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How to Use a Mini Donut Maker

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A mini donut maker is very easy appliance to use. They are straight forward enough that you can let your kids make mini donuts. We love making mini donuts around here, it is an easy, fast snack to make any day of the week for a sweet treat.

How to Use a Mini Donut Maker

How to Make Donuts with a Donut Maker

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First you are going to mix up your mini donut maker recipe. Could be the vanilla simple mini donuts, or maybe some chocolate mini donuts, or live on a the wild side, and make both! Both are very easy to make.

You don’t have to use one of these recipes though, you can use almost any mini donut recipe in your donut maker.

Chocolate Mini Donut Maker Recipe

Making a Piping Bag to Make Mini Donuts

I make a piping bag out of a Ziploc bag. Put the corner of the bag into a large mug, fold the open bag open over the mug. I pour, or scrape my mini donut batter into the Ziploc bag.

Making Mini donuts

You can seal the bag but you don’t have to, but make sure to squeeze the air out of the top of the bag. Twist the bag above the batter.

Making Mini donuts

Snip the corner off. Not too big, or you’ll have too much batter into your mold, too small, and you risk popping your bag. I have finally managed to find find the perfect size.

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How to Make Donuts in Donut Maker

Preheat your donut maker. Each donut maker is going to be different. Read your instructions to see how exactly your appliance works.

Now that you have your mini donut recipe batter ready to go you can make mini donuts.

Make sure to a non-stick spray before you fill your molds.

I pipe my batter into my preheated donut maker molds. This allows me to easily fill the molds with my batter without over filling and making a mess, and to make sure they are completely filled.

Mine has two little lights on the top. Orange and green. When I plug my appliance in the orange light comes on. It turns green when it is preheated. When I fill and then close my mini donut maker the orange light is the only one on. The green light will come on when my mini donuts are ready to be removed.

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Simple Mini Donut Recipe

Chocolate Mini Donut Maker Recipe

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Mini donuts are just plain fun! Having a mini donut maker in your kitchen means you can make them anytime you want them. They are great snacks just because you want them. These are great for at birthday parties, or any kind of party or gathering you might be having. Serve these light, fluffy chocolate mini donut maker recipe.

Chocolate Mini Donut Maker Recipe

Chocolate Mini Donut Maker Recipe

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This is a donut recipe for a donut maker such as the Baby Cake brand or the Dash brand. You can try making them in the oven but I have not made these in the oven so I do not know how they would turn out.

What you need:

  • 5 tbsp margarine, softened
  • 1/2 c white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 c milk
  • 1 c white flour
  • 1/2 c cocoa
  • pinch of salt
Chocolate Mini Donut Maker Recipe

How to make Chocolate Mini Donuts

These are really easy to make. Cream together the egg, margarine, and sugar.

Add in baking powder and vanilla.

Mix in the flour, cocoa, and milk.

To make this as easy as possible I use a Ziploc bag, and pour/scrap my batter into it. I am going to use it like a piping bag. This make it easier to fill my Bella mini donut maker without making a mess, without trying to figure out how to get the batter into each space.

Making Mini donuts

They only take about 2 minutes to bake through. these are light, fluffy mini chocolate donuts. to make these 40 mini donuts, it only take about 12 minutes.

I use a large spoon, like a soup spoon, to swipe my doughnuts out of the doughnut maker to save me from burning my fingers and from squishing them.

Chocolate Mini Donut Maker Recipe

Chocolate Mini Donuts

Yield: 40
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 17 minutes

Chocolate Mini Donut Maker Recipe

Ingredients

  • 5 tbsp margarine, softened
  • 1/2 cu white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 c milk
  • 1 c white flour
  • 1/2 c cocoa
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. These are really easy to make. Cream together the egg, margarine, and sugar.
  2. Add in baking powder and vanilla.
  3. Mix in the flour, cocoa, and milk.
  4. To make this as easy as possible I use a Ziploc bag, and pour/scrap my batter into it. I am going to use it like a piping bag. This make it easier to fill my Bella mini donut maker without making a mess, without trying to figure out how to get the batter into each space.
  5. They only take about 2 minutes to bake through. these are light, fluffy mini chocolate donuts.
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Snacks

I think these might just be the best mini donut recipe that I have made so far, but then again I am a huge fan of chocolate. But these chocolate mini donuts are light and fluffy, and delicious.

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5 Minute Single Serve Apple Crisp

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Mom needs a break, and a time out, and something sweet to snack on while she takes said time out. That’s why single serve desserts are so amazing. Let’s take the delicious treat that takes forever to make and then you have to share, and turn it a quick ready in less than five minute snack just for you.

Single Serve Apple Crisp

5 Minute Single Serve Apple Crisp

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I have been making this for myself for a number of years now, and I don’t know why I didn’t share it here before. I love apple crisp, there are a few recipes already on here for different versions such as apple crisp made in the slow cooker and one made completely in the microwave.

Everyone deserves a break, and a sweet treat. It’s got fruit in it so that counts for something even if it is followed up by some sugar. I usually feel less guilt having this 5 minute single serve apple crisp than say, a single serve brownie.

