The other day I was watching my favorite movie of all time, “When Harry Met Sally” but something was off about it. I couldn’t put my finger on what it was that was bothering me until I realized it was Billy Crystal’s voice. Billy Crystal who is a main character in the movie, also voices Mike Wazowski from “Monsters Inc.”. Every time he spoke, all I could see was the short, green one-eyed monster in my head. It’s still my favorite movie; it just isn’t the same as before.
It’s taken forever to edit and finish the second part of the SW doughnut series. You would think editing a few photos and putting it together would be a cinch. But editing each step took a lot longer than I thought. 
So far, It’s been a busy weekend with baking this and that. I can’t wait to share the next cake with you! I hope to have it on here before the end of the week. ❤
Star Wars Mini Doughnuts – Part II: Leia, Yoda & Chewbacca
For the Leia Doughnuts:
You will need:
mini doughnuts (recipe below)
white candy melts
dark brown candy melts
orange candy melts
yellow candy melts
gray candy melts
junior mints
black edible pearls
pink confetti sprinkles
Instructions:
- Melt white candy melts in a small cup, or a bowl.
- Dip one half of doughnut into the melted white candy melt. (as shown in picture #1)
- Melt one orange, one yellow and some white candy melts to make a flesh toned candy melt.
- Dip the second half of the doughnut into the melted flesh toned candy melt. (as shown in picture #1)
- Melt dark brown candy melt into a small cup or bowl.
- Dip a quarter of the flesh toned side of the doughnut on each half of the dhoughnut. (as shown in picture #2)
- Before the dark brown candy melt sets, attach a junior mint on either side of the dark brown candy melt. (as shown in picture #3)
- Attach two black pearls of the flesh toned part of the doughnut (as shown in picture #4)
- Draw a gray thin horizontal line where the white and flesh toned color meets with gray candy melt. (as shown in picture #5)
- Attach two pink confetti sprinkles, below the black pearls and slightly to the outer corners for the cheeks. (as shown in picture #6)
For the Yoda Doughnuts:
You will need:
mini doughnuts (recipe below)
light green candy melts
light brown candy melts
heart shaped sprinkles
black edible pearls
Instructions:
- Melt light green candy melts in a small cup/bowl and dip the doughnut into the candy melt (as shown in picture #1)
- With melted light brown candy melt, draw two horizontal squiggly lines, one longer than the other (as shown in picture #2)
- Draw two short vertical lines to connect the horizontal lines. (as shown in picture #3)
- Place two black edible pearls while the light brown candy melt sets. (as shown in picture #3)
- Dip a heart shaped sprinkle into the melted light green candy melt and attach it to the side of the head, repeat on the other side. (as shown in picture #4)
- Pipe a small round of light brown candy melt in the center of the top of the doughnut. (as shown in picture #4)
For the Chewbacca Doughnuts:
You will need:
mini doughnuts (recipe below)
dark rown Candy melts
brown candy melts
gray candy melts
black edible pearls
Instructions:
- Melt dark brown candy melts in a small cup/bowl and dip the doughnut into the candy melt, and flip the doughnut onto parchment paper and lift up to give it texture. (as shown in picture #1)
- With melted brown candy melt, dip just the top surface on top of the dark brown candy melt and flip the doughnut onto parcment paper and lift up to give it extra texture and mimic hair. (as shown in picture #2)
- Place two black edible pearls on the top half of the doughnut for the eyes. (as shown in picture #3)
- Place one small dot of dark brown candy melt in between the black pearls for a nose. (as sown in picture #4)
- Draw a diagonal line in thee middle of the doughnut with the dark brown candy melt for the belt. (as shown in picture #4)
- Draw a series of short dashes along the diagonal line with the gray candy melts. (as shown in picture #5)
Classic Baked Doughnut Recipe
makes about 3 dozen mini doughnuts
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. unsalted butter
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
¼ c. granulated sugar
3 tbsp. brown sugar
1 large egg
¾ tsp. baking powder
⅛ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. fresh ground nutmeg
¼ tsp. kosher salt
½ tsp. vanilla extract
1 ⅓ c. all-purpose flour
½ c. whole milk
Instructions:
- Preheat oven 350˚F. Spray non-stick cooking spray on your mini doughnut pan.
- In a medium bowl, whip butter, vegetable oil, and both sugars with a hand-held mixer until smooth.
- Mix in egg and milk until completely combined.
- Stir in baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, salt and vanilla.
- Stir in flour until smooth, do not over mix.
- In a piping bag, fitted with a medium round tip, fill each doughnut cavity about ½ full.
- Bake 5-7 minutes until the doughnuts spring back when you touch it. Do not wait until the doughnut is golden brown, you will over bake it.
- Let cool in pan about 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to completely cool.
- Repeat steps 6-8 until all of the batter is used.
The meringue recipe I’m sharing is delicious and can be flavored with different extract or add-ins, but this time I chose to keep it simple by tinting it in different colors and shaping it so it has a flame-like body. Stirring the gel food coloring does deflate the meringue a bit and spooning it onto the parchment paper in layered dollops seems to produce a few cracks in the meringue. This is just a theory because I’ve made this recipe before and it produces very white, no-crack meringues when piped into little shapes.
I wanted the meringues to be super vibrant, but this is as bright as I could get them without compromising the structure of the meringue batter. As for the inside of the meringue, the color is much more vibrant on the inside and I am in love with it. Color and small crack issues aside, the meringues are melt-in-your-mouth crisp and has a wonderful marshmallow-y chewy interior. It’s love at
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