Y’all, I am constantly on the lookout for yummy things to make. I’m just about willing to try anything vegan related.
Last week, the Mr. and I talked about how much we missed Krispy Kreme donuts. Neither one of us can have them due to our special dietary needs.
Well, I did what I do best and googled. My search proved fruitful when I hit upon this Vegan Glazed Donut recipe. I headed out to the store on Saturday to pick up the ingredients I needed. Then, I got busy.
It’s been a long time since I worked with yeast, so I was a little nervous. I used aquafaba, the liquid leftover in a can of chickpeas, as an egg substitute. I wish I’d saved the photo of my dough rising. It was pretty though. I love when magic happens.
Then, I rolled out my dough. I didn’t have a lot of space because there were a ton of dirty dishes on the counter. Since I had not been feeling well the past two days, I wasn’t up to washing them by hand, and the dishwasher was full, so there was that little problem.
I had a bit of an issue when I realized that I’d forgotten to purchase a donut cutter when I’d been at the store earlier. I googled what to do, but I still didn’t have what I needed.
I found a round cookie cutter among my baking items and used that first. Still, I needed something to cut out the centers, and after thinking and thinking about it, I went back to my cabinet where I found a cupcake center removal thing – the tool you use to take part of the cupcake out so you can add filling to it. I’ve never actually done this before, but I had anticipated a time when I would, hence the item in my kitchen.
It worked perfectly.
I had to let the donuts rise a second time.
They weren’t the prettiest, and some were thicker than others. Since I didn’t have much space on the counter, I couldn’t roll them out evenly. It’s okay. It was my first time, so I was still in the experimental phase.
I didn’t waste anything and even let the donut holes rise.
The thicker ones got HUGE after an hour of resting . . .
I’ve never seen Krispy Kreme donuts that thick before, but whatever.
Then, I fried them in canola oil.
Oh my heavens. I should have downloaded the Instagram story I did on it.
They took about 45 seconds to cook on each side and came out amazingly well!
The icing was a piece of cake to whip up, and I gave each donut a quick bath before setting it on a rack to cool off.
These donuts are so delicious! Because mine were kind of small, I was able to get make almost 36 out of the dough.
I’ll be sharing these with friends at work to prevent me from eating all of them and, thus, keeping my cold, which is a result of too much sugar and stress in my life of late.
But y’all, I freaking made donuts!!!
The Mr. is a bit jealous and said that he wished I’d enjoyed cooking like this before he’d been forced to change his diet. Poor dear. I’m going to be on the hunt for something he can have. It won’t be a Krispy Kreme donut, but maybe it will be an acceptable alternative.
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