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black57 Tue, Aug-12-08 10:13

Quote:
Originally Posted by atlee
These are a favorite Sunday morning breakfast in our house. Taste- and texture-wise, these fall somewhere in between true doughnuts/beignets and funnel cakes. They cook very fast, so make sure you have everything on hand!

1 egg
1/2 stick (1/4 c) butter, melted
2 tbsp Splenda or erythritol
1 tsp vanilla
1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder
Splenda & cinnamon for topping
Canola oil

Heat about 1 inch of oil in a heavy skillet until it's hot enough for frying. While the oil heats, beat the egg lightly with the melted butter, then add the Splenda, protein powder, and vanilla. Whisk together until all the lumps are pretty much broken up, then let it rest a minute or two and whisk a bit more (batter will still have a grainy look to it, but that's fine). Using a small ladle or large spoon, drop the batter by large tablespoonfuls into the hot oil in batches of 4. Fry until bottoms are golden-brown, which will only take a few seconds, then flip. Drain on paper towels, then sprinkle with Splenda and cinnamon to taste and serve hot.

Makes about 8 doughnut holes, and serves 2-4 depending on how piggy you are.

COUNTS:
Counts are for total recipe, excluding the sprinkled Splenda/cinnamon, and may vary a little bit depending on your brand of whey. The carbs are mostly from the Splenda, so using an alternative heat-stable sweetener will cut the carb count a bit more (I use erythritol).
Calories: 586
Fat: 52g
Carbs: 6g
Protein: 24g

NOTES:
I've made these probably 10 times, and after trying every kind of spoon and pouring implement in my kitchen, I use an ice cream scoop for the batter -- it seems to give me the most control. The batter manages to be both thick and liquidy, and it takes some practice to figure out the trick to pouring.

These are easier to flip neatly if you use your spatula to dribble a little oil over the tops of them while the first sides are cooking. The batter will still be liquidy in the center at that point, and it will spill out when flipped; but if you use a little oil to make a "skin" on the tops, you'll get nice round doughnuts.

If you prefer funnel-cakes, you can pour the battter into the oil in ribbons, but be aware that this goes even more quickly than the holes!

You could easily fool around with other flavors of whey protein -- chocolate and praline both sound appealing -- to tweak these up. I'm working on using natural-flavored whey and no sweetener to make sausage balls and other little savories.

I was just surfing through the various threads and I am going to make these things for lunch. I have all the ingredients. Thanks

revcharlie Tue, Aug-12-08 12:16

Donuts for breakfast are beyond my imaging. The thought makes me dizzy and sick to my stomach even if they are low carb. They look good, however, and I may make them for a dessert.

Saffronly Sat, Aug-16-08 19:06

I just made these!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!! They're wonderful!!! Even my picky, nine year old liked them. I used one packet of splenda in the batter and rolled them in one packet, plus some cinnamon. Next time, I'll try to get a different sweetener for the rolling. It tastes good, but has an after taste.

LukeA Sat, Aug-16-08 19:30

Just tried these today for the first time. I havent eaten doughnuts in years, but these definately taste at least close to what I remember :yum: ....used chocolate whey protien, and added extra cocoa.

Saffronly Wed, Aug-27-08 09:32

Just made these again. This time, I used 1 scoop powder, 1 egg, 1/2 stick butter, sprinkle of cinnamon, and tsp vanilla (watch the vanilla, some has corn syrup in it!!) I left out the splenda.

After mixing all that up in a measuring glass with a spout, I poured it into a skillet with 1/4 inche of oil. I let the batter take on the shape of a piece of french toast, making sure to splash oil on the top before flipping them.

When they were done, we had pancakes! I served them with fried eggs. We really liked them, though skip the butter on top. There's so much better in the batter and then the oil that it makes it a bit sickening.... can't believe I just said that about butter!!

Thanks again for this recipes. It's great!!

Marcia Mae Mon, Oct-20-08 16:19

This thread is pretty dated, but I just had to reply because this has got to be one of the best recipes I have found for low carbing yet. Even my non low carb very picky teen age daughter loved these. With goodies like this one, who wouln't do low carb? My "donuts" turned out more like funnel cakes, but I think they tasted better that way, soft and crispy and very yummy. I can't stop raving over this recipe!!!

lyzjnqtpy Sat, Oct-25-08 23:43

I made these today and they were so good. Next time though I will try baking them on my doughnut pan. I used co inn place of the butter and lemon in place of the vanilla.
These are so simple to whip up. I didn't even top them, I thought they where sweet enough.

lyzjnqtpy Sun, Oct-26-08 00:00

:thup:
Quote:
Originally Posted by IslandGirl
So I found me a pan (I have LOTS of kitchenalia!), an old one that had shallow wells in it that looked right for aebleskivir/poffertjes, though it wasn't cast iron. I decided to give the no-DEEP-frying thing a go, with this pan and with this recipe with only a tweak or two.

