National Donut Day is here and we just had to share these fun cookie-themed donut holes with you! The cookie dough in the center magically disappears as it is absorbed into the donut hole in all directions, leaving the gooey, melty chocolatey chips inside a hollow center.
Instead of heating up the oven or working with hot grease, we used our cake pop maker to cook these donut holes to perfection (it was also the best way to guarantee the cookie dough would disappear every time). If you choose to deep fry them, the cookie dough doesn’t always disappear but the gooey dough inside is super yummy (might even taste better than the disappearing holes) and you don’t have to worry about Salmonella, because there’s no eggs in the recipe.
What are you waiting for? Give it a try! The kids will love these donut holes and so will you 🙂
Disappearing Cookie Dough Donut Holes
Ingredients
- 1/2 recipe chocolate chip cookie dough
- 1 cup warm milk alternative
- 1 T. rapid rise yeast
- 1 t. sugar
- 1/4 cup safe butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 T. pectin
- 1 T. baking powder
- 1 t. salt
- 2 t. vanilla
- 2 3/4 to 3 cups flour
For the topping:
- 1/4 cup melted butter alternative
- cinnamon sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Prepare chocolate chip cookie dough as directed.
- Roll cookie dough into several pebble sized balls, ensuring at least one chocolate chip is in each one.
- Place on a lined cookie sheet and put in the fridge to chill until firm.
- Meanwhile, proof yeast in milk alternative and 1 teaspoon sugar.
- In a separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add milk/yeast, salt, pectin, baking powder, and vanilla.
- Add 2 3/4 cups flour.
- Mix only until just combined (do not knead).
- Add another 1/4 cup flour only if dough is too sticky to handle (dough should be sticky but you will need it at least firm enough to handle).
- Pre-heat your cake pop maker or deep fryer (325°F).
- Remove the cookie dough from fridge and wrap each ball with a layer of donut dough, then return to the lined pan.
- Cook in your deep fryer 3 to 4 minutes or cake pop maker according to your device instructions, until golden. Let cool.
- Roll donut holes in melted butter alternative, then roll in cinnamon sugar mixture.
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