I was in the mood to bake something cute, I had the time to bake something quick. Have you notice how quick and cute are rarely achieved with the same recipe?… Then I recalled funfetti… Funfetti cupcakes, cookies, pancakes, dips, frostings, even popcorn seem to have taken food blogs by storm. They all look so cute, with no real extra effort. Perfect! I was going to make funfetti donuts!

So things were going great, my ingredients were mostly mixed. Things were just buzzing along, when I discover that what I thought were rainbow sprinkles, were actually rainbow nonpareils. Argh!… Not to be defeated, I tossed them in anyway… I think that the nonpareils bled more than funfetti would have, and there was more blending of colours (creating an almost tie dye effect in areas). I loved them!… Cute, fun, and fast!

 

 

 

 

 

Rainbow Donuts

1 cup All-Purpose Flour

1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1/4 tsp Salt

1/3 cup Sugar

6 tbsp Non-Dairy Milk

6 tbsp Non-Dairy Yogurt

2 tbsp Canola Oil

1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

2 tsp Rainbow Nonpareils

 

Preheat oven to 350°F and lightly grease donut pan.

Stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

Blend together the sugar, milk, yogurt, oil, and vanilla, until thoroughly combined. Add to the dry ingredients and blend until just combined. Stir in nonpareils (be careful not to stir too much, or your batter could go from colorful to muddy)

Fill each donut well 3/4 full. Bake for 6 – 10 minutes, until donuts spring back when lightly pressed (or an inserted toothpick comes out clean). Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes before transferring to rack.

When completely cool, ice the tops.

Makes 6 donuts

 

 

Icing

1/2 cup Icing Sugar

1 1/2 – 2 1/2 tsp Non-Dairy Milk

1 – 2 tsp Rainbow Nonpareils

 

Stir together the sugar and 1 1/2 teaspoons of milk, until smooth. Add additional milk 1/4 tsp at a time, until desired consistency is reached… The icing should be thick, and smooth out very slowly when stirred.

Sprinkle nonpareils onto freshly iced donuts… Icing dries quickly, so it is best to add sprinkles immediately.