Mini Donuts: 100 Bite-Sized Donut Recipes to Sweeten Your Hole" Day" [Hardcover]

Jessica Segarra (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 18, 2012

Say hello to a brand-new way to brighten your morning?or any time of day! Jam-packed with gooey jellies, oozing with rich custards and creams, and covered with mouthwatering toppings, these mini donuts are bursting with big flavor. From recipes for the traditional donuts everyone craves like Chocolate Cake and Powered Sugar to fun, new twists like Chocolate-Bacon-Maple, the donuts in this cookbook will leave you begging for more than just a dozen. Best of all, almost all the recipes can be made in a mini donut maker appliance, a stovetop, or an oven, so all you'll need to create these bite-sized snacks is a hankering for something sweet.

Inside this cookbook, you'll find helpful step-by-step instructions and 100 yummy donut recipes, including:

• Maple-glazed
• White chocolate?red velvet
• Pineapple upside-down cake
• Butterscotch-banana
• Chai tea
• S'mores

With Mini Donuts, you'll never again have to wait in line for your favorite bakery treat!

Editorial Reviews

Review

If you're a fan of donuts, you must get a copy of this cookbook. A copy of this cookbook along with a mini donut pan would make the perfect holiday gift for a relative, a friend, or yourself. The recipes are simple to make and fun to eat." --A Well-Seasoned Life blog

"Almost all of the recipes in the book can be made with a mini donut maker appliance...a darling holiday gift." --Recipe Girl blog

"Can you imagine if you just tried one donut recipe every week? How awesome would your days be? I love, love, love this cookbook." --Writing, Wishing blog

"The recipes are all clearly written and easy to understand. The ingredients all seem to be things you will either have in your cabinet already or are able to get in your grocery store. There are a lot of color photos in this cookbook. This cookbook would be great for folks that enjoy donuts, baking and entertaining." --From Val's Kitchen blog

"If you have kids or grand kids they will go crazy for these little treats. In the book you will find cocktail inspired, fruity nibbles, candy-aisle donuts and more." --Family Fresh Cooking

"Many of you probably know of Jessica from The Novice Chef. To say she is talented seems like an understatement. And her new book Mini Donuts: 100 Bite-Sized Donut Recipes just shows you how right I am. Not only did she come up with all the recipes, but she photographed them too! Every picture is perfect, and droolworthy, and that is no small task." --Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts blog

"The donuts were moist, light, and delicious! Can't wait to try more recipes!" --Make Ahead Meals for Busy Moms blog

"It's cheerful, bright and just down right fun. Adorable and delectable." --Half Baked - The Cake Blog

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About the Author

Jessica Segarra is the woman behind The Novice Chef Blog (www.thenovicechefblog.com), which has been featured on websites like Gizmodo, The Kitchn, TLC Parentables, and Steamy Kitchen. She currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (November 18, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440543410
• ISBN-13: 978-1440543418
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.7 x 8.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #218,362 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #63 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Baking > Pastry

More About the Author

Jessica Segarra is the author-baker-cook-photographer behind The Novice Chef (www.thenovicechefblog.com). She grew up in the kitchen, sandwiched between her grandmother, who specializes in true Cajun gumbo; and her mother, who eats frosting with a giant spoon. Jessica was born and raised in Texas, but currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida with her husband Jorge and five rescue pets.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick As A Wink, Easy As 1-2-3 December 14, 2012

By Grandma TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

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I must confess that I was not particularly enthused about Jessica Segarra's Mini Donuts: 100 Bite-Sized Donut Recipes to Sweeten Your "Hole" Day when I ordered it. While I love donuts, the idea of baked donuts instead of the traditional fried version hasn't been something that particularly attracted me. And then it arrived on my doorstep just about 3 hours before I was to leave for a couple of weeks visiting my daughter and granddaughter in the UK. Having nothing much better to do, I spent a good hour reading through all of the recipes instead of twiddling my thumbs while waiting to leave and I must say, I changed my mind in a hurry. In fact, I came this close to hauling the book and my Norpro 3980 12-Count Nonstick Mini Donut Pan along with me, thinking making these tiny treats might be a fun thing to do with my granddaughter. Weight won out and Mini Donuts: 100 Bite-Sized Donut Recipes to Sweeten Your "Hole" Day stayed behind, patiently waiting.

