Introducing my first ever donut recipe!
I honestly don’t know what took me so long. I guess I had shunned the idea of baked donuts as simply a muffin baked in a donut shaped pan, but I’ve been wrong before and I’ll surely be wrong again.
These donuts are not at all muffiny, they are tender, soft little pillows full of orange flavor. The Sucaritos sprinkle on top are 110% inspired by my daughter and her love of cereal-topped donuts. When we hit the donut shop she makes a bee-line for the most purple, cereal-loaded donut she can find. Fruity Pebbles, Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops, you name it, she’s on it.
In my consistent motherly effort to make the foods my kids love even the slightest bit healthier I decided to create my own cereal-topped donut with Zucaritas (aka Mexican Frosted Flakes). I fully admit Zucaritas are not, I repeat NOT healthy as far as cereals go, but the donut part IS a bit healthier than your average fried donut shop donut. It is naturally dairy-free; I used fresh-squeezed orange juice instead of milk and only a small amount of vegetable oil instead of butter. And of course, not dunking them in a vat of hot oil also keeps things a bit on the lighter side.
I made batch after batch of these donuts in my new Wolf Gourmet Countertop Oven. I don’t think it is an understatement to say I’m in love. This oven does everything my standard-size oven does but faster, and more accurately. If I didn’t cook professionally out of my home kitchen I would replace my full-sized oven with this countertop version and use that space as extra storage—it is that good. It heats up in under 10 minutes, fits full-sized baking pans (like this donut pan) and comes equipped with an internal temperature probe for cooking meat perfectly every time.
Head on over to Wolf Gourmet’s Food Notes Blog to get the recipe!
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