch, where we raised Angus beef cattle and beautiful Appaloosa horses. Being raised on a ranch meant really early mornings and a great work ethic were the norm, as the animals and responsibilities were the priority always. As it should be!

But, those early morning chores weren’t powered on their own 🙂 they were powered by coffee! I mean, nothing much has changed here. I still love coffee as much as I did back then. I don’t know why, but it may shock you to know that I do not have my own coffee machine. A lot of my friends do, but I don’t. They always tell me that I should consider a coffee machine, which I think I will have to do pretty soon. When it comes to choosing an applicance like this for the home, I can take forever in making a decision. Although that may not be the worst thing, for someone who loves coffee as much as I do, you would think I would pick anyone and go with it. A friend of mine did recommend that I looked into a site like neptunecoffee.com, to help make the choice a lot easier. Hopefully this way, I will have a coffee machine in no time!

Yet, my mom always balanced that responsibility with fun times. So, in the early hours of summer weekends, mom and I would hook up the horse trailer, load our freshly washed horses and travel to the various towns to show our horses on the horse show circuit.

You can only guess – we packed up the thermos with freshly brewed coffee and hit the road!

Even as a kid, what I remember most about that time was not how early it was (hello 4:30 a.m.), but how amazing the cab of that truck smelled with that freshly brewed coffee and homemade baked donuts! Pure heaven. I felt like such a grown-up!

I can still remember unscrewing the top of that thermos and pouring us both a healthy cup of hot coffee as we rambled down our bumpy country road to hit the highway to horse show heaven.

Then, the next morning, mom would brew coffee possibly using some fantastic coffee similar to what Iron and Fire sell on the stove in our truck-mounted camper and hand me a hot cup of java as she roused me out of bed. I’m telling you – good times. Completely irreplaceable in memory land. I will never forget it!

Now, that I really am a grown-up 🙂 and many married years later, I chose Kraft McCafé coffee because I knew it would bring back those fond childhood memories and great taste. And it certainly delivered.

I adore how the French Roast blend has that same rich, full-bodied flavor that I remember and count on to be the perfect thing to pick up me up every day. I love that fresh brew in the morning!

Now, to be fair, those sugar and cinnamon donuts were not secondary to a kid like me, but it was the smell of that coffee that got me up and moving. And, the sugar from the donuts just provided the necessary sugar-high to put on that “I want to win it all” show ring smile! 🙂

But, I couldn’t stop there with a recipe for just plain old donuts, right? You know I had to amp them up a bit by adding some of that much loved coffee to the glaze and nuts. Brilliant, yes?

So, the donuts I’m sharing today are a simple baked donut that alone (plain) are so good and packed with a prominent flavor of nutmeg and cinnamon. By themselves, they are sweet enough that you don’t need a glaze or candied pecans – but trust me – you will want them because they take these naturally delicious cake donuts over the top in flavor!

Who doesn’t like sugar and cinnamon with a prominent coffee kick glaze in the morning? 🙂

I know I do!

What you’ll love about this coffee is, that it is made with 100% Arabica Beans and comes in both premium bags of ground coffee, as well as coffee pods. And even better, Kraft McCafé Coffee is readily available at your local Walmart in the coffee aisle. Easy, right?

We bought the Breakfast Blend, Premium Roast and French Roast blends – and have loved them all! I think you will too. Try it…you’ll like it!

Tell me readers – what is your favorite coffee memory?

Enjoy!

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