Mini Vegan Donuts

My mom recently came to spend the weekend with us and after a busy day outside yesterday enjoying the weather and soaking up lots of vitamin D, we wanted to just relax and have a lazy Sunday. For me nothing starts a day like that more than some delicious donuts and coffee. 

A couple of months back my mom bought us a Babycakes mini donut maker . We have been using it with pancake batter to make mini pancake donuts but today I decided to try it out making actual donuts.

To make the dough you will need to following ingredients: 

1 Cup all purpose flour

1/2 Cup raw sugar

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

1 shake of cinnamon

1/2 Cup of soymilk

1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Egg replacer for 1 egg

4 Tablespoon vegan butter 


Glaze Recipe:

1/2 Cup powdered sugar (lump free)

1 Tablespoon soy milk


In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients with a whisk to mix thoroughly. Combine the wet ingredients in a small sauce pan and heat over low-medium heat and mix until butter is just melted. Mixture should not get too hot, you should be able to stick your finger in it.

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until just combined. It should form a very soft dough. After the dough forms spoon a little into each section of the donut maker, close the lid and cook until the green light goes on.

When they are finished dip them in glaze and then vegan sprinkles.

We made 15 mini donuts with this mix and they were absolutely delicious!

Amazing Vegan Bread Sticks

There is nothing that my kids love more with their dinner than bread sticks. They are the easiest thing to dip in sauce or just eat as a snack. Obviously frozen bread sticks are not vegan in any way so I decided to use my amazing bread machine (thanks mom!) and make my own. It's super easy and the machine does most of the work for you! I'm sure that you could even use this dough to make pizza, which we have not done yet but plan on trying sometime very soon!

You will need:

1 1/2 Cups Water

4 1/3 Cups Bread Flour

2 teaspoons salt

2 Tablespoons raw sugar

1 package of yeast


Add the ingredients in the order they are listed into your bread machine. DO NOT MIX!

Put your bread machine on the dough-normal setting. Then select "large" for the loaf size.

After the bread machine is finished doing it's thing, take out the dough and place it on a floured surface. Punch the dough down a few times to get the air out. Then place the dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a damp cloth. Place in a warm place and allow to rise for 30 minutes.

When 30 minutes has passed take the dough out and again place it on a floured surface, punching a few more times to get the last of the air out. Place it back in the bowl, cover it and let it sit another 30 minutes.

I know this seems like it takes forever but trust me they are so yummy!!

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and place the dough back on your floured surface. Roll it out to a long rectangle. You don't want it too thin, but also not too thick.

Cut the dough into strips and then cut each strip in half or thirds, depending on how long the strip is and how long you want your bread sticks.

Place the bread sticks on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. I like to brush them with melted butter and sprinkle with garlic but what ever you want to do is fine!

Cook them for 10 minutes or until golden brown.

I get about 25-30 bread sticks using this recipe depending on how I cut them. We usually can eat them with 2 or 3 meals (depending on how many the kids eat!) For the simplicity and the price of the ingredients you can't beat it!