A couple of drops of oil, maybe just under a 1/4 tsp, in each "cup", preheated the oven, mixed up a double batch of this batter (which filled each cup about 3/4 full) and off I went. BTW, I really don't know how much less oil that works out to in the end, compared to deep frying, or even if it IS less...the only way to check that is to measure the oil precisely before deepfrying and then again after, and note the difference. Sigh. Too much for me to even think about. :lol:

Here are the results:




:D

Anyways, they worked out rather better tasting than they look; they did puff up, but most of them fell when I took it out. I didn't have to turn them over (probably the high fat content encourages browning, as does protein). :lol: I've tried them both ways, Danish style aebleskivir with a bit of low carb jam in the little hollow -- raspberry, VERY nice -- and Dutch style with a sprinkle of "sugar" and cinnamon, also VERY edible. These are my breakfast for the next little while...so 6 breakfasts or desserts out of this recipe, doubled. Not bad!

Two things I'd do differently: I'd turn down the temp from 400F to about 375F, and I reduced the added sweetener just a bit to 1/2 Tbsp (I had added some liquid SugarTwin, 1 Tbsp, to the base recipe in addition to the sweetener already listed). These took about 10M at 400F; they make take a little longer at 375F but still need to be watched.

:wave:

This is how I want to try them. I just wanted to quote this so people who are jusst joining the thread can read it. :idea: :yum:

joansheila Thu, Nov-06-08 13:17

yummy!! These turned out great and so easy. Just make sure your oil isnt to hot else these will burn before there done. I like mine real small like the size of a walnut. Thanks you are amazing ATLEE :yum:

bigmumma Tue, Nov-18-08 17:30

These sound so good - gonna have to try them. Atlee - did you ever come up with a good savory recipe?

rightnow Thu, Nov-20-08 10:06

Last night we did two experimental little batches:

1 egg
1/2 cube butter (regular salted)
1 cap (maybe 1/2 tsp) vanilla
a little bit of apple pie spice (cinnamon,allspice,nutmeg)
1 Tbsp coconut meal/flour

One variant: 1 scoop 'french vanilla' designer whey brand protein powder
Other variant: 1 scoop chocolate DW protein powder.

To one batch:
1/2 tsp butter-pecan flavoring extract
sweetzfree to taste

Then to the other batch:
1 square baking chocolate 70%
sweetzfree to taste

I didn't have much oil so I used these little All-Clad deep/oversized metal ramikens that you can use on stovetop too, to get some depth of oil (or organic nonhydrogenated palm shortening technically).

I used a cookie scoop (like the little 1" ice-cream style scoop) to dish the batter into the pan.

They tasted much better to me for having the additional flavoring and a little coconut flour in them. Even the few that were incompletely done so still battery in the middle tasted good there instead of protein-ish. I hate the taste of protein powder so it was amazing I liked even the ordinary version of these, but I think the flavoring/coconut flour really helps for me.

Wifezilla Thu, Nov-20-08 10:39

Hey PJ...I just noticed you are only 7 lbs from your goal!

bigmumma Fri, Nov-21-08 16:32

Quote:
Originally Posted by rightnow
I hate the taste of protein powder so it was amazing I liked even the ordinary version of these, but I think the flavoring/coconut flour really helps for me.


Me too rightnow - can't stand the stuff. I always get excited when someone says they've found a protein powder that tastes great...but I've learned ... I still don't think it tastes great so now I don't buy it and expect to be able to have breakfast drinks etc.

I'll have to try your recipe - let you know how it goes :)

shopjunkie Thu, Aug-27-09 09:42

I think I'm going to try this today!

Yummmm :yum:

rightnow Sat, Aug-29-09 19:18

I recently made a very different version of these that was amazing.

Pizza Protein Pups
1/2 cube butter fully melted
1 egg
1/4 cup natural (unflavored) protein powder (I use designer whey)
1 tsp coconut meal
pinch of salt
1-2 tsp (to taste) of italian herb seasoning
small-diced pepperoni (I took 3 of the large sandwich-size pepperoni I got from the deli and sliced them up into about 1/3"x1/3" squares) (this is optional probably)
and
oil about 2" deep for frying

Melt butter, mix in coconut meal and herbs and salt, add the egg and pepperoni and mix, add the protein powder, then let it all sit to thicken a bit. If too thin still after sitting awhile a little extra coconut meal will take care of that promptly. The coconut is not taste-able.

Before serving, heat a little red italian (like spaghetti) sauce to dip these in.

I use a tablespoon-sized 'scoop' (the kind you push the thing with your thumb and it dumps out cookie dough or whatever). Heat the oil to very hot, and drop in a spoon of it. You don't want too much or the inside won't cook without making the outside overdry. Spooning it out quickly yet in a slightly "sliding" pattern (not a basketball drop but a bit more spread) is ideal.

