Whole Wheat Donuts
Whole wheat flour can still make light and fluffy fried donut sticks! Roll them in cinnamon sugar or powdered sugar for the ultimate treat.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 ¼ cups whole wheat pastry flour i prefer fresh ground soft white wheat
- Lard, tallow, or other deep frying oil to make 2” deep in your heavy-bottomed pot
- Powdered sugar or cinnamon sugar to top
Instructions
- Whisk together sour cream, egg, baking soda, and salt, then add in flour to make a rollable dough. It should be a little on the sticky side before its rest but ready to roll after you let it sit for 20-30 minutes.
- When you’re 10 minutes away from rolling them out, get the lard heating up to 375°F
- Lightly flour your counter and roll your dough into a 6” wide and however long you end up to make the dough 1?2” thick - mine was around 18”.
- Cut 3?4” strips of dough, and when your oil is hot, fry them 1 minute per side.
- Remove from the hot oil, letting drip over the pot for a few seconds before transferring to a bowl and immediately sprinkling with your choice of cinnamon sugar or powdered sugar. They need to be warm and they need the oil to help the topping stick.
Notes
- I keep a jar of cinnamon sugar in my pantry! Mix 1 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons cinnamon.
- Why let dough sit? Whole wheat flour needs time to soak up moisture and if you don't give it that, you’ll end up adding more flour to make it the right consistency and end up with a dense end product.
- You can keep in a sealed container on the counter for upto 5 days and warm up a bit in the toaster oven before you eat to freshen them up.
Nutrition
Calories: 120kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 4gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 25mgSodium: 200mgPotassium: 111mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 141IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 29mgIron: 1mg
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