Do you ever get in food ruts? I don't mean that as a bad thing. I mean it as a REALLY good thing. When I do it, it's that I want that one thing ALL THE TIME. All day, every day. I just can't quit with that particular food.
I do it a lot, to be honest. I'll go a week where all I want is salad, but then I will balance it by going a week when all I want is donuts.
Guess which kind of week it is.
BOO-TO-THE-YAH.
I've been basically wearing a path between Dunkin' Donuts and my usual haunts lately. I'll be the first to admit that Dunkin' isn't even all that good, but it is convenient. I mean, I drive a couple of miles past where I was going anyway and BAM. Somebody trades me a $1 for a donut. It's a pretty good deal.
But it was time to upgrade to better donuts.
I basically spent the entire evening making all sorts of different flavors of donuts. This one was Alexis' favorite.
Strawberry.
Absolutely a good choice.
(There are no bad choices when it comes to donuts.)
Baked Strawberry Donuts (Makes about 6 donuts)
1/2 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 large egg
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup strawberry yogurt
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup finely chopped strawberries
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray a donut pan with nonstick spray.
3. Dry stuff goes in a bowl. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda, and you'll be doing just fine.
4. In a separate bowl, stir the egg, sugar, milk, vanilla, and yogurt until well blended. Then add the melted butter and stir some more.
5. Fold in the strawberries. Note: if you want to prevent the strawberries from creating little pockets of moisture in your donuts, toss them in a baggie filled with flour and shake to lightly coat them before adding them to your dough. I didn't bother because I have no patience for these sorts of things.
6. Place the donut batter into your pan. You should fill each hole about 2/3 full.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 11-14 minutes. They're done when you can poke one with a toothpick and it comes out clean.
8. I like these just fine without frosting, but if you want to frost them, a simple glaze works really well.
9. Allow the donuts to cool for a minute or two in the pan then transfer them to a cooling rack. Eat one before they cool off completely, though. It's there in the instructions, so you HAVE to do it.