So, I crawled in the door just about 48 hours ago after 22 hours in a car, a bus, a plane and then a car again (NOT as young as I used to be!) and I've finally gotten up enough gumption to want something to eat other than whatever the pizza delivery guy can bring to my door, so out came the book and the pan.

I could have easily made about 90 of the 100 recipes in the book without so much as a trip to the store (that is saying something since the only "fresh" things in my fridge are milk and the buttermilk/sour cream/yogurt that was still in date when I left) but chocolate struck my fancy, so the remains of 2 1/2 dozen tiny Chocolate-Buttermilk Mini Donuts (page 44) sit proudly on the counter in my kitchen. They look just exactly like the pictures in the book and were an absolute breeze to make. (I would take a picture but I haven't unpacked enough to find the cable for the camera.) I didn't even bother to drag out the hand mixer!

All of these recipes are small, most requiring only a single cup of flour and one egg, so they are also pretty economical. Mixing is extremely straight forward, using only a 2 quart bowl and a whisk. I found that a scant 3 teaspoons of batter was the perfect amount for each little depression in the Norpro 3980 12-Count Nonstick Mini Donut Pan. (Three teaspoons is the same as a tablespoon, but distributing the batter in the smaller amounts made for a more even product. You could also use a piping bag with a medium tip, but that makes for more washing up.) As each dozen takes only about 7 or 8 minutes to bake, the recipe took well under an hour start to finish, including glazing the baked donuts. If I had had two of the mini-donut pans it would have taken under a half-hour. Surprisingly, I got exactly 30 donuts from the recipe, precisely the number that Jessica says I should get. (Since when does that happen?)

You'll find more flavors of donuts than you can shake sticks at here. Just 11 of them are the deep-fried sort. (You'll need a mini-donut cutter for those. This Ateco 2-1/2-Inch Stainless Steel Doughnut Cutter is the one I've had in my kitchen for many years.) For each of the remaining 89 donut recipes Jessica gives directions for both baking in a mini-donut pan like I did or using one of these electric donut makers - Babycakes DN-6 Mini Doughnut Maker, Yellow, 6 Donut, Sunbeam FPSBDMM921 Mini Donut Maker, Blue. Either way, lower calories and far more economical since neither method requires any great amount of expensive oil.

Grandma's $0.02: The donuts are scrumptious and dead easy with almost no learning curve. (Shake the pan and bang it a bit on the counter to distribute the batter evenly and you'll get perfect donuts every time.) Inexpensive and quick as a wink to make, turning out a variety is a simple but fun project that older children and teens will also enjoy. Perfect for tea parties too!

This is a book I'm going to use many, many times. Hmmm - maybe I'll make those Cranberry Orange Mini Donuts tomorrow . . .

Two thumbs up! Highly recommended.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, you can actually make these! October 18, 2012

By Brent Ozar

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The book starts out by explaining that she wanted to focus on ingredients that the average busy cook would actually have in their cupboard. Sure enough, these are actually cookable by mere mortals like me.

Each recipe even includes directions for both mini-donut pans and electric donut makers. Donut pans produce light, airy, cupcake-like donuts, and the machines create thicker, denser cakelike donuts - both are good, so you can start out on the cheap with the pan, and then move up to the electric maker if you're addicted.

The photos are lush and appetizing. The recipes you expect are there - blueberry cake, sour cream cake, etc - but there's ideas I never would have imagined. Fast canned-biscuit fried mini donuts that are ready in minutes?!? Salted caramel mini donuts? Sweet potato marshmellow mini donuts? Brown butter bourbon mini donuts? Wow - I'm impressed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful February 22, 2013

By Sara

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I have not tried all of the recipes yet but have enjoyed a number of them. They are superb! My family thanks you, Jessica.