Raise your hand if you are excited to see Eeyore back on the big screen! I know I sure am, and to share the excitement, I wanted to share this super cute homemade Eeyore Donuts recipe (created by Krista and her family) with you.
Oh, I just love Eeyore. He is without a doubt my favorite character from the Pooh gang. There is just something about him that I just love. Honestly, I think it’s because Eeyore is real, and I just want to give him a hug and cheer him up.
Homemade Eeyore Donut Recipe
To make these adorable homemade Eeyore donuts, you’ll need the following ingredients:
- 1 cup flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp. unsalted sweet cream butter melted
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 + 1 1/2 tbsp. whole milk
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
Vanilla Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. kosher salt
- 4 tbsp. whole milk
- Black gel food coloring
- Black cookie icing
- Grey fondant
- Red Fondant
- Pink fondant
- Ivory Fondant
- Bow-Tie Fondant Mold
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- paint brushes
Follow the below directions to make your own homemade Eeyore Donuts.
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray your donut pan with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, butter, and vanilla extract.
- Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
- Spoon the batter into a donut pan and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 6 minutes before removing and placing the donuts onto a wire rack.
- Repeat the steps until the batter is gone.
Making the Ears
- Using the grey fondant, pinch off about 2–1/2 tsp of fondant and roll into a ball. Roll the ball in between your hands to form a long, rounded piece. Next, using your fingers, lightly flatten the fondant log into a long, flat piece of fondant. Set aside for later
- Pinch off about 2–1/8 tsp of pink fondant, roll the pink fondant into balls and then roll them into logs
- Flatten the logs into long flat pieces
- Lightly wet fingers and brush them along the middle of your grey disks to leave a trail of water. The water will act as glue when you are working with fondant. Carefully lay the pink flat piece onto the grey flat piece of fondant. Repeat steps for 29 more ears. You will need a total of 30 ears. Allow to sit harden while you make the glaze.
Vanilla Glaze Directions:
- In a large bowl combine the powdered sugar, vanilla, salt and milk and mix until combined. If the glaze has powdered sugar clumps still, mix in another tbsp of milk.
- Mix in 1-2 drops of black coloring and mix until combined. You are wanting to get a light grey shade.
Decorating Directions:
- Make sure that your wire rack is on top of a larger cookie sheet so that when you pour the grey glaze onto the donuts, the glaze will not drip onto the counter.
- Allow the donuts to dry for 10 minutes, then carefully lift one of the ears up.
- Lightly get your finger wet and brush it on the edge of the top of the ear, and carefully place the top of the ear on the side of the donut. Repeat the steps with the other ear. Set them aside while you mold your fondant bows.
- Using a small pointy paint brush, dip it into the powdered sugar and brush the powdered sugar into the fondant mold. Pinch off a piece of red fondant and push it into the mold. Allow the fondant to sit there for a few minutes before pushing the bow out of the mold. Repeat the steps for 14 more bows.
- Lightly brush water onto the back of the bow and place the bow in the bottom middle of the donut.
- Using the ivory-colored fondant, repeat the steps that you did for the ears, and carefully shape the ivory into a bean shape for the base of the mouth. Lightly wet the back of the ivory fondant piece and place it on top of the middle of the donut.
- Using the black icing, pipe a line down the center of the donut. Pipe hair onto the top part of the donut, pipe stitches down the center of the donut, pipe a dot on both sides of the donut for the eyes, a line above the eyes for his eyebrows, and a dot on the ivory fondant for the nose.
- Allow it to dry for an hour before enjoying!
I hope you and your family fall in love with these cute donuts! I know Krista and her crew put a lot of work into creating them. They are a bit time-consuming at first, but once you get the swing of things, everything should run more smoothly, plus it’s worth it when you create something made with love.
Check out a few of our other super cute recipes!
Awesome Frozen Cake
Cute Melted Snowman Cookies
Minion Oreo Cookies
Mummy Pumpkin Pop Tarts
Chocolate Baked Cake Donuts with Peanut Butter Glaze
Pistachio Cranberry Bite Baked Donuts with Vanilla Icing
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Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp unsalted sweet cream butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 + 1 1/2 tbsp whole milk
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- !Vanilla Glaze:
- 1 cup powder sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 4 tbsp whole milk
- Black gel food coloring
- Black cookie icing
- Grey fondant
- Red Fondant
- Pink fondant
- Ivory Fondant
- Bow Tie Fondant Mold
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- Paintbrushes
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and spray your donut pan with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, butter, and vanilla extract.
Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients, and mix until well combined.
Spoon the batter into a donut pan and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 6 minutes before removing and placing the donuts onto a wire rack.
Repeat the steps until the batter is gone.
Making Ears
Using the grey fondant, pinch off about 2–1/2 tsp of fondant roll into a ball, and roll the ball in between your hands to form a long rounded piece.
Next, using your fingers, lightly flatten the fondant log into a long, flat piece of fondant. Set aside for later
Pinch off about 2 - 1/8 tsp of pink fondant roll the pink fondant into balls and then roll them into logs.
Flatten the logs into long, flat pieces
Lightly wet your fingers and brush them along the middle of your grey disks to leave a trail of water. The water will act as glue when you are working with fondant. Carefully lay the pink flat piece onto the grey flat piece of fondant.
Repeat the steps for 29 more ears. You will need a total of 30 ears.
Allow them to sit and harden while you make the glaze.
Vanilla Glaze Directions:
In a large bowl, combine the powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, and milk and mix until combined. If the glaze has powdered sugar clumps still, mix in another tablespoon of milk.
Mix in 1-2 drops of black coloring and mix until combined. You are wanting to get a light grey shade.
Decorating Directions:
Make sure that your wire rack is on top of a larger cookie sheet so that when you pour the grey glaze onto the donuts, the glaze will not drip onto the counter.
Allow the donuts to dry for 10 minutes, then carefully lift one of the ears up.
Lightly get your finger wet and brush it on the edge of the top of the ear and carefully place the top of the ear on the side of the donut. Repeat the steps with the other ear. Set them aside while you mold your fondant bows.
Using a small pointy paint brush, dip it into the powdered sugar and brush the powdered sugar into the fondant mold. Pinch off a piece of red fondant and push it into the mold. Allow the fondant to sit there for a few minutes before pushing the bow out of the mold. Repeat the steps for 14 more bows.
Lightly brush water onto the back of the bow and place the bow onto the bottom middle of the donut.
Using the ivory colored fondant repeat the steps that you did for the ears, and carefully shape the ivory into a bean shape for the base of the mouth. Lightly wet the back of the ivory fondant piece and place it onto the top middle of the donut.
Using the black icing, pipe a line down the center of the donut. Pipe hair onto the top part of the donut, pipe stitches down the center of the donut, pipe a dot on both sides of the donut for the eyes, a line above the eyes for his eyebrows, and a dot on the ivory fondant for the nose.
Allow to dry for an hour before enjoying!