I made home-made Pokémon malasadas for National Donut Day!

I followed @jammycooks‘ malasada [redux] recipe to see how it differed from his original recipe.



I didn’t have time to decorate them all to look like Pokémon like last time, so I settled on just making an Alolan Raichu!

This recipe was much easier to make, since you just throw all of your ingredients in a food processor. The dough was very thick, though, and liked to hang out above the blades. I was worried it wouldn’t mix completely, or it would kill the processor’s motor!

I kneaded it a bit, and it was looking good. I let it rise for two hours, and it makes such a huge difference!



Then I called over my partner, T, and we cut out the malasadas! We let them proof for another half hour, and made a coconut custard for filling using this recipe, substituting 1 tsp of vanilla extract for 1.5 tsp of coconut extract. Yummy!

We fried those bad boys, added a (way too light) dusting of powdered sugar, stuffed them with filling, and voila!



I later used buttercream icing to make Raichu’s face, and cut one malasada in half to make the ears. You don’t normally ice this type of donut, but it sure is yummy!



I hope you all had a lovely National Donut Day!

