Donuts!
Hey ya'll... It's fall one, of my favorite times of the year. Being from the Midwest I find fall to be a beautiful time with all the colors of the trees and the bounty of apples available. Add in a nice crisp autumnal breeze and I'm ready to snuggle up with a book and cup of warm cider in a hot second. I have been able to do that a few times this season already! I also love the flavors of fall... with them in mind I decided to break out the donut pan I bought months ago and put it to use. I borrowed a recipe from my favorite TV cook Rachael Ray (Ray Ray as I love to call her) and made some donuts with fresh apples! I used honey crisps because they're my favorite after granny smith.
The basic ingredients for the donuts (flour not pictured).
You mix the eggs and sugars before adding the vanilla and oil. (I sadly had to use imitation vanilla because my staff of the good stuff ran out... I will be making a trip to TJ Maxx stat to restock).
Next add in some shredded apples for that fall flavor.
Spray the advertised "nonstick" donut pan thoroughly and measure out the batter.
Add a wee bit of milk to the caramels to help the melt without burning. Or alternatively you could make a glaze with powdered sugar, milk, and caramel flavoring. But the caramels were on special for $1/bag and I don't own any imitation caramel flavoring so I went the cheap and easy route.
Prepare your icing space 'cause it's gonna get good and messy.
One had on my camera and the other one's icing a donut! 
Caramel apple donuts=gooey goodness!Some of the donuts I also added a bit of chocolate to as well. I just melted some chocolate chips put them in a boughetto piping bag (i.e. a sandwich bag with the corner snipped off) and drizzled away. They were all so pretty I had to share. I boxed up four and took them through airport security to hand deliver them to a friend in D.C. She was graciously allowing my to crash on her couch and I just couldn't come empty handed.
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