Chocolate Frosted Reindeer Donuts

Ingredients

For the Donut
• 1 cup flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 Tablespoons butter, melted and cooled slightly
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup Greek yogurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
For the Icing
• 3 Tablespoons butter
• 2 Tablespoons milk
• 1/2 Tablespoon light corn syrup
• 2 oz chocolate, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• pinch salt
For the Decorating
• 18 White chocolate chips
• 18 mini chocolate chips
• 9 - 18 regular chocolate chips
• 9 red M&Ms
• Pretzels, broken into antler shaped pieces

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease 2 six-cavity donut pans with nonstick cooking spray.
For the Donut
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together sugar, butter, and egg until well combined and shiny. Add the milk, yogurt, and vanilla and mix until very well combined.
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated.
5. Spoon the batter into the donut pan, filling each cavity 3/4 full.
6. Bake for 7 - 9 minutes, until donuts are light golden brown. Cool in the pan for a few minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
For the Icing
7. In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the butter with the milk and corn syrup. Add the chocolate and whisk constantly until chocolate is melted. Turn off the heat and stir in the vanilla and salt.
8. Dip each donut into the chocolate icing, then return to the wire rack.
For the Decoration
9. Eyes: Place two white chocolate chips, pointy side down, on the donut, where eyes would go. Using a toothpick, put a small dot of chocolate icing on the bottom of a mini chocolate chip, and place in the center of the white chocolate chip.
10. Nose: If your donut hole is too large for an M&M to fit without falling through, plug the hole with a chocolate chip or two. Then place a red M&M in the center for the nose, securing with a dab of chocolate icing if necessary.
11. Antlers: place a broken pretzel piece into each side of the donut, for antlers.

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