Name: Festive Rudolf Donuts
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 130g butter or nuttelex, cubed; 250g self raising flour, can use GF flour designed for cakes and baking; 70g sugar, or less if preferred; 160g milk, can use DF varieties; 1 egg; 2 tsp vanilla bean paste; 200g milk or dark chocolate, melted; 20 red coated chocolates (e.g.: smarties or m&ms); 40 candy/edible eyes; 40 pretzels

Ingredients

Scale

130g butter or nuttelex, cubed
250g self raising flour, can use GF flour designed for cakes and baking
70g sugar, or less if preferred
160g milk, can use DF varieties
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla bean paste

Decorations

200g milk or dark chocolate, melted
20 red coated chocolates (e.g.: smarties or m&ms)
40 candy/edible eyes
40 pretzels

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Instructions

TMX method

Place butter into bowl. Melt 4 minutes / 50C / Speed 2.
Add remaining donut ingredients to bowl. Mix on Speed 4 for 30 seconds until combined.
Scrape down and mix again briefly if needed to incorporate.
Place mixture into a piping bag. Pipe mixture into a donut machine or tin. This is much easier than spooning it into the moulds.
The machine takes 5-8 minutes to cook but an oven would be around 15-18 minutes at 180C. This will depend on the size of your tin of course.
Remove donuts and allow to cool on a cooling rack.
Once cool, dip one side of the donut into the melted chocolate. Place chocolate side up on a cooling rack and allow to sit until chocolate is slightly cooler and firmer but not set completely.
Place two pretzels at the top of the donut for antlers. At the bottom of the donut place two eyes and a red coated chocolate for a nose.
Allow to set.
Enjoy!

Traditional method

Place butter into a microwave safe bowl. Melt on medium for 1 minute.
Add remaining donut ingredients to bowl. Mix until just combined.
Place mixture into a piping bag. Pipe mixture into a donut machine or tin. This is much easier than spooning it into the moulds.
The machine takes 5-8 minutes to cook but an oven would be around 15 -18 minutes at 180C. This will depend on the size of your tin of course.
Remove donuts and allow to cool on a cooling rack.
Once cool, dip one side of the donut into the melted chocolate. Place chocolate side up on a cooling rack and allow to sit until chocolate is slightly cooler and firmer but not set completely.
Place two pretzels at the top of the donut for antlers. At the bottom of the donut place two eyes and a red coated chocolate for a nose.
Allow to set.
Enjoy!

Notes

You can use a cupcake or muffin in place of the donut if you do not have a donut machine or tin. Store-bought donuts work just as well also.

Prep Time: 10
Cook Time: 20

Nutrition

Serving Size: 20