It's been raining here for just about 2 days now and it's a terrible thing that we can't go play outside. At least go play outside and without getting wet, muddy and possibly injured from slipping on the wet concrete. The kids finished their homework early and we decided to bake a little fun!
I bought myself a doughnut pan for Valentine's Day and I'm thinking that this will be a delightful love affair. I like the thought of baking my own doughnuts in a more healthy manner. I also like that feeling of satisfaction of baking something I am craving instead of the instant gratification of driving to Krispy Kreme on a whim. Besides, I loathe driving in torrential rain... I have to admit that I was scared to bake in the doughnut pan. I usually bake my muffins and cupcakes in stoneware, so this was a bit different for me. I got over that fear real quick.
On this chilly, rainy day, we wanted to make doughnuts. Doughnuts with coffee for me. Doughnuts with milk for the girls. I found some wonderful basic, no-frills recipe here. I don't usually have shortening on hand, so we opted for some boxed blueberry muffin mix. I let the kids mix everything up and we put the batter into a ziplock baggie. I piped the batter into the doughnut pan and popped it into the oven. 12 minutes later, we were enjoying some delicious goodies!
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| Blueberry Cake Doughnuts sans glaze. They were sweet enough! |
I learned a lot about baking from scratch while researching doughnut recipes. Did you know that regular all purpose flour is different from cake flour and that those two are different from pastry flour? It's true! Did you know that you can substitute butter for shortening? But depending on what you are making, the consistency and flavor may be different. That was why I decided not to bake the doughnuts from scratch. I've always known that you have to be pretty precise when baking, but when you really get down to it, it's a science! I think that's so exciting!
It's raining again today. I think I should bake more doughnuts!
"Give me liberty or... Oooo! A jelly doughnut!"
-Homer Simpson-
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