breakfast cereal doughnuts with @violettinder

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How to Make Your own Doughnuts Using Breakfast Cereal

My parents always taught me that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. No matter what was going on, they always made sure my brother and I had something in our stomachs before we went off to school.

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When I got older and I had to make my own breakfast, my go to was always cereal (Lucky Charms being my favorite). So when Natasha from Violet Tinder and I were brainstorming "Back To School" ideas we could collaborate on, cereal seemed like the perfect fit!

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And what's the only thing better than a great bowl of cereal? Breakfast Cereal Doughnuts! Natasha and I had so much fun making and styling these. We did make a little bit of a mess...but it was worth it.

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If you guys don't know Natasha, her Instagram, @violettinder is amazing! It's always bright colorful and super quirky! She also happens to be a styling genius, and she is giving great styling tips on her blog today. So you guys should definetly check it out here. Happy Baking!

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Breakfast Cereal Doughnuts With @Violettinder

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup tablespoons cake flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup butter, melted
2/3 cup sugar
2 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup milk
Doughnut Pan

Icing

3 cups powdered sugar
3-4 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Your favorite cereal

Directions

for the doughnuts:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a Doughnut Pan with non-stick cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, combine flours, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix butter and sugar.
Add eggs and vanilla pasta.
On a low speed, add dry ingredients. Mix until combined.
Slowly stream in buttermilk. Mix until combined.
Place batter into a large piping bag.
Pipe batter so that each doughnut mold is 3/4 of the way full.
Bake for 10-12 minutes.
Place doughnuts on wire rack to cool.

for the icing:

Put powdered sugar in a bowl.
Whisk in milk and vanilla.
Dip doughnut into the icing.
Place iced doughnut on a wire rack (with parchment underneath) and immediately add cereal.

*Makes about 12 doughnuts

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I might be the only person in the history of the world that has ever been grounded from baking. That's right. When I was a teen, it wasn't the computer, or the phone or the tv that got taken away. For me, it was the unsalted butter.

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breakfast cereal doughnuts with @violettinder