Tropical Coco Nots Recipe
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 18
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 252.5
- Total Fat: 5.2 g
- Cholesterol: 23.6 mg
- Sodium: 10.0 mg
- Total Carbs: 47.6 g
- Dietary Fiber: 3.2 g
- Protein: 5.8 g
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Introduction
This yeast-raised doughnut recipe is heavily adapted from Heidi Swanson’s website, and flavoured with the divine tropical flavours of coconut and pineapple. Don't over bake these, if anything, under bake them a bit - they will continue baking outside the oven for a few minutes. You want an interior that is moist and tender - not dry. The dough can be made and baked a day ahead if necessary (store loosely covered at room temperature), but they need to be served within a few hours of being filled and glazed, otherwise they will go soggy. This yeast-raised doughnut recipe is heavily adapted from Heidi Swanson’s website, and flavoured with the divine tropical flavours of coconut and pineapple. Don't over bake these, if anything, under bake them a bit - they will continue baking outside the oven for a few minutes. You want an interior that is moist and tender - not dry. The dough can be made and baked a day ahead if necessary (store loosely covered at room temperature), but they need to be served within a few hours of being filled and glazed, otherwise they will go soggy.Number of Servings: 18
Ingredients
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1/3 cups warm water
1 tsp honey
1 packet active dry yeast (2 ¼ teaspoons)
2/3 cup warm coconut milk
1/3 cup warm water
2 tablespoons canola oil
½ cup sugar
2 eggs
3 cups flour
2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 teaspoon salt
¾ cup pineapple jam or preserves
1 ¼ cups Splenda Granulated (or sugar)
¼ cup cornstarch
2 tablespoons hot water
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1/2 cup toasted unsweetened shredded coconut
Directions
Place warm water in the bowl of an electric mixer. Stir in the honey and yeast and set aside for 10 minutes.
Combine warm coconut milk, warm water, oil and sugar. Add it to the yeast mixture and mix.
Stir in the eggs, flours and salt just until the flour is incorporated.
With the dough hook attachment of your mixer beat the dough for a few minutes at medium speed.
If your dough is overly sticky, add flour a few tablespoons at a time. Too dry? Add more milk a bit at a time. You want the dough to pull away from the sides of the mixing bowl and eventually become supple and smooth.
Turn it out onto a floured counter-top, knead a few times (the dough should be barely sticky), and shape into a ball.
Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl, cover, put in a warm place.
Let rise for an hour or until the dough has roughly doubled in size.
Punch down the dough and roll it out 1/2-inch thick on your floured countertop. Cut out circles using a round cookie cutter or glass.
Transfer the circles to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Cover with a clean cloth and let rise for another 45 minutes.
Bake in a 375 degree oven 8 minutes.
Cool completely on wire rack.
Fill a piping bag fitted with a Bismark tube (like Ateco #230 or #231) with the pineapple preserves.
Fill each doughnut. Do not over-fill!
Blend Splenda and cornstarch in a blender or food processor until powdery. Pour into a shallow bowl, whisk in hot water and coconut extract until a thick but spreadable paste is formed.
Dip filled doughnuts in the icing, sprinkle with shredded coconut and set back on rack to cool.
Number of Servings: 18
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.
Combine warm coconut milk, warm water, oil and sugar. Add it to the yeast mixture and mix.
Stir in the eggs, flours and salt just until the flour is incorporated.
With the dough hook attachment of your mixer beat the dough for a few minutes at medium speed.
If your dough is overly sticky, add flour a few tablespoons at a time. Too dry? Add more milk a bit at a time. You want the dough to pull away from the sides of the mixing bowl and eventually become supple and smooth.
Turn it out onto a floured counter-top, knead a few times (the dough should be barely sticky), and shape into a ball.
Transfer the dough to an oiled bowl, cover, put in a warm place.
Let rise for an hour or until the dough has roughly doubled in size.
Punch down the dough and roll it out 1/2-inch thick on your floured countertop. Cut out circles using a round cookie cutter or glass.
Transfer the circles to a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Cover with a clean cloth and let rise for another 45 minutes.
Bake in a 375 degree oven 8 minutes.
Cool completely on wire rack.
Fill a piping bag fitted with a Bismark tube (like Ateco #230 or #231) with the pineapple preserves.
Fill each doughnut. Do not over-fill!
Blend Splenda and cornstarch in a blender or food processor until powdery. Pour into a shallow bowl, whisk in hot water and coconut extract until a thick but spreadable paste is formed.
Dip filled doughnuts in the icing, sprinkle with shredded coconut and set back on rack to cool.
Number of Servings: 18
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JO_JO_BA.