Description
Lemony Fruity Pebbles topped doughnuts are a sweet and crunchy dessert for snack time or breakfast time. A Disneyland-inspired treat.
Ingredients
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For yeasted doughnuts, please check out the recipe here!
For the baked doughnuts:
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 25g (1/8 cup) vegetable oil (or refined coconut oil)
- 49g (1/3 cup) granulated sugar
- 35g (1/4 cup) brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 159g (1–1/3 cups) Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 113g (1/2 cup) milk (or milk substitute like almond milk)
For the glaze and topping:
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon pure lemon extract, optional (I used Nielsen-Massey lemon extract, see notes below about extracts)
- 1 tablespoon milk (or milk alternative)
- 2 to 3 drops of yellow food coloring (I used Lemon Yellow from Americolor)
- 1 cup Fruity Pebbles cereal
Instructions
For the doughnuts:
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Lightly grease one standard doughnut pan.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat together the butter, vegetable oil, and sugars until smooth.
- Add the eggs, beating to combine.
- Stir in the baking powder, baking soda, salt, and vanilla.
- Stir the flour into the butter mixture alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour and making sure everything is thoroughly combined.
- Spoon the batter into the lightly greased doughnut pans, filling the wells to about 1/4″ shy of the rim.
- Bake the doughnuts for 10 minutes. Remove them from the oven, and wait 5 to 7 minutes before turning them out of the pans onto a rack.
For the glaze and topping:
- Once the doughnuts are cool, in a bowl wide enough to fit a doughnut, whisk together the powdered sugar, lemon extract (if using), milk, and food coloring until smooth. Pour the Fruity Pebbles into a shallow, wide bowl that can accommodate a doughnut.
- Dip the top half of each doughnut into the glaze, letting any excess glaze drip back into the bowl.
- Immediately press the doughnut glaze side down into the Fruity Pebbles. Gently press the doughnut down into the cereal and then gently lift and place on a drying rack to set. Repeat with the remaining doughnuts.
- The glaze will take about 30-45 minutes to harden, however, don’t let that stop you from eating right away.
Notes
- Don’t want to make doughnuts at all? Plain store bought doughnuts can be decorated instead!
- Check the strength of your lemon extract before adding more than a 1/4 teaspoon to your glaze. I had plenty of lemon flavor with a quarter teaspoon of my brand, but your brand might be different, so taste and adjust as necessary.
- These are best eaten the day they are made as the Fruity Pebbles tend to go soft the longer they sit.
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