Basics: Make Donut Glaze and Decorate ‘Em Yourself

Sure, you can buy donuts that are ready to go. But, if you decorate donuts yourself, it’s even more fun.

Get out that food coloring that you hide way high up in the pantry and all those toppings. They’ll enjoy these donuts more than any other they’ll have over Chanukah (because it’s so much fun to choose your own colors and toppings!)

You can buy “naked” donuts at your local bakery, or make your own using this recipe.

Basic icing is great for donuts as shown in these photos. This icing will also work on black and white cookies, or simply drizzle it over your bundt cakes.

Add food coloring and mix.

This recipe works if you want to be able to “dunk” your donuts into the glaze

or if you want “glazed” donuts where the icing drips all around

the donut.

Add more confectioners’ sugar if you want a thicker glaze that you can spread instead of dunk.

Now that you have your donuts and your icing, you can have a donut decorating party! You can make this as sophisticated an event as you want. From paper plates with the icing options above and lots of sprinkles (How fun are these??) to a full-on donut bar with gourmet toppings and fillings; you choose what works best for your family, budget, and creative energy.

The only rule is to allow each decorator the freedom to make something as “beautiful” as they want. Just come up with lots of categories of winners! Tip: Make or buy mini donuts so each person gets to decorate more than one. The donut decorating fun will last a lot longer…

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Basic Icing

Ingredients

• 1 lb confectioners' sugar (3½ cups) + more as needed
• ¼-⅓ cup boiling water
• food coloring of your choice

Instructions

• Place the confectioners' sugar in a bowl. Slowly add the boiling water and mix. Add more confectioners’ sugar if you want a thicker, spreadable glaze.

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Chocolate Glaze

Ingredients

• 1 lb confectioners' sugar (3½ cups)
• ⅓ cup boiling water
• 2 oz bittersweet chocolate
• 2 tsp corn syrup
• 2-4 tsp cocoa powder

Instructions

• Place the confectioners' sugar in a bowl. Slowly add the boiling water and mix. Melt the chocolate with the corn syrup, and mix with white icing. Add the cocoa to get the dark chocolate color.