What you need:

single serve apple crisp

How to make it:

  1. Chop your apple into small pieces. With 1 tsp of margarine put in microwave for 30 seconds. This is to start softening the apple.
  2. Add in 1 tsp cinnamon and flour, and mix.
  3. In another bowl mix the remaining ingredients.
  4. Spread it over your apple, I like to just drop spoonfuls on.
  5. Heat for 3 minutes in the microwave.
  6. Top with something delicious: ice cream, caramel sauce, whatever sweetness you’d like.

I know when I think apples I think of fall, but apple crisp is perfect anytime of the year. It is a sweet treat that can warm you up from the inside out, making it perfect for a cool spring or fall evening watching TV or reading a book. Or just because.

I have made these for each of us before. A dessert for one after supper one night.

single serve apple crisp

Single Serve Apple Crisp

Yield: 1
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 3 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes

This single serve 5 minute single serve apple crisp is prefect for a quick break from everything that is going on.

Ingredients

  • an apple
  • flour
  • brown sugar
  • cinnamon
  • margarine
  • quick oats

Instructions

    1. Chop your apple into small pieces. With 1 tsp of margarine put in microwave for 30 seconds. This is to start softening the apple. 
    2. Add in 1 tsp cinnamon and flour, and mix. 
    3. In another bowl mix the remaining ingredients. 
    4. Spread it over your apple, I like to just drop spoonfuls on. 
    5. Heat for 3 minutes in the microwave. 
    6. Top with something delicious: ice cream, caramel sauce, whatever sweetness you'd like. 

© Ashley Mullen
Category: Snacks

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Baking has become a fun way to spend time some one on one time with each of our kids, but my oldest has gotten to the point where she doesn’t need help anymore and these cookies she made were delicious! She did a great job with no help from anyone. I love her independence in the kitchen and the delicious treats we all get to enjoy from it. These peanut butter chocolate chip cookies came out looking amazing, but they that tasted even better!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies - forgetful cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

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What you need:

  • 1 1/2 c flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup margarine softened
  • 1/2 c creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 c white sugar
  • 1/2 c brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 c chocolate chips

How to make Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies:

This recipe is simple enough. Mix all the ingredients together, leaving the chocolate chips for last. Then scoop your cookie dough onto either a greased cookie sheet, or a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, and bake.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies made with margarine

Simple enough that my nine year old made them without help. There aren’t too many life skills that are as important as knowing how to cook, says a Momma who has to look up how to boil an egg when she makes potato salad. BUT in my defense, no one here eat boiled eggs so it’s not something I need to know how to do at the drop of a hat.

Getting our kids in the kitchen is one of our most favorite ways to spend some one on one time with them. My youngest, at almost 5, wants to be a taste tester and a chef when he grows up. And a superhero.

My kid knows her way around the kitchen, and knows to set the time for her cookies. Don’t they look delicious?!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Yield: 30
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 c flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup margarine, softened
  • 1/2 c creamy peanut butter
  • 1/2 c white sugar
  • 1/2 c brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/2 c chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375
  2. Mix margarine, sugar and egg.
  3. Add in remain ingredients, leaving the chocolate chips for last.
  4. Drop spoon fulls onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone sheet.
  5. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until the edges are golden.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 30 Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Dessert

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Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

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I love peanut butter cookies,  throwing in a cup of chocolate chip seemed like a good ideas. I can’t make cookies very well, because I always forget that they are going to continue to cook for a few minutes after they come out of the oven. This usually equals burnt cookies. But these ones, while a little crispy around the edges, they were delicious!

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

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These are delicious cookies… easy to make too if I can make them, and if you actually know how to use a timer (unlike me, I forget to set it), and you can tell when cookies need to come out of the oven, you’re set!

What you need:

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 cup flour
  • 2 cup chocolate chips

How to make Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies:

Mix together the eggs and butter until fluffy. Add in your sugars and mix well. Add in the rest of the ingredients – minus the chocolate chips and mix.

Fold in your chocolate chip, my recipe calls for 2 cups, but next time I’ll go with less because I love peanut butter cookies so much.

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Now you can use a mixer for this… my mixer bowl was in the dishwasher. My dishwasher is not reliable lately, so I just did this by hand.

I like big cookies, I placed just 6 per cookie sheet to avoid them spreading together.

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Bake cookies in a preheated oven at 375 for 8 minutes. Longer than 8 minutes and my cookies were well done. Less done, and they were a bit more chewy.

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Yield: 24

Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 2 cup flour
  • 2 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Mix together the eggs and butter until fluffy.
  2. Add in your sugars and mix well.
  3. Add in the rest of the ingredients - minus the chocolate chips and mix.
  4. Fold in the chocolate chips.
  5. Now you can use a mixer for this... my mixer bowl was in the dishwasher. My dishwasher is not reliable lately, so I just did this by hand.
  6. Bake cookies in a preheated oven at 375 for 8 minutes. Longer than 8 minutes and my cookies were well done. Less done, and they were a bit more chewy.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size: 1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
© Ashley Mullen
Category: Snacks

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