Doughnut Machine Minis Recipes

IRENE'S DOUGHNUTS (FOR DOUGHNUT MAKER)

Steps:

• Cream eggs and sugar until well blended.
• Add vanilla and vinegar and mix well.
• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.
• Combine buttermilk and heavy cream.
• Add dry ingredients and buttermilk mixture alternately to sugar mixture.
• Put into a donut maker.
• Drop into 375ºF. lard.
• Fry until brown on one side, flip and fry until the other side is browned.
• Remove to paper towels.

BAKED MINI DOUGHNUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease miniature muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl. Stir milk and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Beat butter and 1/3 cup white sugar together in a third bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; beat in egg.
• Stir flour mixture, alternating with milk mixture, into butter mixture until batter is smooth. Spoon batter into a piping bag and pipe into muffin cups, about 2/3-full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Mix 1/3 cup white sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl; add warm doughnuts and gently toss with hands until coated.

DOUGHNUT MACHINE MINIS

Steps:

• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Separately whisk wet ingredients.
• Combine and whisk.
• Heat doughnut machine.
• Brush each dip with hint of oil.
• Put one dessertspoonful of batter into each dip.
• close lid.
• Cook for 3 minutes.
• Remove to cool on a rack and repeat with remaining mixture.
• Decorate doughnuts.
• you could dip in melted chocolate.
• but I brush with a little warmed apricot jam and dip in sugar strands or hundreds and thousands or chocolate flakes.

BAKED CINNAMON SUGAR MINI DONUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325ºF. Lightly oil mini donut pan and set aside (alternatively you can use an electric mini donut maker or mini muffin pans)
• In a medium bowl with a hand mixer or in the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg, milk, and vanilla and mix until just combined (mixture will look curdled).
• Add in the baking powder and the salt and mix until just incorporated. Mix in the flour just until combined. You don't want to over-mix this batter.
• If using mini donut pan, transfer mixture into a piping bag fitted with a large round tip or into a ziplock baggie with the tip cut off. Pipe into the pan only filling 1/2 of the way fill. If using the mini muffin pan, fill each well 1/2 full
• Bake at 325ºF for 8-10 minutes. *If using a mini donut maker, bake for 4-5 minutes. Allow to cool just slightly before dipping in topping.
• Melt the butter for the topping and set aside. Combine the cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl. Dip each donut lightly in the melted butter then roll in cinnamon and sugar.