Hi friends and not-yet-friends,
Light and tender, soft and fluffy delectable
vegan donuts are surprisingly easy to make.
While I will always have a soft spot for cake
donuts, I have an even bigger spot for puffy
yeast donuts. That spot, of course, is in
my belly.
These are dipped in a simple sugar glaze and,
because I was feeling fancy, scented with
real strawberries.
As always, you can access the full recipe
ingredients and instructions in the description
box below.
We start as if we're making bread. The most
delicious bread. So that's half a cup of warm
water and a teaspoon of yeast.
Leave that alone to get foamy. That's the
test to know that your yeast is active and
will help your dough rise.
Meanwhile, get your other ingredients together.
Take care when measuring the all-purpose unbleached
flour. Fluff it up first before scooping and
leveling off. If the flour is compacted and
you measure from that, you'll have too much
and your dough won't be as soft as we'd like.
Or weigh the flour to be more exact.
Then I'm going to add two teaspoons of vital
wheat gluten, also known as pure gluten flour.
This will help our donuts become really puffy
and light. Don't worry if you don't have this
though. Your donuts will still be nice without
it but it's just nicer with.
Now get a large mixing bowl and add everything
but the flour mixture.
Flax seed meal adds a nice bite to the donuts.
I prefer golden flax because it disappears
but if you only have brown flax, that'll do.
Add your nice foamy yeast mixture. If it's
not foamy, do not pass go. Do not collect
200 dollars. I mean, your yeast is probably
dead and you need new yeast to proceed.
But ours is aliiiive. We're good.
Now add coconut oil. I'm using refined coconut
oil as it doesn't have any coconuty flavour
but feel free to use unrefined coconut oil
if you want that flavour. Also, this would
be easier if the oil was melted to liquid
form.
Whisk that all together really well.
And it's time to add the flour. A little at
a time, incorparating all the dry stuff completely
before adding more. In fact, you may not use
all the flour that we measured out.
We just want a soft dough that is still tacky.
I ended up having about a forth cup leftover
but that's perfect because we'll use it to
roll the dough later.
Knead it in the bowl or on your counter just
so all the dry bitsies disappear and the dough
is smooth. Kind of. It doesn't have to be
super silky or anything.
Cover the bowl up, and place it in a warm,
draft free location to rise for one hour or
until it's doubled in size.
Go for a walk, read a book, catch up on the
walking dead. This is your hour, there are
no rules.
Now our dough is risen and springy. Scoop
around the sides of the dough and lift it
out on to your clean, lightly floured surface.
Pat it down gently and roll it out to about
a centimetre thick. That's just a bit over
3/8th's of an inch. You don't have to be exact
about it.
Now if you weren't able to get your dough
out in a nice ball, you gently knead the sides
in to the middle and pinch on the bottom to
create a nice smooth looking dough ball on
top and then roll it out. Just don't knead
it too vigorously or else the rising time
for the next step will be longer. Which means
a delay in donuts to your face time. Which
would be less than ideal, to say the least.
Time to cut the donuts out. I'm using the
lid ring from a large mason jar for the outside
and a shot glass to cut out the middle.
If you have actual donut or cookie cutters
that would work even better.
Press firmly to cut the donuts out cleanly
and lay them on to a lightly floured piece
of parchment.
Don't toss the inside parts because those
will become donut holes or, as we like to
call them in Canada, Tim Bits! Even if they're
not from Tim's so technically these are not
tim bits. But I'm gonna call them tim bit's
anyways so sue me. Except please don't sue
me, Tim Horton's.
When you've cut as many donuts as you can,
you should have five donuts and five donut
holes. With the reminder, you can knead it
into a ball and roll it out again for one
more donut. Remember that this one will not
rise as quickly as the others.
With the leftover bits, I like to roll it
thin and twist it together to make a fun little
twisted donut.
Then cover and left these rise. I'm using
a piece of plastic wrap that has been floured
thoroughly on one side. I've used this same
piece of wrap several times and you can do
the same as long as you don't get the piece
wet at all and save it somewhere clean and
dry.
In the meantime, get your glaze together.
I'm just mixing a quarter cup of water with
a cup and a bit of icing sugar. If you want
a thicker glaze, add more sugar. And feel
free to add vanilla extract or flavour of
your choice.
I also have some strawberry dust here made
from dried strawberries that have been blasted
in a bullet blender. If you don't have a dehydrator,
I have a video for how to make strawberry
chips in your oven so check that out if you
like.
About 45 minutes to an hour later, depending
on the room temperature, your donuts should
be at least doubled in size.
This is where a automatic deep fryer would
be super rad but I don't have one so I'm going
to heat a couple cups of canola oil in this
sauce pan.
You want at least 2 inches of oil heated up
to 375 degrees Farenheit or 190 Celsius. You
really want a therometer for this part. Too
cold and your donuts will be really oily and
get soggy. Too hot and you'll burn 'em.
Arrange your workstation so that you can cook,
drain and glaze your donuts efficiently. But
above all, safety first.
Carefully lower one donut into the oil.
Notice that the oil bubbles up so keep that
in mind when you are choosing which saucepan
to use. Make sure it's deep enough.
After 30 to 45 seconds, carefully flip the
donut over. And cook for another 30 seconds
or until that side is nice and golden brown
as well.
Let that drain on a wire rack and continue
with the next.
When you've got the hang of things, you may
glaze the cooked donuts while you have one
cooking.
Simply dip into the glaze, one side or both
sides.
And sprinkle on some strawberry dust if you
like.
For the tim bits, as soon as you drop them
in the oil, you can attempt to turn them.
Be safe and if some won't turn, just leave
em. Remove them from the oil when they get
as brown as the other donuts.
And that's it. You'll need to wait at least
15, 20 minutes for the donuts to cool until
you can eat them safely. But you're probably
all safety-ed out by now and I won't blame
you if you put a slightly too hot donut in
your mouth. It'll probably happen. Be warned!
And there you have 'em. Delicious, light and
fluffy vegan yeast donuts. Try em out and
let me know how it goes. Tell me what kind
of toppings or glazes you might use in the
comments below. I'd love to hear your ideas.
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