Maple Syrup
'I Can't Believe It's Not Bacon' Maple Doughnuts
Author Notes
One of my favorite things to eat when I was a kid was Sunday morning pancakes topped with bacon. Since turning vegetarian a few years ago, I have been craving bacon. Surprisingly enough Parmesan cheese crisps make for an excellent bacon substitute. I know it sounds bizarre, but sometimes you just have to embrace the crazy :D —how2iceacake
- Serves 6
Ingredients
- Doughnuts
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1.25 cups
all purpose flour
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0.5 teaspoons
baking powder
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0.25 cups
milk
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0.25 cups
plain greek yogurt
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0.25 cups
brown sugar
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0.25 cups
maple syrup
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1
egg
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4 teaspoons
butter, melted
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0.25 teaspoons
salt
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1.5 teaspoons
vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon
cinnamon
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1/8 teaspoon
nutmeg
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0.25 teaspoons
allspice
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0.25 teaspoons
ginger
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0.25 cups
additional maple syrup for glazing
- 'Bacon' Coating
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0.33 cups
grated Parmesan
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0.25 cups
walnuts
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0.25 cups
almonds
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1.5 tablespoons
brown sugar
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0.5 tablespoons
maple syrup
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0.5 teaspoons
sea salt
In This Recipe
Tools
Directions
- To Make Doughnuts: Preheat oven to 325. Coat a doughnut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and ginger.
- In a small bowl whisk together milk, yogurt, egg, butter, sugar, syrup and vanilla. Slowly add to dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Spoon mixture into a large plastic bag and cut one corner of the bag with scissors. Squeeze the dough into the doughnut pan, using the bag like a pastry piping bag.
- Bake doughnuts for approximately 12 minutes or until the doughnut springs back when touched.
- Cool on a wire rack. Wait until completely cool before glazing and topping.
- To Make Bacon Coating: Preheat oven to 350. Spread cheese in a thin disc on a baking sheet. Cook for about 10 minutes or until browned. Set aside to cool.
- Combine nuts with 1/2 T. of brown sugar and maple syrup. Spread on baking sheet and bake in 350 oven for about 8 minutes. Keep an eye out on these because they can burn really quickly.
- Add Parmesan, nuts, the rest of the brown sugar and sea salt to a small food processor. Pulse until you have a fine crumb mixture.
- To Assemble: Fill the bottom of one pie dish with maple syrup. Spread the bacon topping in a separate pie dish.
- Dip both sides and the edges of each doughnut in maple syrup.
- Dip both sides and the edges of each doughnut in the bacon coating, making sure to cover as much surface as possible. Store on parchment lined plate and enjoy!
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