Baked Doughnuts

Everyone loves doughnuts, right? The only downside to the pastries is the guilt you get from eating more than one fried deliciousness. These baked doughnuts are slightly better for you because they’re baked. So, enjoy some indulgence everyone once in a while (This recipe does require a specialty item – a doughnut pan.)

What You’ll Need…

2 Cups All-Purpose Flour

¾ Cup Sugar

2 Teaspoons Baking Powder

¼ Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg

1 Teaspoon Salt

¾ Cup Buttermilk

2 Eggs (Lightly beaten)

2 Tablespoons Butter (Melted)

Pre-heat your oven to 425.

Add the dry ingredients, flour; sugar; baking powder; nutmeg; and salt, to a mixing bowl and combine using a whisk.

Add the butter to the dry ingredients and mix slightly so that the butter cools. Next add the eggs and buttermilk and mix until combined.

Grease the doughnut pans with cooking spray and carefully fill the pans ¾ of the way full with batter. This may require using two spoons.

Bake the doughnuts until golden brown, 7-9 minutes. After removing the doughnuts from the oven allow them to cool for about five minutes in the pan.

Remove the doughnuts from the pan finish them with your “topping” of choice.

Enjoy!

Chocolate Glaze:

Melt chocolate chips and simply dip the doughnuts until half is covered with chocolate

Cinnamon Powdered Sugar Doughnuts:

Add ½ Cup Powdered Sugar and 1 Tablespoon Cinnamon to a gallon-sized zip-top bag. Add 1-2 doughnuts at a time, seal the bag, and shake until the doughnuts are covered.

Strawberry Syrup

Last year we did a recipe for peach syrup and looking back at it, I would definitely change the amount of sugar. Recently I made some strawberry syrup with a quarter of the syrup and it tasted like strawberry jam. Try it out.

What You’ll Need…

2lbs Strawberries (Hulled)

½ Cup Sugar

Rinse, hull and cut the strawberries. For smaller berries halves with work, for medium berries quarters, and for large berries 6-8 pieces are best.

Place the berries and sugar in a sauce pan and allow the mixture to simmer until the berries shrink down and a syrup forms (About 20 minutes). Stir occasionally.

Enjoy with pancakes, cornbread, or over ice cream. 

BBQ Roasted Cauliflower

Things have been crazy busy around here lately with school, but I have some down time this week so I finally get to write about the things that I love. One of those things is food.

A few weeks ago I shared a recipe for cauliflower rice – which is delicious – but it leaves you with the stalk part of the cauliflower. This recipe gives you something to do with the rest of the head of cauliflower after you cut all of the florets off.

What You’ll Need…

1 Head of Cauliflower (With or without the florets.)

Olive Oil

BBQ Sauce

Pre-heat your oven to 400.

Cut the cauliflower into chunks, place on a sheet tray and drizzle with olive oil.

Place the tray in the oven and allow it to bake for about 8 minutes. Remove the cauliflower and brush with your favorite BBQ sauce. Return the tray to the oven and allow it to bake for an additional 5-8 minutes.

Enjoy!