Valentine’s Day Donuts

The recipe Valentine’s Day Donuts can be made in about 1 hour and 30 minutes. For 59 cents per serving, you get a morn meal that serves 6. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 329 calories. It is brought to you by The First Year Blog. 178 people were impressed by this recipe. A mixture of milk, canolan oil, food coloring, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 20%. This score is not so spectacular. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Valentine’s Day Baked Chocolate Donuts, Easy Valentine Donuts, and Strawberry Glazed Valentine Donuts.

Servings: 6

Preparation duration: 90 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1/2 tbsp meringue powder

1 tsp baking powder

1/3 cup Wilton Candy Melts Bright Pink + 1/2 tbsp vegetable shortening

3 tbsp vegetable/canola oil

1 egg

1 cup flour

Plus: gel based food coloring (I used pink and purple)

6 tbsp milk

1 & 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/2 tsp salt

3 tbsp sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 tbsp & 1 tsp water

Equipment:

paper towels

bowl

oven

frying pan

toothpicks

wire rack

microwave

hand mixer

mixing bowl

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a donut pan with cooking spray, use a paper towel to lightly spread/remove excess spray.In a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.In another bowl combine the milk, egg, vanilla, and oil until well blended. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, mix just until combined.Transfer the batter to a large piping bag or use a ziploc bag with one corner cut off. Pipe the batter into the donut pan, filling each donut hole about 2/3 full.Bake the donuts for 10 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let the donuts sit in the pan for 10 minutes before moving them to a wire rack to cool.Remove the donuts from the donut pan and place them on a wire rack to cool.Melt 1/3 cup of each color candy melts with the vegetable shortening in separate bowls. I like to microwave the candy melts on 50% power for 2 minutes, stirring every 20-30 seconds, until they are melted.For dipping the donuts, it's easiest to transfer the melted chocolate to a small shallow dish, but large enough to fit a donut in. While hanging onto the edges of the donut, dip each donut into the chocolate and pause for a few seconds while the donut is upside down to allow to excess to fall off. Allow the donuts to cool on a cooling rack completely before adding hand drawn details.Combine the powdered sugar, meringue powder, and water in a small mixing bowl and mix on low speed with an electric mixer until the icing has a matte appearance, about 3-5 minutes.Divide the royal icing into a few small bowls, depending on how many colors you want. Be sure to leave some of the royal icing white, if youd like.Begin to decorate the donuts as you desire. I found it easiest to transfer the icing to a small squeeze bottle like this one to add the details. I chose to do one donut of each design: xoxo, dots, love with hearts, all hearts, multi-colored lines, and single colored cross hatched lines.Surprise your Valentine with the donuts and put the leftover in an air tight container.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a donut pan with cooking spray, use a paper towel to lightly spread/remove excess spray.In a large bowl combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.In another bowl combine the milk, egg, vanilla, and oil until well blended. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, mix just until combined.

2. Transfer the batter to a large piping bag or use a ziploc bag with one corner cut off. Pipe the batter into the donut pan, filling each donut hole about 2/3 full.

3. Bake the donuts for 10 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

4. Remove from the oven and let the donuts sit in the pan for 10 minutes before moving them to a wire rack to cool.

5. Remove the donuts from the donut pan and place them on a wire rack to cool.Melt 1/3 cup of each color candy melts with the vegetable shortening in separate bowls. I like to microwave the candy melts on 50% power for 2 minutes, stirring every 20-30 seconds, until they are melted.For dipping the donuts, it's easiest to transfer the melted chocolate to a small shallow dish, but large enough to fit a donut in. While hanging onto the edges of the donut, dip each donut into the chocolate and pause for a few seconds while the donut is upside down to allow to excess to fall off. Allow the donuts to cool on a cooling rack completely before adding hand drawn details.

6. Combine the powdered sugar, meringue powder, and water in a small mixing bowl and mix on low speed with an electric mixer until the icing has a matte appearance, about 3-5 minutes.Divide the royal icing into a few small bowls, depending on how many colors you want. Be sure to leave some of the royal icing white, if youd like.Begin to decorate the donuts as you desire. I found it easiest to transfer the icing to a small squeeze bottle like this one to add the details. I chose to do one donut of each design: xoxo, dots, love with hearts, all hearts, multi-colored lines, and single colored cross hatched lines.Surprise your Valentine with the donuts and put the leftover in an air tight container.


Nutrition Information:

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329k Calories
3g Protein
10g Total Fat
56g Carbs
1% Health Score
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Calories
329k
16%

Fat
10g
15%

  Saturated Fat
2g
16%

Carbohydrates
56g
19%

  Sugar
39g
44%

Cholesterol
29mg
10%

Sodium
220mg
10%

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Protein
3g
7%

Selenium
10µg
15%

Vitamin B1
0.18mg
12%

Phosphorus
111mg
11%

Folate
42µg
11%

Vitamin B2
0.18mg
10%

Vitamin E
1mg
9%

Manganese
0.15mg
8%

Calcium
66mg
7%

Iron
1mg
7%

Vitamin B3
1mg
6%

Vitamin K
5µg
5%

Potassium
145mg
4%

Vitamin B5
0.27mg
3%

Vitamin D
0.41µg
3%

Vitamin B12
0.15µg
3%

Fiber
0.58g
2%

Zinc
0.33mg
2%

Copper
0.04mg
2%

Magnesium
7mg
2%

Vitamin B6
0.03mg
1%

Vitamin A
69IU
1%

covered percent of daily need
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