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How to Make Mermaid Donuts

There’s no need to go “Under the Sea” to find awesome donuts!! Pretend that was funny and clever ? But seriously, these donuts are a beautiful addition to any summer party and they taste as good as they look! Super moist with nice vanilla flavor and tender crumb – enjoy!

Mermaid Template

THE BEST donut pan! – Super non-stick, thick and sturdy, and easy to clean! Highly recommend – and I’m not paid to say that ?

 

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Mermaid Donuts
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Donuts
Donut Glaze
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Donuts
Donut Glaze
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Donuts
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F and grease donut pan with cooking spray.
  2. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in eggs, one at at time, until combined. Beat in vanilla extract.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
  4. Add half of dry ingredients to wet and mix to combine. Pour in milk, then continue mixing. Fold in remaining dry ingredients by hand.
  5. Divide batter between three bowls and color as follows: teal, light blue, and purple.
  6. Load batter into a piping bag or Ziploc bag using technique shown in video, or just spoon in the different colors. Pipe batter into donut mold and bake for 15-17 minutes.
Donut Glaze
  1. Mix together powdered sugar and milk until glaze is thick but stir-able. I recommend test-dipping one donut first to see if it drips off the sides too much before dipping all donuts! It can be tricky to judge consistency just by eye.
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Japanese Fluffy Pancakes

If you love pancakes, I’ve got the perfect new recipe for you to try out! Inspired by the delicious one we had in Japan, these pancakes make for a great Mother’s Day treat 😀


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Japanese Fluffy Pancakes
You can easily double this recipe for more pancakes! 😀
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large pancakes
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large pancakes
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  1. Whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Pour wet ingredients into dry, then mix just to combine. Lumps are fine!
  2. Spray a nonstick pan lightly with cooking spray, then preheat on low heat for 8 minutes. Spray metal cookie cutters/pancake mold generously with cooking spray, then place in pan. Scoop in pancake batter to fill mold until it reaches 1 cm away from top of mold. Add 1 tsp water, then cover and let steam for 15-20 minutes or until center no longer jiggles when pan is shaken. Carefully flip pancakes, then cover again and let steam for an additional 3-5 minutes. Remove from pan, let cool slightly, and gently remove from mold! Decorate as desired 🙂
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Easy Bake Oven Mini Girl Scout Cookies

If you love Girl Scout Cookies but don’t want to wait until next year to get them, this is the recipe for you!

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Small Batch Sugar Cookies
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Thin Mint Adaptation
Savannah Smiles Adaptation
Tagalongs
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Thin Mint Adaptation
Savannah Smiles Adaptation
Tagalongs
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Sugar Cookies
  1. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in egg yolk, sour cream, and vanilla until smooth. Add in flour, baking powder, and salt until combined. Bake all cookies at 350 F for 6-7 minutes.
Thin Mints
  1. For Thin Mints, mix in cocoa powder, peppermint extract, and milk. Dip baked cookies into melted chocolate.
Savannah Smiles
  1. For Savannah Smiles, mix in lemon zest and lemon juice. Add flour if necessary. Toss in powdered sugar while cookies are still warm.
Tagalongs
  1. Pipe peanut butter onto baked sugar cookie, then dip in melted chocolate.
Samoas
  1. Dip bottom of Samoas in melted chocolate. Melt caramel and milk in microwave at 20 second intervals until melted and smooth. Mix in coconut, then pipe onto sugar cookies.
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