New Year's Doughnuts

Over the winter break, Kelly, Mom, and I busied ourselves by baking. With the help of Kelly, we made some delicious sugar cookies with homemade icing. "Cut-out sugar cookies" is what they were called. Time: Half a day?

Next, Kelly and I had to make a gingerbread house without any instructions. At first, it was a disaster in the making. However, we were able to get the sides to stay together and could have fun with the decorating. Although it was fun to look at, the clean up was horrible with the dried on icing and the decorations flying in every direction. Time: 1-2 hours

Since I had some stomach issues, Mom and I bought FiberOne muffin mix to make, but we never ended up making them. So, I ended up making the banana nut muffins which turned out to be quite delicious. Time: Half an hour

For quite some time Mom and I planned to make some homemade doughnuts. Early in the afternoon, we started by putting some ingredients in the dough mixer and for an hour and a half we waited for the dough to kneed and mix just enough. After that boring step, we rested the dough on a flower-covered surface for about 30 more minutes. I waited eagerly sitting next to the pile of dough and watching TV to make the time pass. When 30 minutes passed i was excited to cut them out finally fry them... but no. We had to cut out doughnut holes and the rings and put them in the oven to let them rise. After the minutes slowly passed, we took them out and heated up a pan with oil in it. Frying them took only 10 minutes! 12 doughnuts and 15 doughnut holes in 10 minutes. To some we added sugar and other a glaze. They tasted great with how soft and warm they were. (as you can see by the picture we really enjoyed them)