Carrot Cake #doughnuts

Typically I wake up before everyone else. I lay there pondering about what I should make.

This morning I was thinking, What do we have that needs to be used up? We have lots of carrots, and raisins. No one in our house likes raisins all that much, except in desserts, or breakfast goodies like this. 

They were easier to make, then my Dark Chocolate Doughnuts, or the Lemon Doughnuts I've shared with you. They were just as good as both, but I have to say it's hard to pass up chocolate! 

Carrot Cake Doughnuts by AlissaSpiehs-Apel on Scribd

Sometimes I skip the glaze. It's not because it's not good. It's just that we don't need the extra sugar. This time I decided to add it.

What I Paired the Carrot Cake Doughnuts Up With:

• Spinach Leaves
• A Date
• Bing Cherries
• Cottage Cheese
• Emergen-C Drink

It was a hit with everyone. Mica per usual on a weekend morning asked, for seconds. 

What kind of homemade doughnuts do you prefer?

Baked - Dark Chocolate Doughnuts #Recipe

I like to eat healthy. At the same time a little sin with the healthy isn't bad. If I'm going to sin it's at breakfast time. Then my body has a chance to work it off during the day. Mica helped me make Dark Chocolate Doughnuts. 

They aren't totally bad for you. They aren't great for you either. Better than the ones in the stores.

• They have coconut flour in them
• The sugar is coconut sugar
• I used dark chocolate chips
• They are made with Tap Dancers Specialty Coffee

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I couldn't get a picture before both boys took bites out of their doughnuts. I wanted a photo of their doughnuts because I didn't put the toppings on Dad's or mine.

I didn't make a special topping recipe. I just melted a little fountain chocolate, added it on top of 2 doughnuts, and used some toffee sprinkles on that I had in the cupboard. There are recipes online for the topping if you want to add it to all the doughnuts. You can try and glaze, or go for a chocolate topping like the boys had. You can use whatever sprinkles you want. 

I'm telling you that it's good without the topping to!

There is coffee in the doughnuts, but not a lot. We didn't have wired children after eating them.

If you don't have a doughnut pan, you can use muffin cups to make them.

Dark Chocolate Doughnuts

I like that this recipe is for baked doughnuts. 

The boys said it was the best breakfast ever! Do you like doughnuts?

Doughnuts For Dads

Isaak usually looks like this when he wakes up:

Kind of grumpy, slow and unmotivated.

Friday was Doughnuts for Dads at the boy's school. 

Isaak must of been super pumped for the occasion.

He woke up when he heard me running stairs and Dad pumping iron.

I said, "Isaak it's pretty early. Why don't you go back to bed?"

In a chipper mood he said, "Mom it's Doughnuts for Dads today!" As if he had stuff to do to get ready for the event.

Sure enough he did have stuff to do. He started getting out all his colored papers and made his Dad some paper doughnuts.

The sprinkles are cute. The staples cracked me up!