Donut Maker, Mini

Excited because my doughnuts come out cute, whole, with this lightweight, small, easy to use, non-stick product and does not overheat like the others.

I love "fry cake" donuts and this donut maker is wonderful and makes the best fry cake donuts, 4 at a time, for family fun and snacking. I have tried all the recipes and all have turned out perfectly without any bitter tastes or off smells. We love the buttermilk chocolate recipe. To make the buttermilk I use evaporated milk in the can and white vinegar. I always keep evaporated milk on my pantry shelf because we do not use milk on a regular basis and when I need it, I grab it off my self and mix with water according to the can directions. I use the full Tablespoon of baking powder but I do mix and then sift the dry ingredients to incorporate them well before I add the wet ingredients. We add 1 teaspoon of coffee extract to the chocolate recipe to pop the chocolate taste. We also add 2 teaspoons of ground cayenne pepper and a 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon to the chocolate recipe to make Aztec Devils Food fry cakes. To make frosting them easy we just use store shelf cake frostings. To make a glaze, you just heat up the white frosting in the microwave so it just melts and dip each donut and but them on a wire rack to drip but everyone seems to like the frosting right out of the container spread on them with sprinkles or jimmies or crushed peanuts. These are not deep fried, fluffy, yeast donuts that you fill with jelly or Bavarian cream. These are FRY CAKES: a baked, sweet cake like donut that you see in the Hostess powdered donut box but these are fresh and even yummier than Hostess! If your child loves to bake, this is great but I would recommend the parent removing the baked donuts out of the machine to avoided the child possibly getting burned fingers. Next weekend we are going to try the boxed Jiffy corn bread mix from the store and make cornbread rounds and if they turn out we'll use them on our Thanksgiving table along with the cranberry rounds we have already made from the Jiffy muffin mix. We did freeze some to see if they would be good thawed and they were but we always eat them up and never have any left over to freeze.

My family is gluten free and are always asking for gluten free donuts. This donut maker is perfect. I remember my mom frying donuts on the stove and I did not want to go through that just to make gluten free donuts. I used the recipes in the manual and they work just fine with gluten free 1 for 1 flour and my family thinks they are tasty. The throughput is a little slow (4 mini donuts/4-5 min), but it is ok for a lazy Saturday or Sunday morning and just a few people to feed.

Pros: Easy to clean, good for making small amount of donuts, cooked quickly. Cons: Takes a really really long time to make a big batch of donuts since there is only 4 spots. If you are looking to make a larger batch of mini donuts I would buy the one with the ability to make more at a time. It takes about 4-6 mins per batch of 4 so it takes about 30mins to make 24 mini donuts approx. Sometimes you have to wait for the machine to warm up again if your're using for a long time as well so take that into consideration too. I am just not the most patient person, but I think the 7 slot machine is definitely more convenient. Overall: I would recommend this machine if you are looking to make a small batch of mini donuts.

I had been hoping to get the larger model, but most places seemed to be out of them at the time so figured I'd give this little devil a try. It was certainly well worth it, once the unit heats up initially each round of donuts takes all of about 3-4 minutes to get a nice evenly browned donut on both sides. On hind sight I would probably just use 2-3 of these at the lower price if I was so inclined to make larger batches. The first time it was heated up, even after cleaning thoroughly before use, had a fairly strong smell from whatever coatings didn't clean off initially. However after maybe 15 minutes or so running it burned off whatever had still been left behind from the manufacturing process and it's been smell free (aside from the overwhelmingly nice donut aromas that linger for hours afterwards). Filling the donut mold cavities I just used a freezer bag with a corner snipped off, piped in the batter going around the mold two times, and shut the lid. 3 minutes later: perfection. A simple toothpick worked like a charm to poke into the donuts at an angle and pull them out of the unit as it didn't come with any utensils or accessories outside of the recipe booklet (which doesn't have half bad recipes, like anything they need tweaks to your own tastes and preferences). Haven't had any issues with donuts sticking in the least, they just pull right out. The outside of the unit, particularly the handles, don't get very hot which is quite nice. The only thing that's a little chintzy on this is the front latch, it's pretty easy to pop off entirely and wouldn't be too surprised if at some point it ends up breaking.

First, the donut maker works fine. No complaints there. The recipes for the donuts could be improved. They were not very tasty. And finally, I bought it to use with a younger child obsessed with donuts. Sadly, the machine gets way too hot and isn’t safe for children.

A fun item and easy to clean

They are very tiny but look very cool. It works good. Best to make your batter and put it in a squirt plastic container so you can fill the spots fast without a mess so you can close the lid quick as they start to rise as soon as you put the batter in the spots. I suggest using a cake batter but you one that needs 3 eggs and at least half cup of vegetable oil or your donuts or pops can come out dry. Tip : fill fast , close lid, cook 2 minutes , open and flip them fast and close lid and cook 2 more minutes.

Excelente producto

I admit i had doubts that it would work so amazingly well. The product comes as described and is incredibly easy to start using. The recipe book that it comes with has a selection of recipes to use, i've only tried one so far but it tastes amazing. Will definately recommend.

Stupid product. Not sure how this seller sells a 110V product in India. No warning or instruction. My daughter plugged into power to see a flicker and it is gone.

Buenisina calidad de los materiales, hermoso color, funciona a la perfección y tienen un super precio, la calidad del instructivo y sus recetas son de alta calidad a diferencia de los artículos chinos de ese precio, compraré aún más...

La machine est belle et fonctionne à merveille! Les recettes sont gouteuses mais les directions de cuisson sont erroné, 1 c. à table de pâte est amplement et la recettes dit 2 et ça déborde de partout. Une fois bien roddé c'est un charme!