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Chocolate Donuts with Peanut Butter Candy Cane Frosting
Author
Pamela Reed
Ingredients
For the donuts
3/4
cups
all purpose flour
1/2
cup
white sugar
1/4
cup
cocoa powder
1/2
teaspoon
baking soda
1/4
teaspoon
salt
5
tablespoons
vegetable oil
1/2
teaspoon
vanilla extract
1/2
cup
water
For the frosting
1/4
cup
butter
1/2
cup
chocolate peanut butter
1
cup
confectioners sugar
2
tablespoons
milk
Extra
1
Candy Cane - crushed up
Instructions
For the donuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray your donut pan with nonstick spray.
Stir together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
Add oil, vanilla and water and continue to stir until smooth.
Pour into donut pan and bake 10-12 minutes. Let donuts cool.
For the frosting
Use softened butter and mix with peanut butter (I use a hand mixer).
Slowly add in confectioners sugar and milk. Continue to mix until frosting is fluffy.
Spread frosting on donuts. Sprinkle crushed up candy cane on each one.
Notes
Makes 6 donuts.