It takes about 10-18 seconds per side to cook depending on how hot your oil is and how well done you like it -- you may need to experiment, make one and let it cool a bit then slice it open and see how the inside is cooked. I use a long fork or fondue forked stick to flip them over then, and then I usually keep a grid cooling rack on a cookie sheet right behind the pan and I literally flip it out of it onto the rack. If needed you can stab it and lift it out. I let it drain on that. You could use paper towels instead for draining them.

These were stunningly good. I mean I couldn't believe it. They actually tasted like something wonderfully-bad for you that you'd get either in frozen food section or fast food. And dipped in the spaghetti sauce it was fantastic. I literally couldn't believe it! I ate a couple of them thinking, maybe it's just me, but the slightly salty sorta crunchy fried outside of these are amazing, and the inside is yummy too, and perfect with the sauce!

I called my 13 year old in to try one. She said, "Oh my god!" and grabbed my plate and ran off with it, bringing it back to me when they were all gone, drats! I'm going to try them again and take pics and measure better so I can put the recipe on my blog.

PJ

shopjunkie Mon, Jan-25-10 19:38

I completely forgot that I was going to make these!

Definitely on my to-do list this weekend :agree: :yum:

radiogal Sun, Dec-11-11 20:52

This recipe needs a bump I made this tonight with chocolate protein 1 egg, and little baking powder and cook them in a pan like pancakes and they are so delish!

rightnow Wed, Dec-14-11 17:52

Can you believe I completely FORGOT about that recipe from 2 years ago? That's what I get for never getting it all the way to my blog! Gosh it sounds good.

I'm thinking now that making 1 Tbsp of the protein powder out of egg-white protein, and another 1 Tbsp of it out of non-gelling gelatin (Collagen Hydrolysate which I have a lot of I need to find a way to get into me!). that would change the density a little bit, maybe for the better, and make the AA spectrum better too.

I also had this GREAT idea (modest, yes!) a minute ago: since this is essentially a batter... what about thick-sliced mushrooms, dipped in this, then deep fried in the coconut oil or whatever? Or what about adding diced or minced mushrooms along with the pepperoni to the batter. Ooooh.

I'm also thinking, if I ditched the pizza idea, I could add caraway seed (my brain associated anything with caraway as the taste of rye bread), and then once these cooled, cut them in half, and pile the little things with some kind of topping (like garlic mayo cheese spread).

Now you've done it.

PJ

daisyduke0 Tue, Dec-20-11 17:39

I made these today and yesterday - and they were delicious! But they seem to make me really tired. Anyone have any idea why that could be?

rightnow Wed, Dec-21-11 04:39

It's a ton of protein, if it's whey it is very rapidly digestible, and protein has some insulin effect (less than carbs but some). Maybe that combination just caused a sort of blood sugar rise and fall. This is a totally wild guess, I really have no idea.

PJ

deirdra Wed, Dec-21-11 14:58

Quote:
Originally Posted by rightnow
1/2 cube butter fully melted
PJ, how much butter is there in a "cube"? It is not sold in cubes anywhere that I've lived.

rightnow Fri, Dec-30-11 20:51

Sorry, a cube is 4 oz US measure -- 4 cubes in a pound. My bad.

I put everything in weight/grams now when I do recipes, wish I'd learned that sooner. :-)

PJ

LCZen Sat, Feb-09-13 16:27

Will have to try again
 
I just tried these today as a treat and they turned out like most of my baked goods - not so good. I think I had the oil too hot because they were nice and brown on the outside and runny on the inside. I also didn't add enough sweeter - or maybe lo han doesn't stand up to heat - or maybe added too much stevia - either way all I could taste was stevia aftertaste. I'll get another sweentener for next time and turn down the heat some. Any hints welcome :agree:

becky7474 Sun, Feb-10-13 08:06

Subscribing.... :D

becky7474 Thu, Feb-14-13 12:20

I made this today with a few modifications. I put everything in the batter, put a little butter in a fry pan, and made a pancake. It was wonderful! Love this combination of ingredients! :yum:

repubgurl Thu, Jun-13-13 18:27

Allow me to be the latest to rave about this recipe. I tried it this afternoon because I was craving a sweet snack. OMG! They were so yummy. I made them in my mini donut maker so clean-up would be easier then topped them with no carb jelly. So good!!

rightnow Tue, Oct-30-18 21:50

I found a recipe on my blog, and came to this thread which sponsored it. I guess I never posted here that I made a variant of this recipe which was unflavored protein, had a little powdered parmesan, italian herbs, and diced pepperoni, and my teen (at the time) and I dipped it in red pasta sauce. It was very good and she was nuts about it. It tasted like the kind of junk food you'd get frozen in a box and bake or nuke. Atlee's original recipe (sweet) is wonderful, for anyone who hasn't tried it. But it's a "concept" recipe, like bowl muffins or mock danish or deep dish quiche pizza, limited only by your imagination.

PJ


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