It is hard to make jelly doughnuts into health food, but this recipe provides whole grains and a little fruit.
Whole Wheat Jelly Donuts
It is hard to make jelly doughnuts into health food, but this recipe provides whole grains and a little fruit.
Servings
24 Servings
Ingredients
- 3¼ cups whole wheat flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ⅔ cup nondairy milk such as almond or soy
- ½ cup fruit preserves
- ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil divided
Instructions
- Mix whole wheat flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and sugar in a large bowl. Stir eggs, vanilla, milk, and ¼ cup evoo in a separate bowl.
- Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix. Knead dough for a few minutes.
- Take about 2 tablespoons of the dough and roll into a small ball, flatten in your hand, and spoon in a drop of jelly. Fold up the dough to cover the jelly, maintaining the round shape.
- Heat ¼ cup evoo in a frying pan over high heat. Once hot, add doughnut and roll it around in the oil until all sides are golden-brown. Watch closely to prevent overcooking.
- Remove from heat and allow to drain on paper towels.
- Before serving, heat in hot oven for 5 minutes.
The smoke point is not as high as others, but can still get high enough to fry without smoking. Smoking tells you it is too high.
how can olive oil be heated to a high heat w/o smoking?
I do want to mention that I was using a small deep pot, you might need more to make it deep enough if the pot is bigger.
I should use only 1/4C of oilve oil for the frying? That sounds great!!
I love these and did not have any problems, but sometimes because of the type of flour and the moisture in the air the dough can be too dry, go ahead and add a drop more soymilk just to get it to stick together.