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Holiday Donut Cookie Experience
Forget about the cronuts and cupcakes, and instead discover the magic of our delicious holiday-themed brigadeiro donut cookies!
In this easy and fun cookie experience, you’ll mix and mold your dough, bake your donut cookies, and then decorate them with creamy Brazilian brigadeiro and limited edition holiday toppings.
It’s minimal effort for maximum fun and taste. I hope you love them as much as our whole team does.
Instructional Video
Instructions and Ideas
Get Ready!
Setting up your baking station
Ingredients
- 1 stick (113g) of softened unsalted butter
- 1 medium or large egg (if organic)
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract (optional)
- 1 tinyB Holiday Cookie Kit (with mix, brigadeiro, and toppings)
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
- Wooden spoon or spatula
- Small spoon or blunt knife for the brigadeiro
- Lined baking sheet or pan
- tinyB donut mold
VEGAN Ingredient Substitutes
- BUTTER: Substitute butter with vegan butter (100g)
- EGG: Substitute egg with flax seed meal (1 tbsp). Mix with 3 tbsp of water, and let it sit for 5-10 minutes until thick
Let’s Do It!
Baking the Hoilday Donut Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350F
- Add the egg and the vanilla extract (optional) to a mixing bowl and beat until the egg is completely mixed
- Mix in the soften butter
- Mix in the cookie mix to form a dough (if the dough is too sticky, chill it in the fridge for 5-10 minutes)
- Divide the dough in half. Put one half in the fridge
- Gently press chunks of dough into the donut cookie mold until each ring is half full (you don’t need to grease the mold!). Set aside any leftover dough
- Bake the cookies for approximately 12-15 minutes or until golden brown
- Leave the cookies to cool for a few minutes in the mold, before turning out onto a cooling rack
- Repeat steps 5 to 8 with the other half of the dough
Decorating the Holiday Donut Cookies
- Get your decorations ready: open the brigadeiro containers and pour each topping onto separate plates
- Use a spoon or blunt knife to spread a thick layer of brigadeiro on top of a cookie
- Choose one or more toppings as a base color and gently press your cookie into the topping until evenly covered
- Decorate the rest of your donut cookie with the remaining festive toppings
Taste and enjoy!
Baking a Classic Brigadeiro-Filled Cookie
- With any remaining dough, divide it into 2 even balls
- Using your finger, making a hole in the center of each ball and add roughly 1 tsp of brigadeiro
- Cover the brigadeiro with dough and roll into a ball
- Place the balls 2” apart on a baking sheet
- Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown
- Leave them on the baking sheet or a cooling rack for at least 5-10 minutes before eating
Classic Brigadeiros
Make some classic brigadeiros or spring-inspired brigadeiro shapes from your leftover brigadeiro filling.
Filling: Wet or lightly butter your hands. Scoop some brigadeiro (not the spread) from the container and gently roll it in your hands until it is round. Roll quickly or it will become too soft to work with. You can also get creative and shape the brigadeiro into a halloween-inspired shape like a pumpkin, a ghost, a spider, or a bat
Decorating: Choose one or more toppings and roll your brigadeiro or shape in the topping/s on the plate until evenly covered. Roll it gently in your hands or press it with your fingers to make sure the toppings are firmly attached to the brigadeiro. You can also use other items from your pantry like pretzels, oreo cookies, coconut, dried fruits, and more to bring your brigadeiro to life. Once decorated, place it in a paper cup or on a plate. And that’s it. Just taste, repeat using different flavors and textures, and enjoy!
Pro Tips
When refrigerated in a sealed container, your cookies will be fresh for one week. You can also freeze the cookie dough (or the baked cookies) for up to 6 months.
Any undecorated and uniced cookies can be warmed up in the microwave for 5 seconds for a freshly baked smell and taste!
If you have any leftover brigadeiro filling, you can use it on toast, as a fruit dip, or on any baked good. You can also warm it in the microwave for 10 seconds and turn it into a pourable sauce for ice cream!
