Our obsession with donuts, real, small, and otherwise continues. I'll explain the otherwise later. Yes, our own Miss Grace has been busy in the dollhouse bakery again, sculpting more diminutive delights (*shop update coming soon*), as well as in the REAL-LIFE kitchen, much to our delight. This latest donut-making mania is the result of a magazine article from the February 2004 Country Living issue ("ode to the doughnut"), that I ran across while rummaging through a stack of old magazines. The pictures looked so inviting that we just about dropped 
everything we were doing to try the recipes out, which I was happy to see are still available online here, so you're in luck if you also need a donut fix and have a little time on your hands. None of them were rated on the website, however I can tell you that the Double-Chocolate ones we made were really REALLY good. These cake-like donuts were pretty quick to throw together, unlike the yeast ones that need time to rise, but they still need to chill for at least an hour before 
you roll and cut them. We measured and prepared the ingredients ahead of time so all the different steps went pretty smoothly in assembly-line fashion. I stepped in to do the deep frying, but the girls were only too happy to do everything else, nibbling away as they went along. It took about 3 hours from start to finish, not counting the clean-up, which wasn't too bad. It makes for a fun afternoon on a rainy day anyway, even if you only make donut holes. (Click on any of the images to see them larger.)
And speaking of rainy day play, there's been more movie-making 
around here too. If you have time, check out this donut story on daughter Amber's blog, "produced" by Grace and her friend Michelle, with a supporting cast of dolls and little sister, Ginger, too. Just a sample of some of the wacky things they do to entertain us around here. Kick back with a donut and a cuppa and enjoy the sho-0-0-0!
