Doughnut Sandwich

Not Your Average Doughnut

Doughnut

1 egg

¼ cup granulated sugar

1 cup milk, heated to 115 degrees

1 tablespoon active dry yeast

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon vanilla extract

2½ to 3½ cups unbleached flour, divided, plus more for kneading

1 stick butter (4 ounces), cut into 1″ cubes

Frosting

2 C Powdered Sugar

1/2 Stick Butter

1 C Marshmallow Fluff

1 Tbsp Vanilla

Raspberry Jam

Sugar Coating

1/2 stick Butter

1 C Sugar

1 Tbsp Cinnamon

 Combine egg, sugar and salt into a mixing box. Mix.

Next add milk, yeast and vanilla.

Make sure you heated your milk to 115 degrees. 

I put mine in the microwave for approximately 1 minute and checked it with a thermometer.

Next add 2 cups flour and the butter in individual pieces and mix on Low.

 Make sure you switch to a dough hook. 

 On low speed add the remainder of your flour. 

Remove the dough from the bowl, on a floured surface knead until smooth. Return to a bowl coated in baking spray.

Cover with plastic wrap and leave for about an hour to rise (double the size in volume).

You can begin your frosting while you are waiting for your dough to rise. 

It is simple, just combine all your ingredients in one bowl and mix. 

Begin on medium and increase to high speed for a few minutes until butter is fully mixed in.

Remember to preheat your oven to 400 while waiting for your dough to rise completely. 

Once your dough has risen put about 1 to 2 inch size drops on your cookie sheet. Bake for approximately 8 minutes until slightly golden. (You do not want to over cook)

Remove from oven and put on cooling rack. Allow to cool completely.

Next you want to sugar coat your doughnuts and begin to assemble your sandwiches.

In one bowl heat up your butter, in another bowl combine sugar and cinnamon sugar.

Dip the top side of your doughnut in butter and immediately dip it into the sugar mix and give it a nice coat.

When all your doughnuts are coated with sugar you will want to assemble them. Coat one side with jelly and the other with your already made frosting. 

Put them together and you are ready!

(the doughnut recipe I found on http://www.browneyedbaker.com/2011/03/29/baked-doughnuts-recipe-cinnamon-sugar/)

Coconut Butter Cookie Prints

 Coconut Butter Cookie Prints

8 ounces unsalted butter 

3/4 cup granulated sugar 

1/4 teaspoon salt 

1 3/4 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 

1 large egg yolk
2 Cups Flour
1 Cups Sweetened Coconut
Raspberry Jam

Found the butter cookie recipe on food.com, seemed like a pretty standard butter cookie recipe.
I am not going to post a picture by picture blog on this cookie because it is very simple and requires very few steps.

1.Preheat oven to 325

2. Combine sugar, salt, butter, vanilla in a mixing bowl and mix on high until smooth.

3. Puree your coconut. 

4. Add yolk, coconut and slowly add flour to your sugar mixture. Combine until fully mixed.

5. Drop 1-1/2 inch balls and make a small print in them with the end of a wooden spoon. To add the jam I used a butter knife and let it fall off the knife into the cookie hole. You can use any method that works.

Bake for approximately 15 minutes until slightly golden.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Whoopie

Chocolate Peanut Butter Whoopie

Whoopie

1 2/3 C Flour

2/3 C Coco Powder

1 1/2 Tsp Baking Soda

1/2 Tsp Salt

4 Tbsp Butter

4 Tbsp Shortening

1 Egg

1 Tsp Vanilla

1 C Milk

1 C Brown Sugar

Peanut Butter Frosting

2 C Powdered Sugar

1/2 C Peanut Butter

1 Stick Butter

1/2 Tbsp Vanilla

3 Tbsp Half&Half or Cream 

PREHEAT OVEN TO 375

Combine Flour, Salt, Baking Soda, and Coco.

In a mixing bowl combine butter, shortening, and brown sugar.

Mix until creamy.

Add the Egg and Vanilla and mix until light and creamy.

Add half the flour mix to your mixing bowl and mix on slow, gradually add the rest of your flour and your milk. Mix until smooth and chocolatey.

On a cookie sheet put 1 tbsp round drops on the sheet and place in oven for approximately 8-10 minutes, time varies to ovens.

Remove from oven and put whoopies on a cooling rack until ready to frost.  

 

While cooling prepare your frosting. 

 The frosting is simple, combine all of your ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix on medium to high until light and fluffy.

Once your whoopies are cool, frost one whoopie and top with another!

 

Enjoy!