All Hallows Eve

For some people Halloween is a time to dress up in sexy costumes, go to parties, eat lots of candy and get spooked. But my Halloween was slightly different. It was a day to stay home, dress up in a comfy onsie and make doughnuts.
I think the majority of the world will agree with me when I say doughnuts are fantastic. They just are. There's no arguing with the facts. But, store bought doughnuts are also fantastically bad for you. And let's be real, they taste fake. Please don't kill me for saying that.
It has been around three years since I've had a store bought doughnut and over a year since I've had a homemade one... Scary, right? It's also lovely though. But yes, I have been craving doughnuts lately. They always look so yummy, yet sooo gross too (again, sorry).
Now, of course there's a simple solution to that problem: make the doughnuts myself. It's been on my mind for weeks but between school and rehearsals I haven't had a spare moment (sad, yet true). But it being a Saturday and a holiday I had the day off from school and rehearsals (happy to have time off, but I still managed to miss the theatre).
I convinced my mum to buy be a doughnut pan because frying them in oil was just a bit too much work and a bit too...oily...for me. I found a lovely pumpkin (duh) cake doughnut recipe and threw it together (it was quite simple actually) crossing my fingers the whole time that they would taste like real doughnuts.

The pan only help six at a time, so it took a bit to cook them, but in all honesty it wasn't that bad. My sibs were watching Star Wars, Return of the Jedi, in the next room so I just popped back and forth between the two (the Ewoks are the most adorable thing ever, well next to kittens and pandas. Can I have one for a pet?).

But anyways, doughnuts...oh yes, so they got all done and I ate them. The end, right? Not quite. I've still got more to say, no trying to cut me off.
The problem with not eating doughnuts for an extended period of time is you forget exactly what they taste like. So as I'm eating my doughnut, I'm sitting there questioning it. Does it taste like a doughnut or does it just taste like some random pastry? What makes a doughnut taste like a doughnut? Ahhh! My mind was spinning from the questions! I thought I would implode! No, actually that's not really true...but I have to dramatize my life somehow... So just go with it.
I think they tasted like doughnuts, or at least decently so. I do think the baking instead of frying does make a difference though. Makes them healthier, yet also not quite exactly like a real doughnut. Humph, I'm just not sure. But who cares. It was yuuuuuuummmmyyyyy.

Oh also, they didn't rise too terribly much, which was odd. So they were rather small and pathetic looking.

And yes! This is my adorable panda onsie. I'm literally in love with it. Panda's are some of my favorite animals. They're adorable and cuddly and cute and I want one. Christmas present?! I'll keep it in my room and we can cuddle. But anyway, I may just wear this onsie for the rest of my life...so please don't expect me to ever wear real clothes again. I'm much too comfy and warm to change.

~Alyssa <3