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A platter with three orange and green Monster Donuts on it.

Monster Donuts

Baked vanilla donuts decorated with buttercream frosting, edible eyeballs, and Halloween sprinkles for a fun Halloween treat!
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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 12 donuts
Author: Hezzi-D

Ingredients

For the donuts:

  • 1 1/3 c. flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 c. 1 stick butter
  • 2/3 c. sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/2 c. vanilla yogurt
  • 1/2 c. milk
  • orange and green food coloring

For the frosting:

  • 1/2 c. 1 stick butter
  • 2 c. powdered sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • orange green, and black food coloring
  • edible candy eyes
  • Halloween sprinkles optional

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Spray a donut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
  • In a large bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.  Mix well and set aside.
  • In a medium bowl cream together the butter and sugar.  Add in the eggs and vanilla and mix well.
  • Stir in the milk and vanilla yogurt until well mixed.
  • Add the butter mixture to the flour mixture and mix well.
  • Divide the batter into three bowls.  Leave one bowl white, dye one bowl orange, and dye the third bowl green. 
  • Put each batter into a zip top baggie and cut off the end. Pipe the batter into the donut pan. You will make 4 donuts of each color.
  • Bake for 10 minutes. Allow to cool for 2 minutes in the pan and then remove to a wire rack and cool completely.
  • To make the frosting beat the butter in a large bowl use a mixer on medium speed.  
  • Add in the powdered sugar and milk and mix on medium high speed or until well combined. Add in vanilla and stir.
  • Divide the frosting into 3 bowls and color it green, orange, and black.  
  • Place the frosting into piping bags with different tips and pipe onto the donuts.  I used two tips to make fur and one skinny tip to make spider webs but use your imagination.
  • Top the donuts with edible eyes, sprinkles, and edible spiders if desired.

Notes

A Hezzi-D original recipe