DONUT DAY!!

So I know this is a bit of a rush....but I couldn't help but go ahead and put this post up. Seriously...How can I keep this yummy goodness for myself? That would just be down right selfish..wouldn't dream of it!

Alright...so with Celiac Disease you kinda lose out on the convenience aspect of today's world since you can't always run down the street and pick up a donut...BUT...doesn't mean you can't still partake in the yumminess of food (usually after a bit of experimentation...favorite part!)!! So because I'm home and can't drive myself around after the little surgery, I decided to step out on a limb this morning and try GF donuts. ROCK N' ROLL (well, after I realized I had no eggs and Sam had to drive to the convenience store up the road to get some...BLESS the man). They're REEEEEALLY tasty and not too bad to look at either :-) (more of a miracle than you know if you've never cooked gluten free from scratch). So just wanted to share my success story. YAAAAAAAAAAAY for DONUT DAY!! (Recipe adapted from Cannelle et Vanille)

Ingredients:

1 egg, lightly beaten
1/2 C milk
1/2 C sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1 TBL butter, melted
1 3/4-2 C flour mix
Vegetable oil for frying

NOTE: For me, this recipe made 7 donuts and about 15 donut holes (most of which aren't in the final picture because I had to make sure the recipe was good before serving it. Otherwise, how could I call myself responsible?! )

Toppings:

I used powdered sugar for half of the donuts and cinnamon and sugar mix for the others.
Next time I make these (which will be this Saturday for company, so stay tuned!) I'm going to make glazed donuts :-)

Directions:

-Mix together egg, milk, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, salt, and butter
-Add flour and mix (you may need incorporate it with your hands at end of mixing).
-Cover and refrigerate for about an hour (to firm up dough)
(Let's have a little heart to heart for a moment, shall we? I wanted donuts. And when I say I want donuts....need I say more? I wasn't about to wait a whole hour before getting to start these morsels of heaven. You'd have to be outside your mind! So...I stuck mine in the freezer for about 15 minutes while I prepped the oil, etc. and then I got right down to it. My dough behaved just fine, and if it did get a little out of line (started to stick when I rolled it out) I just used a bit more tapioca flour on the cutting board)

-Prepare to roll out the doughnuts. I dusted a cutting board with flour and rolled out and cut out the dough there. Based on a suggestion from several other websites, I used tapioca flour for this--it won't add graininess to the dough.
-Roll out the dough to 1/2" thickness (be sure it's not too thin)



-Cut out donuts with a biscuit cutter and donut holes with smaller biscuit cutter



(Heart to heart - Take #2: I know what biscuit cutters are but I definitely do not own any, much less two different sizes of them. They're on the wish list but that may be a while, and remember...I don't wait for donuts! So...I simply floured the lip of a plastic glass and used that to cut out my donuts. I did want to make some donut holes (because when I ate donuts for the first time in MONTHS I wanted them to look like real donuts...plus donut holes have always been my favorite and they're so much fun to eat!) All I did was cut out a circle from the inside of each donut and - TAHDAH!)



- Place oil in a pan and heat to around 360 degrees. (For those of us without a candy thermometer, I put mine on just over medium heat). You need to have enough oil so that the donuts are completely submerged in the oil when you place them in the pan.
- Prepare a plate with paper towels on it as a place to put the donuts once they are done cooking.
- Before just jumping in with both feet to this thing, test the oil. Drop a small piece of extra dough into the oil to see if it fries. If it starts frying immediately, then the oil is ready.
-Carefully place donuts into the oil. I set each piece of dough in a large spoon and set them into the oil gently since I am not a big fan of splashing hot oil. They should drop into the oil and start frying.



- After cooking a couple of minutes, the donuts will rise to the surface of the oil. This is a good time to turn them to make sure they are cooking evenly.
- Once they are golden brown you are ready to rock n' roll! Take them out of the oil and place them on the paper towel covered plate you set out earlier.
- After they cool slightly, dust them with the toppings you have. I placed the powdered sugar and cinnamon/sugar mix into separate bowls the placed the donuts in the bowls and covered them completely (I mean..if you're gonna do this...you gotta commit! No simple "dusting" here!)





AND ENJOY!!!