Donut Cookies

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D’oh! Did someone say, “donut cookies?” Indeed, we absolutely did! But how cute are these donut cookies anyway? 

They look like donuts but are cookies! They’re stackable, dunkable, delicious…and hey, if they’re technically donuts, couldn’t you eat these donut cookies for breakfast? We think so!

These donut cookies are the ultimate treat to make the kids, to give as gifts, or to bring to parties and potlucks. Everyone loves them because they look so fun and festive, yet they’re totally easy to make. 

Even Homer Simpson would approve!

What You Will Need for Donut Cookies

For the donut cookie:

4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temp

2⁄3 cup granulated sugar

2 large eggs, room temp

1 tsp vanilla extract

1⁄2 cup whole milk

1 3⁄4 cup all-purpose flour

1 cup cake flour

1⁄4 teaspoon salt

1 tsp cornstarch

1 tsp baking soda

For the chocolate icing:

11⁄4 cups confectioners’ sugar

4 tbsp dark cocoa powder

1⁄8 tsp salt

2 tbsp milk

11⁄2 tsp vanilla

2 tsp corn syrup

Make Your Own Donut Cookie

To make a donut cookie, it’s only about an hour and 22 minutes until they’re ready. Make sure you allow time for the dough to chill and it will all go quickly.

It starts with your stand mixer by adding the butter and sugar. Then you’ll beat each egg in on low, one at a time. The vanilla goes in next and then you’ll mix the dry ingredients together, followed by putting it together with the milk in three stages.

Mix this all together and you’ll have a dough that needs to chill in the fridge for an hour. Set a timer, take a nap, and live your best life. You could also watch an episode of The Simpsons while you wait.

Once the wait is over, you’ll roll out the dough and use a small circular cookie cutter to make your donuts. Bake them and then let them cool. Then you can dip them into the icing and add the sprinkles. 

Tempting as it is, let them sit for 30 minutes first so the icing sets. Speaking of the icing, you’ll make that with sugar, cocoa powder, salt, milk, vanilla, and corn syrup. These ingredients make the perfect glaze, just like at the donut shop.

So this treat is like combining donuts with cookies for the ultimate win, the donut cookie! You can see the full steps below to make your own!

Directions

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer add the butter and sugar. Mix on low for 1 minute , then increase the speed to medium for 1 minute.

2. Add the eggs one at a time, beating on low until combined.

3. Add vanilla and mix until combined.

4. In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the flour, cake flour, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt.
   Set aside.

5. Add the dry ingredients in three parts, alternating with milk. Mix until combined on low speed.

6. Cover the dough and place in the refrigerator for one hour.

7. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking silicone mat.

8. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll out on a lightly floured surface so it’s 1⁄4-inch thick.

9. Use a small circle cookie cutter, cut out shapes (donuts and holes) from the dough.

10. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until lightly brown around the bottoms.
    Allow them to cool on the cookie sheet until room temperature.

11. Once cookies have cooled, dip them in the glaze and then coat in sprinkles. Set the cookies to the side for 30 minutes before serving.

Chocolate Icing:

1. In a medium-sized bowl add the sugar, cocoa powder, and salt. Mix with a whisk to combine.

2. Add the milk, then mix in the vanilla and corn syrup to make a smooth glaze.

Chocolate Sprinkle Donut Cookie

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Ingredients

• -Donut
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temp
• 2⁄3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs, room temp
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 cup whole milk
• 13⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup cake flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tsp cornstarch
• 1 tsp baking soda
• -Chocolate Icing:
• 11⁄4 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 4 tbsp dark cocoa powder
• 1⁄8 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp milk
• 11⁄2 tsp vanilla
• 2 tsp corn syrup

Instructions

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer add the butter and sugar.
   Mix on low for 1 minute, then increase the speed to medium for 1 minute.
2. Add the eggs one at a time, beating on low until combined.
3. Add vanilla and mix until combined.
4. In a medium mixing bowl whisk together the flour, cake flour, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt. Set aside.
5. Add the dry ingredients in three parts, alternating with milk.
6. Mix until combined on low speed.
7. Cover the dough and place in the refrigerator for one hour.
8. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a baking silicone mat.
9. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll out on a lightly floured surface so it's 1⁄4-inch thick.
10. Use a small circle cookie cutter, cut out shapes (donuts and holes) from the dough.
11. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until lightly brown around the bottoms.
12. Allow them to cool on the cookie sheet until room temperature.
13. Once cookies have cooled, dip them in the glaze and then coat in sprinkles. Set the cookies to the side for 30 minutes before serving.

Chocolate Icing:

1. In a medium-sized bowl add the sugar, cocoa powder, and salt. Mix with a whisk to combine.
2. Add the milk, then mix in the vanilla and corn syrup to make a smooth glaze.

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