Happy Christmas!

 Cookie is ready for the holiday in her Christmas dress. Is she mad at this dress? Yes, she didn't move for 4 hours after I put it on. For breakfast, I made donuts! The recipe is stupid easy:
Donuts:
1 ¼ cups moist-style devil’s food cake mix
½ cup canned pure pumpkin
¼ cup egg whites or fat-free liquid egg substitute
¼ tsp. peppermint extract
1/4 cup water
Preheat oven to 400F. Spray a 6-cavity standard donut pan with nonstick spray. In a large bowl, combine all donut ingredients. Add water, and mix until completely smooth and uniform. Evenly distribute batter into the rings of the donut pan, and smooth out the tops. Bake until a toothpick inserted into a donut comes out mostly clean, about 12 minutes. Place a cooling rack over a baking sheet or a sheet of wax paper. 

Let donuts cool completely, about 10 minutes in the pan and 15 minutes on the cooling rack. In a medium bowl, combine glaze ingredients except candy cane, and whisk until smooth and uniform. One at a time, dunk the tops of the donuts into the glaze, coating the top halves. Return to the cooling rack, and sprinkle evenly with crushed candy cane. (yes, again I don't have candy canes in the house, so I went without them) Allow glaze to set, about 10 minutes. (Glaze will run off; that’s why you’ve got the rack over something else)
Glaze:
½ cup powdered sugar (not packed)
1 ½ tbsp. unsweetened vanilla almond milk, light vanilla soymilk, or fat-free dairy milk
2 – 3 drops peppermint extract
Dash salt
1 full-sized candy cane (or 3 minis), crushed

These were SUPER delicious! They were chocolatey and pepperminty and oh so delicious. Have a merry Christmas everyone!