Merry Christmas!

Happy holidays everyone! I just love this time of year. Today I spent all day baking two types of cookies and two types of donuts. Yum right?

Baked Cake Donuts

2 cups cake flour, sifted

3/4 cup granulated sugar

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup buttermilk

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

2 tablespoons butter, melted

Bake at 425 for 7-8 minutes

 

Pure deliciousness. I covered some in powdered sugar and some in a glaze. I mixed 2 cups powdered sugar with 1/4 milk and vanilla in a pan on warm. Then dipped the donuts in and covered them in sprinkles.

 

 

That's my new favorite holiday picture. It's just missing one of our cats, but the fact that I got Coco to participate and Opie to look so cute makes it good enough for me.

 

Happy holidays to everyone! Enjoy it safely.

 

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Christmas Cookies :)

This week I made some freakin awesome Christmas cookies... Or any time of year cookies. But yeah, here is the recipe.

2 cups flour

1/2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

2/3 cup unsifted powdered sugar

1/4 cup granulated sugar

2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (cut in chunks)

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp of food coloring of your choice

1 1/2 cup holiday sprinkles

1. With a mixer combine all the dry ingredients.
2. Add in the butter a little at a time and then add in the vanilla. Mix well.
3. Divide dough into two parts, dye one and leave one plain... Or really however you would like to do this part.
4. Flatten out each section of dough onto a piece of wax paper. Place these in the fridge for at let a couple hours.
5. Once they are ready to come our of the fridge, place one flat on top of the other. You are going to roll this up into one log. I had some difficulty with the dough falling apart on this, so I used the wax paper to help roll. I also didn't care too much about what the swirls looked like.
6. When you have your log, roll it so the outside is covered in sprinkles.
7. Slice into 1/4"-1/8" slices. Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes or just lightly golden.

Seriously, these are the best cookies ever! The best part is you can easily change it up by switching the sprinkle, colors, or even adding flavors. Enjoy everyone :)

 

 

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