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Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Sep 23, 2009
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Oven-baked doughnuts you can create in minutes. Gather the kids for dough-licious making and eating fun.

Buttons and Bows

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 25 min
  • Servings 8
  • Ingredients 8
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups Original Bisquick™ mix
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
  • 1/2 cup sugar

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 400°F. In medium bowl, stir Bisquick mix, 2 tablespoons sugar, the nutmeg, cinnamon, milk and egg until soft dough forms.
  • Step 
    2
    Place dough on surface sprinkled with Bisquick mix. Roll dough into a ball; knead about 5 times. Press or roll dough until 1/2 inch thick. Cut dough with doughnut cutter dipped in Bisquick mix.
  • Step 
    3
    To make bow shapes, hold opposite sides of each ring of dough, then twist to make a figure 8. On ungreased cookie sheet, place bows and buttons (the dough from the center of each ring).
  • Step 
    4
    Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately dip each bow and button into melted butter, then in 1/2 cup sugar. Serve warm.

Nutrition

250 Calories
10g Total Fat
3g Protein
36g Total Carbohydrate
17g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Button and Bow
Calories
250
Calories from Fat
90
Total Fat
10g
16%
Saturated Fat
5g
26%
Trans Fat
1 1/2g
Cholesterol
45mg
14%
Sodium
420mg
18%
Potassium
55mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
36g
12%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
17g
Protein
3g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
4%
4%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2 1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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