Persimmon Gingerbread Doughnuts {vegan}

I waited. I was surprisingly patient. They sat on the kitchen counter taunting me for what felt like months. Until finally it was time- the persimmons were ripe. 

I had all sorts of ideas on what to do with these persimmons when they were ready to my liking, but for whatever reason I landed on doughnuts. I think it's the long nights (Dark at 4:45pm?! How depressing.) that has my body thinking there is a seasonal gluten shortage and my belly needs to stock up for the cold winter months ahead. In reality, I'm just always thinking about doughnuts. 

Vegan Heart-Shaped Doughnuts with a raspberry glaze

Nothing says "I love you" like fried dough covered in sugar (and topped with raspberry glaze if you really mean it).

I'll go ahead and state the now obvious. I'm a sucker for Valentine's day. And since you clicked on a picture of heart-shaped doughnuts to get here, I'm gonna guess that you are too. So Hooray! Lets dork out together.  

Blue Dozen Doughnuts

My word...my jeans are fittin' tight! It's summertime & instead of getting swimsuit ready, I've been stuffing my face. This seems to happen every year. Why am I always at my slimmest during the wintertime? (Probably because I'm too broke to eat at that time of year.) 

So last year, just like every year, I told myself "no more monkey business! You're gonna be looking good this summer! fresh fruits & veggies all day!"