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Darnuts
Recipe By :Darnitol
Categories:Breads & Things
1 cup Splenda
1 stick Butter -- melted
1 1/2 cups Atkins Vanilla Shake Mix
1 tsp baking powder
6 tbs water
2 large eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup heavy cream
3 tbs vegetable oil
Heat 2 inches of oil in a large
pot to EXACTLY 360 degrees.
Mix wet ingredients in one bowl,
beat very well.
Mix dry ingredients in a second
bowl, stir together.
Mix wet ingredients into dry.
Stir until smooth.
Drop ring-shaped dough into oil,
cook for 1.5 minutes, then flip.
Cook for 1.5 additional minutes,
until golden brown.
Sprinkle Splenda on top while
still hot.
I've gotten some questions about
Darnuts, so I'll try to cover those here:
Oil: Use the lightest oil you
can find.
Oil Temperature:
Use a thermometer. The lower the oil temperature gets, the more
oil the
donuts will absorb. If it gets to hot, you'll get really brown
donuts.
If you have trouble, raise the temperature to about 370, and
cook for only
2 minutes total.
Variations:
1. Try unsalted butter for a different flavor.
2. This batter resulted from
an attempt to make a cake. Make 1/2 the
recipe
with NO water, and put it into an 8-inch nonstick cake pan. Spread
it
out
before baking. Bake at 350F for 24 minutes. The resulting "cake"
will
rise very unevenly, and it will fall. But holy cow, it's WAY
more tasty even
than the donuts!
3. Also try variation #2 in a
muffin pan. That's how I discovered that
the batter would make donuts.
4. When making variation 1 or
2, grind 1 tbs of flax seed and add that
to the batter. This gives it a richer body and a crispier crust.
5. Make them as donut holes by
dropping 1 tsp batter into the oil. (Use
only 2 tbs water in this variation.)
6. Make the donut holes and let
them cool. Then, use a cake decorating
funnel to fill them with whipped cream. Freeze them. Viola! Cream
puffs!
7. Add 1 tsp Cinnamon to the
mix.
8. Add Darrell Lea chocolate
chips to variation 2.
9. Add cocoa powder to any of
the above. (You'll need to up the Splenda
by about 1/3.)
10 . Make them with Chocolate
shake mix instead.
11. Instead of only Splenda,
sprinkle a mix of Splenda and cinnamon on
top when they're done.
12. Use a pastry funnel and drizzle
the batter directly into the oil.
Viola! Funnel Cake!
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1724 Calories (kcal);
186g Total Fat; (89% calories from fat); 14g Protein; 33g Carbohydrate;
785mg Cholesterol; 1583mg Sodium |
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