If you’re sharing your experience with others, why not host a holiday donut cookie competition? Set a timer for 15 minutes. Choose any chocolate, toppings, props, or at-home pantry ingredients to make the most creative holiday donut cookies. Present your creations and vote.
Activities
Halloween Popsicle Creativity Challenge
Once the chocolate popsicle shells are ready, set a timer for 15 minutes. Choose any brigadeiro, toppings, props, or pantry staples to make the most creative Halloween-inspired chocolate popsicle. Present your creations and vote. Award categories could include: Best Overall, A for Effort, Scariest, Most Colorful, Best Use of Tools or Props, Most Original Flavor Combination.
Pantry Pairing
Try mixing and matching your brigadeiro centers with other pantry staples like spices, salt, cereals, cookies, candies, and nuts to see if you can come up with a fun new combination. Pitch it to your colleagues and see who comes up with the best combination. Or perhaps you can try mixing the brigadeiro in your coffee or hot chocolate or spreading it on a cookie to see how the flavor profile changes.
Halloween Creatures
With some of your brigadeiro filling, design and make your own halloween-inspired creature. Some ideas include mummies, bats, pumpkins, monsters, and ghosts. Feel free to use any pantry staples or props like broken oreo cookies for bat wings or pretzel sticks for spider legs to bring your creature to life.
Try mixing and matching your brigadeiro centers with other pantry staples like spices, salt, cereals, cookies, candies, and nuts to see if you can come up with a fun new combination. Pitch it to your colleagues and see who comes up with the best combination. Or perhaps you can try mixing the brigadeiro in your coffee or hot chocolate or spreading it on a cookie to see how the flavor profile changes.
Explore Taste and Texture
Foods can take on a number of different flavor and texture profiles when mixed together, such as sweet, salty, spicy, sweet & sour, fruity, classic, smooth, crunchy, and more! Choose 3 different flavor profiles and try to make 3 different brigadeiros with that in mind. What’s the most surprising flavor combination you can come up with? See how creative you can be!
Kit Contents
Holiday Donut Cookie Kit
Holiday Donut Cookie Kit
Cookie Mix
- 1x bag of tinyB Cookie Mix
Brigadeiro Chocolate
- 6oz jar of Dark Chocolate Brigadeiro Spread
Toppings
- Dark Chocolate Sprinkles, Coconut, Green Sprinkles, Mixed Holiday Sprinkles, Pretzels, Peppermint Candy, Blue Winter Sprinkles
Extras
- Silicone donut mold
- DIY instructions
- Utensils
Participants Need
- A spatula or spoon
- Mixing bowl
- Access to an oven
- Lined baking tray or pan
- 100g softened unsalted butter
- 1 medium egg (large, if organic)
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract (optional)
Vegan Holiday Donut Cookie Kit
Vegan Donut Cookie Kit
Cookie Mix
- 1x bag of tinyB Vegan Cookie Mix
Brigadeiro Chocolate
- 6oz jar of Vegan Dark Chocolate Brigadeiro Spread
Toppings
- Vegan Dark Chocolate Sprinkles, Coconut, Vegan Rainbow Sprinkles, Pretzels, Vegan Peppermint Candy, Mixed Berries, Blue Winter Sprinkles
Extras
- Silicone donut mold
- DIY instructions
- Utensils
Participants Need
- A spatula or spoon
- Mixing bowl
- Access to an oven
- Baking tray or pan
- 100g softened vegan butter
- Egg substitute: 1 tbsp flaxseed meal. Mix with 3 tbsp of water, and let it sit for 5-10 minutes until thick
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract (optional)
Shelf Life
- Please refrigerate contents on arrival for maximum freshness and ease of use.
- Unopened jars of chocolate will be fresh for 3 weeks at room temperature and 3 months if refrigerated.
All tinyB items are compostable or recyclable
TinyB is a CO2
neutral company
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