Thankfully, one recipe at a time, I've learned to cook for a family of food reactors. And what we eat is usually good! Still, we miss some of the good, less healthy versions of the American diet. Like...doughnuts. We have a Krispy Kreme in town and their doughnuts seem to show up as birthday treats at school as well as a morning snack at church quite often. I'm proud of my kids for refraining because I know how much they like them. Yet they seem to know how much they like feeling well.
Someone shared a website with me: www.allergygrocer.com. It's pretty nifty: you simply place a check in a box of allergens to avoid, and they display products you may actually be able to eat. We found biscuits, pretzels, pastry puffs (no idea why the 12-year-old insisted on these!), bread, bagels,...and doughnuts!! The mixes aren't badly priced, and my rational was that having a mix was one step closer to the finished product. If it's a hit, I'll try and find a recipe and do it all from scratch.
The doughnut mix sat in my cupboard several weeks while I gathered courage to use my deep fryer for the first time...ever! But one hot April evening I didn't want to turn on the oven, so the fryer and mix came out.
I fried the doughnut holes until they floated and were brown, hoping for the best. A small melon ball scoop was perfect for the job of forming doughnut holes.
The mix made a huge amount: almost 50!!
I considered making glaze, but rolling 50 doughnuts in powdered sugar easily won the "less fuss" idea.
Verdict: these were absolutely delicious, especially while still hot. I'm not sure I could make this recipe any better from scratch, but we'll see if I can work up the courage to try!
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