Indian Spiced Doughnuts

Bread Challenge Week 43

Can you believe prior to a week ago I had never made doughnuts before? Crazy right? Especially considering how much a truly love doughnuts. Now that I have made them I am worried for my waistline. Very, very worried. Now that I know how easy it is there isn’t much to hold me back from making a dozen doughnuts on a whim. At least now I can realistically say things like “time to make the doughnuts” and  people will have to take me seriously.

This weeks recipe is an extension of last weeks Whole Wheat Brioche recipe. I used Zoe Francois’ recipe for Whole Wheat Brioche, found in Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day, to make her recipe for Indian Spiced Doughnut also found in the same cookbook. Honestly I have eyed this particular doughnut recipe since I received this cookbook for Christmas last year. I’m only sad that I waited this long to make it.

Cardamom makes my heart sing. Toss in some cinnamon, ginger and cloves and my heart is singing a full opera. I raved about the whole wheat brioche used as the base of this recipe. The bonus of making a recipe with dough that is already made is that it takes not time at all to get things made and into your belly. Maddy and I woke up last Sunday morning and set to work making doughnuts. Even with the help of a very hands on 3 year old we were done making doughnuts in about 25 minutes. Although most of the work had already been done. All 5 hours of it.

The flavors of the spices were perfect not too strong but in good balance with the whole wheat brioche dough. We like Indian spices so much in our house that I could see decreasing the sugar to spice ratio a bit to up the ante with the spices. Luke is not really a doughnut kind of guy. He probably would have never realized that I had never made doughnuts before. He probably would have lived his whole life not really caring if never made doughnuts. He really enjoyed these doughnuts. He ate quite a few of them. Just as many as me and Maddy. This is where I cast my eyes downward and admit to you all that we ate all of the doughnuts we made. And fast. When I asked Luke for his thoughts on the Indian Spiced Doughnuts he had rave reviews. He liked that they were spiced and sugared instead of glazed.

We really loved having a doughnut morning. Luke and Maddy even had an impromptu photo shoot involving doughnuts. Maddy and I loved cutting doughnuts and doughnut holes, and tossing the cooked dough in spices and sugar. Plain and simple, we liked these. Will we make them all the time? No. Not because we didn’t enjoy them thoroughly but because eating doughnuts on a regular basis isn’t how we do things. You healthy eating and all. I swear this bread challenge and my lack of willpower when it comes to bread is going to be the death of my size 6 pants.

Flavor: 5
Hands on time: 4
Total time: 5
Recipe: 5
Versatility: 3
Make it again:4
Catherine: 1
Luke: 1
Maddy: 1

Total Score: 29

(what is this Bread Challenge and how are recipes scored?)

Previous Bread Challenge reviews:
Whole Wheat Brioche – Week 42
Pizza Dough – Week 41
Cinnamon-Apple Twist Bread – Week 40
Pumpkin Bread- Week 39
Winter Herb Bread – Week 38
Classic Pretzel – Week 37
Sweet Potato Bread – Week 36
Challah – Week 35
Whole Wheat English Muffins – Week 34
Pumpernickel – Week 33
Green Onion-Sesame Flatbread – Week 32
Beer Bread – Week 31
Country Seed Bread – Week 30
Cinnamon-Raisin Bagels – Week 29
Crunchy Crackers – Week 28
Ciabatta Bread – Week 27
Cornmeal Pancake -Week 26
Lemon Poppy Seed – Week 25
Sourdough – Week 24
Tortillas – Week 23
Honey Wheat Hamburger Buns – Week 22
Garlic Studded Baguette – Week 21
Quinoa Bread – Week 20
Asiago Herb and Garlic Bread – Week 19
Cranberry Pecan Rye Bread – Week 18
Rotis – Whole Wheat Unleavened Bread- Week 17
Farmhouse White Loaf – Week 16
Honey Whole Wheat Slow Cooker Bread – Week 15
The Easiest Loaf of Bread You’ll Ever Bake – Week 14
Hot Cross Buns – Week 13
100% Whole Wheat Bread – Week 12
Thin Wheat Crackers – Week 11
Irish Soda Bread – Week 10
Double Blueberry Muffins – Week 9
Oatmeal Batter Bread – Week 8
Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls – Week 7
Cheesy Pretzels – Week 6
Light Rye Bread – Week 5
Country-Style Whole-Wheat Pita – Week 4
Carrot Raisin Quick Bread – Week 3
Potato Bread – Week 2
Focaccia – Week 1