Donut Day Take Two – Two Donuts, Too Easy

This post was originally published in 2014. We’re republishing it today because donuts never go out of style.

Donuts are a bit sweet for my taste, so I rarely make them, but when I do I’m reminded of how quick, simple, and delicious they are. They’re so much fun that I almost want to make them faster than I can eat them, which is perfect if you have my sweet tooth of a boyfriend.  I only ate two from the chocolate-cherry batch and he kindly took care of the rest.  I can’t say the same for the little fried rings; we both scarfed those down at record speed. By record speed, I mean less than three minutes.  They’re best when they’re hot, we all know that, and in this case, I almost didn’t get a chance to dip them in icing.

First is a delicious baked chocolate donut with cherry frosting and second comes the easiest fried donut of all time.  I learned about the latter in YMCA when I was eight, yeah, it’s that easy.  So cruise through these recipes with me, but I’m warning you, you’ll want to head immediately to the store to grab the ingredients.

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Happy Donut Day!

This post was originally published in 2014. We’re republishing it today, because making these donuts on Fat Tuesday is always a good idea.

Today is Mardi Gras, but it’s also known as Fat Tuesday or Donut Day; a day to celebrate and indulge before Lent.  Traditionally a fried donut would be served today, so we’ll start with one this morning, but there are so many delicious (and easy!) donut recipes out there, that we thought we would be fun to check in again this afternoon with two different donut recipes, one baked, one fried, both glazed!

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In Season : Donuts!

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Next Tuesday is Fat Tuesday, or Donut Day if you grew up in our house. Today we have a few donut-related links to delight your inner child, and on Tuesday we’ll be sharing some donut recipes to satisfy that rumble that just started in your tummy. In doing our research, we learned that  there’s a real “Donut Day” the first Friday of June. Who knew?!  I know that’s a lot of donuts to tend to, but donut stress about it. ha?

This donut balloon DIY is perfect for your next donut party (we’re all wishing we had a donut party).

While we’re on the topic, here’s a serving suggestion for your donuts and milk.

Wear your donut love on your iPhone with this case.

And there’s a surprisingly large variety of donuts on t shirts. This one was our favorite, but it looks like it’s not in stock anymore.

Ok, maybe the tshirts were a bit over the top? Well nothing whispers donut like a pair of  cuff links.

Of course, if your sweetie loves all things sweet, she’ll be smitten with this donut ring.

And your mister will love this donut-holding mug.

Want to try your hand at baked donuts? Here’s a cute heart-shaped pan.

Or you can skip the oven and try this countertop donut machine.

Even easier, you can skip the baking altogether and make a batch of these super-cute Cheerios donuts. They say the donuts are for elves, but I’m sure the garden fairies wouldn’t mind a treat.

These donut printables, and the corresponding ideas look like they would make for some easy fun on a rainy afternoon.

Whatever you do, donut give up.

If you liked these donut links, we’ve created a donut Pinterest board (necessary, no?), follow along and we’ll add fun donut ideas whenever we see them!

Fun fact : while searching for a image for today’s post, I came across this article and learned that during the first and second world wars, the Salivation Army flew “donut lassies” to the front lines to make donuts for the soldiers!

Image from the Library of Congress archive.