Would you LOVE Easter Mini Donuts?

Would you love to serve Easter mini donuts for your Easter brunch or breakfast–and a gluten free version if needed? What an easy and fun recipe to please everyone with feet under your table.

Shopping through Hobby Lobby’s spring offerings, on display on a table was this tiny mini donut maker among the small appliances.

Easter Mini Donuts

Perfect.

Planning for the right foods offered for our annual brunch needed a new offering.

Donuts..YES! Mini Donuts? Oh, how cute they would be!

On sale was that mini donut maker—even better.

Into the basket it went, off to the kitchen and recipes and ingredients began swirling.

A trial run was necessary–but, which recipe? That recipe book included a basic one, chocolate version and then there was an apple one.

Perhaps I needed to try all three.

Here’s my version of their basic mini donut recipe.

Nutmeg is a favorite addition to those french muffins that I have shared before on the Plate Rack and as a favorite for any brunch. Perhaps new flavors like nutmeg would need to be added.

Gluten Free Donuts

Seriously, there are so many folks who need to have gluten free options. These mini donuts are so easy with just switching out the all purpose flour with Bob’s Red Mill One to One Gluten Free flour. Don’t you love making recipes that all can enjoy? An easy fix with this one!

Sharing just the basic recipe today with you with the three options of toppings:

• glazed-with sprinkles
• glazed- without sprinkles
• cinnamon/sugar

Powdered sugared donuts would be a great way to make them, too.

Three ways to have them on your brunch table for Easter or whenever you have feet under your table.

Plus, adapting them for those who need gluten free? A winner for family members and friends who have that need.

TIP: Begin making these by great prep.

One of the basic food preparation skills I always shared to those in my foods lab was great set up prep–“mise en place”–a term used for prepping kitchen equipment and food before serving.

Early in my cooking background as a child, I learned the frustration of beginning a recipe and getting to a step and –OH, NO!–a missing ingredient.

Great preparation prevents that. With this recipe it’s so important.

• First measure out all of your ingredients to make sure that you have all of the ingredients before any mixing begins.

• Next, have your equipment – mixer and mini donut maker- out and in place to use it before beginning.

• Gather and prepare the toppings to have immediately when the donuts come out of the maker.
• Set up a cooling rack over parchment paper to use for icing/sprinkling mini donuts.

• Mix together dry ingredients and add in liquid ingredients, except oil, with mixer.

• Add oil and finish mixing mini donuts.

• After adding a little oil to the top and bottom cavities of the mini donut maker, plug in and heat until light lets you know it’s ready.

• Add a T of batter to each bottom well, close and cook for 3 minutes.

• Remove from mini donut maker and begin icing by dipping into glaze and adding sprinkles, if desired.

• If making cinnamon sugar donuts, dip in melted butter and then dip into cinnamon/sugar mixture.

Here’s to hoping you have fun with these tiny mini donuts!

The perfect cooking activity with the littles in my life. Oh, how fun creating and decorating these with them!

My husband loves the fact that they are tiny and “portion” controlled. We will see how he can limit himself with these!

Just in case you are curious…our favorites were the simple glazed ones. No sprinkles or cinnamon sugar added was our verdict. Wonder what your favorite will be?

Love the fact that these aren’t “fried” either which make them a healthier version.

Happy Donut Making!

I love my little 3 donut maker version…but, seriously, for time saving one of those I have shared with you is on my list to add to make these the next time to save time.

Loving that bunny tray for serving and the littles in my life may need a new Easter apron…

You know…these would be great for birthday parties and so many celebrations in your life..

Can’t wait to hear your success with this recipe!

I’m off to try the chocolate ones next!

How fun it would be to see yours!