Perfectly Mini Doughnuts

Absolutely! 🍩✨ Making Perfectly Mini Doughnuts at home is fun, surprisingly easy, and totally addictive. Whether you’re frying them up or baking them in a mini doughnut pan, they’re soft, fluffy, and perfect for glazing, sugaring, or decorating however you like.

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🍩 Perfectly Mini Doughnuts

(Yeast-raised or cake-style options below)

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🍰 Option 1: Baked Mini Cake Doughnuts

🛒 Ingredients:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour

• ½ cup granulated sugar

• 1 tsp baking powder

• ¼ tsp baking soda

• ¼ tsp salt

• ½ cup buttermilk (or regular milk with 1 tsp vinegar)

• 1 large egg

• 2 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

• Optional: pinch of nutmeg for that classic doughnut flavor

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👩‍🍳 Instructions (Baked):

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C)

   • Lightly grease a mini doughnut pan.

2. Mix Dry Ingredients:

   • In a bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg.

3. Mix Wet Ingredients:

   • In another bowl, whisk buttermilk, egg, vanilla, and melted butter.

4. Combine & Fill Pan:

   • Mix wet into dry until just combined (don’t overmix).

   • Spoon or pipe batter into pan, filling each cavity about ¾ full.

5. Bake:

   • Bake for 8–10 minutes, or until tops spring back when touched.

   • Cool slightly, then transfer to a rack.

6. Finish:

   • Roll in cinnamon sugar, glaze, dip in chocolate, or dust with powdered sugar.

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🍩 Option 2: Fried Mini Yeast Doughnuts (Classic)

🛒 Ingredients:

• 1 ¼ tsp active dry yeast

• ¼ cup warm water

• 2 tbsp granulated sugar

• ½ cup warm milk

• 1 tbsp butter, melted

• 1 egg

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

• ½ tsp salt

• Oil for frying

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👩‍🍳 Instructions (Fried):

1. Activate Yeast:

   • Dissolve yeast in warm water with 1 tbsp sugar. Let sit until foamy (5–10 min).

2. Make Dough:

   • Mix in milk, butter, egg, remaining sugar, flour, and salt.

   • Knead until smooth (about 5–7 minutes by hand or mixer).

   • Cover and let rise until doubled (about 1 hour).

3. Shape Doughnuts:

   • Roll out dough to about ½” thick.

   • Cut out mini doughnuts using a small round cutter or mini doughnut cutter.

   • Let rise 15–30 minutes more.

4. Fry:

   • Heat oil to 350°F (175°C). Fry doughnuts in batches 1–2 minutes per side, until golden.

   • Drain on paper towels.

5. Finish:

   • Toss in cinnamon sugar, dip in glaze, or top with sprinkles!

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🍫 Easy Glaze Ideas:

Vanilla Glaze:

• 1 cup powdered sugar + 1–2 tbsp milk + splash vanilla

Chocolate Glaze:

• ½ cup chocolate chips + 1 tbsp butter + 1 tbsp corn syrup (melted together)

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🛠️ Tools That Help:

• Mini doughnut pan (for baked)

• Piping bag or Ziploc with the tip cut off

• Candy thermometer (for frying)

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