Whew!  It’s been crazy busy in this neck of the woods these past couple of weeks.  Between trying to do some Christmas shopping, celebrating Thanksgiving twice, decorating for Christmas, packing for vacation, going on vacation, unpacking from vacation, doing some more Christmas shopping and taking pictures of the kids for our Christmas cards, I have not had much time to sit.  So now that I have a little time, I wanted to post another donut recipe I made before all the hoopla took place.  Averie from healthyfoodforliving.com/recipes/ said I should try her donut recipes, so I chose to try the Peanut Butter Chocolate ones.  I love chocolate and peanut butter together.  These little gems satisfy my craving without feeling guilty.  They are so light and fluffy, they don’t feel like a brick on your stomach like regular fried donuts.  I am really getting some use out of my babycakes machine.

Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Donuts

by loves veggies and yoga

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp butter, melted
• 2 tbsp peanut butter, melted
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup buttermilk ( I didn’t have any, so used reg. milk)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Cooking Directions

1. In a small bowl, soften/melt the butter and peanut butter in the microwave, about 15- 30 seconds. Stir.
2. In a large bowl, mix together flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, buttermilk, egg, and vanilla. Mix well.
3. Add the butter/peanut butter mixture and stir together until well blended.
4. Fill each cooking reservoir with about 2 tbsp of batter.
5. Bake 2-4 minutes or until toothpick inserted in donut comes out clean. Makes about 12 mini donuts.   

Peanut Butter Glaze

by loves veggies and yoga

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp butter, melted
• 2 tbsp peanut butter, melted
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tbsp milk

Cooking Directions

1. Mix the melted butter and peanut butter. Then add the powdered sugar and vanilla.
2. Slowly add the water or milk, one teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is achieved.

For some reason I am having trouble getting the glaze to adhere to the donuts, so I end up having to make the recipe a little thincker and put it on as more of a frosting.  I wonder if the machine gives the donuts a slicker finish than if I baked them in the oven?  I guess I will find out when I finally get to buy my pans.  Maybe Santa will bring me some for Christmas.