uh, yup, thanks, Em! I'm feeling a little dim :blush: , I went back and there it was... 1/3 C (which is a close match for the 70mL or 70cc scoop, in case anyone else is interested...it's always in tiny print on the bottom of the scoop).

Brenjmull: When you made the Chocolate Doughnuts did you add any extra cocoa or just the Chocolate Protein Powder.
When I have converted other recipes from a vanilla to a chocolate I have found it wasn't chocolately enough and have added cocoa. Thanks in advance.

I have made the doughnuts the night before so that I wouldn't have to fry them in the morning and they were still good. Any longer than that I don't know because my kids eat them up too fast.

no, I did not add anymore cocoa,, I probably should have, but they were good the way they were, but not very chocolately. My son liked the vanilla ones better. They were still good the next day. It was so nice to have a few with a cup of coffee,, I have not done that in about a year so it was a real treat. I hope you enjoy yours.

WOW...I cannot wait to make this funnel cake recipe. Just a month ago, I was standing at our county fair, in front of a funnel cake vendor, mourning that I could not have one. I don't regret not having one, but BOY, am I excited to have found a recipe for a great substitute. Thank you!

are these considered a breakfast food or just a treat?

I'd probably eat half the recipe by myself!

Deb

These were fabulous thanks!

I made these for breakfast yesterday...really quite good. They were soft, with a center almost like cream puffs. They did have a reasonable resemblance in taste and texture to funnel cakes (though not to 'real' donut holes) - though mine did not come out crispy like funnel cakes. And, they did cook up quite fast. Great with a few slices of bacon - I highly recommend.

I found a use for Rice Protein Powder
 

Made these with rice protein powder today (bought TONS of it at the beginning of this WOE thinking I would find lots of uses for it but didn't--you use a tablespoon here and tsp. there). I used (approx.)

3 extra large eggs
1 c. rice protein powder
1 1/2 sticks melted butter
1 tsp. or so of vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. of orange extract
1/3 heaping cup of Splenda

The batter is pretty thick. Used my deep fryer and a small cookie scoop. They came out more like a cake donut than a fluffy one and the size of a golf ball. Got approximately 20 donuts.

Looking for more rice protein powder recipes. Anyone have some good ones? Thanks in advance.

I just made these, and oh are they delicious. I used chocolate carb solution shake mix, it's all I had in the house. They were awesome, didn't even need any sugar on top.

Thanks for this receipe, sure the kiddies will love them too, if I don't eat them all before they get home!! :help:

Cajuda: just curious, what brand of rice protein do you use? And how many carbs per serving does it have?

Deb...I bought the Vegan Rice Protein from NutriBiotic. Serving size is a heaping Tablespoon and has 1.8 g. carbs with fiber at 200 mg. and 1 g. sugar & 12 g. protein. I was very new to lowcarbing when I bought this on sale about 14 mos. ago and can't remember why I bought sooooo much of it (maybe it was cheaper to buy 6 containers or maybe it was 8? They're in the garage. Rather than 1?? Or maybe shipping was free if you spent so much money. Can't remember) HTH. Cajuda

Best LC recipe out there
 

I just tried these, and they aren't just good, they are incredible! I used a small ice cream scoop like you suggested and it worked perfectly. Not only that, but they were easy to make and fast to cook. I made them in less than 10 minutes, easily, including measuring and mixing.

This recipe satisfies my sweet cravings, my doughnut cravings and my carb cravings all in one!

I can't say enough good things about this recipe! I hope everyone reads this post and tries it. :thup: :thup: :thup:

This is great to hear! I miss doughnuts so much! :lol:

I'm in love!

The calorie and fat content does not seem to include anything for the oil absorbed during frying.

These are awesome little things! I found the flavour to be great, although the texture was grainy. They cooked up quickly. Nice for a treat!

Do you have any method or experience that would help in accounting for a realistic quantity of oil "used" when deepfrying? Something I haven't come up with yet, but would be very interested...

It sure would!
Short of measuring the quantity oil before and after frying, I can't think of anything. That would be easiest when shallow frying. I have measured fat run-off from meat by the tablespoonful and deducted that.

I make shallow fried pakoras sometimes. I need to figure out how much oil they absorb on average too. For things like crepes I just spray the pan with oil and count that in my daily totals. Sometimes I 'fry' onions in a non-stick pan without any fat at all!
It is a concern to people like myself who need to keep tight control of calories in order to lose.

These were out of this world......had to beat the adult kids away with a stick!

I copied this recipe last weekend, and finally made them last night! These have the best flavor I have found so far. Thanks for posting, my family thanks you too! :)

Omg!
 

Saw this recipe this afternoon.... had to make them right away.... before dinner LOL

They were excellent! I actually had to make a second batch - - - my 2, 4, and 6 year old sons devoured them all before I got any. Even my non-LC hubby thought they were very good... this is alot coming from him.

This is a big WINNER AND A KEEPER!!!!
Thank you so much for finding my Krispy Kreme replacement!

-Beverly :D

I have read all the great reviews and these do sound like something wonderful but I keep wondering if they will taste like protein powder? I can barely stomach protein shakes when I drink them because I just dont like that protein taste. I dont like bars or atkins shakes either. Do these have that protein flavor to them? I have some french vanilla designer whey just sitting in my cabinet and I would love to try something with them that would be edible.

Well, I may not be the best judge since I enjoy protein shakes (although only with the whey powder - Atkins RTD shakes taste gross to me), but I LOVED these doughnut holes! They tasted just like the real thing to me, more like the funnel cake taste than a heavier doughnut taste. If anything, they were almost too sweet - *almost*. What the heck, give it a shot! This recipe is one of the few things I will make with my Designer Whey other than shakes.

i too detest the flavour of whey protein shakes, i have to use one that has some kind of 'flavour burst' techonology that wraps the protein in a flavoured covering that disguises that horrible taste....i'll try this recipe w/my leftover regular vanilla whey and see how it is :)

I didn't taste the protein powder in them either but I also like the shakes. I'd be interested to know if you can taste it or not. Please let us know. For me, I can't stomach anything with pork rinds!

Honestly, I really couldn't taste the protein powder flavor. I use Amplify vanilla by Release. I get it from GNC. It is mild and doesn't taste bad at all. It also mixes into recipies well, not sure how it mixes with plain water to make a shake though, I never tried it.

-Beverly

This looks like a great recipe to try, but as a Brit who has never heard of 'funnel cake' I am trying to work out how you would cook it if you want to make a funnel cake (or cakes? - I cant tell from the googled images what sort of size a funnel cake is!)

Do the 'ribbons' join up into one big blob or do they stay wiggled around and separated?

If you go to fairs in the U.S., I think funnel cakes are like 5-6 inches in diameter or even as big as a dinner plate. But, yes they sort of join up since the batter expands when fried. Think of dropping a string in 1 spot. Reminds me of snowflakes or doilies. HTH.

Take a ziplock bag, fill with the funnel cake batter, cut off an end, and pipe it into very hot grease. The first part of the batter starts cooking as soon as it hits, so the strings kind of keep thier shape, but cook together where they touch, like when donuts fry too close together.