Mini donut maker

Nicholas has been asking for a mini-donut maker.  I almost bought one a month or so ago, but I didn’t thinking ‘they are just trendy. we’ll use it for a while and it will end up at Goodwill.’

MawMaw thought differently and mailed him one last week. (thanks, MawMaw)

I posted this picture on Instagram yesterday morning and tweeted …

Some of the answers made me laugh.

The brilliant little invention came with a recipe book. But of course we only had 4 of 5 of the necessary ingredients on any given recipe. So, we improvised.

And made our own.

Surprising, huh?

(grab a pencil to add to your grocery list. you are going to want to try these. i promise.)

1/2C Gluten free Bisquik
3oz box Cheesecake jello
1 egg
1T oil
2T French Vanilla CoffeeMate
3T Lignon Berries
Powdered sugar

Pre-heat the mini-donut maker and coat with non-stick spray. Sift dry ingredients into bowl. In separate bowl, mix egg, oil, and CoffeeMate. Add to dry ingredients. Add berries. Mix well.

The hardest part for me was getting the right amount of batter into the slots and not covering the donut hole.

hint:: don’t worry about covering the holes; you can use the end of a nutcracker to pop out the holes to make them picture Pinterest pretty.

For the topping, I heated 3T of lignon berries and 1T CoffeeMate in the microwave for 10second increments, stirring after each time, until I got the consistency I wanted.

This hodge-podge of ingredients made some of the best gluten free mini-donuts evva!

I see donuts being added to our monthly menu on a regular basis.

For the kids. Not Mommy.

Seems when you surpass 35, you have to limit the number of mini-donuts you consume in your life.

Because, unfortunately, these bad boys aren’t fat-free.

This morning, we had our version of pumpkin donuts. Which, sadly for me, are even more addictive.