Old Fashioned Whole Wheat Cake Donuts
 
 
Delicious, nutty-flavored, whole wheat donuts that are made with organic sugar and freshly-ground flour, then fried in coconut oil.
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Recipe type: Snack, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 1¼ c. white flour
  • 1 c. whole wheat flour, freshly ground
  • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • ¾ teaspoons ground nutmeg
  • •1/2 c. organic cane sugar
  • •2 tablespoons butter or lard
  • •2 large egg yolks
  • •2/3 c. sour cream
  • •coconut oil for frying
Instructions
  1. Mix flours, baking powder, salt and nutmeg together well in a medium sized bowl.
  2. With a mixer, mix sugar and butter together until gritty.
  3. Add eggs, one at a time, until well-mixed.
  4. Combine flour mixture with egg mixture. Stir just until combined.
  5. Dump contents of bowl onto floured counter top and kneed a few times to make a ball. Cover ball with plastic wrap and store in fridge for an hour or overnight.
  6. Roll dough on flour-dusted countertop to about half an inch thick.
  7. Cut donuts out of dough using a donut cutter or a large, round cookie cutter, using a bottle cap to cut out donut holes.
  8. Heat about 2 inches of coconut oil to 325F in a frying pan.
  9. Carefully place donuts into frying pan for a few seconds, and then flip when golden on one side.
  10. Remove from oil and place on cooling rack. When cool enough, Dip in icing and allow to cool fully. Serve.
Notes
Listed cooking time does not include the 45+ minutes to chill the dough before rolling out and frying. Please consider this when planning on making the donuts.
Recipe by Grain Mill Wagon at https://www.grainmillwagon.com/old-fashioned-whole-wheat-cake-donuts/