Well, isn't that pretty picture?
If you can believe it, these super-yummy beauties come from a mix! They are baked, not fried, so you can feel better about treating yourself to one of these bad boys than to one of the deep-fried doughnut shop varieties. And they are EASY! {
So easy ~ by the time the oven was preheated, I'd already whipped up the batter and spooned it into the doughnut pan!}
Stonewall Kitchen, a Williams-Sonoma-esque company based out of Maine, offers chocolate and cinnamon-sugar doughnut mixes, along with seasonal varieties like pumpkin in the fall and blueberry in the winter. I first discovered Stonewall Kitchen a few years ago on a family trip to Maine. They have several store locations throughout New England {and one in Maryland}, including a few "outlet" or "warehouse" stores where they sell overstock, irregular, and past-season items for a super-discounted rate. {Note: "past season" doesn't mean "expired" ~ right now, for example, they're probably selling perfectly useable and delicious summer flavors such as lemon and blueberry}. When I spotted these baked-doughnut mixes on our trip in 2010, I knew I had to try them ~ I'd been wanting to make homemade doughnuts for a while.
Stonewall Kitchen marks their products as "all-natural", which I know can be a relative term. However, when I glanced over the ingredient list on the box, it was surprisingly short and thoroughly pronounceable ~ no "hydromalydexatrosinate" type words here!
The Stonewall Kitchen mix includes two package of dry ingredients ~ one for the doughnuts and one for the frosting. And you don't need to add too much from your pantry either ~ an egg, oil, butter, and buttermilk {I used regular milk and lemon juice instead}. You'll also need a doughnut pan {which you can buy just about anywhere you'd buy other pans}.
P.S. ~ you know those "irregular" items they sell at the warehouse stores? Here's an example. Under the directions, there is a misprint. They printed "Whisk together egg,
melted butter and buttermilk..." instead of "Whisk together egg,
oil, and buttermilk". There's absolutely nothing wrong with the product itself ~ just a simple misprint. So they slap a sticker on the box and sell it to you for around half off! Not a bad deal!
Stonewall does have a
sale page, but I don't think it contains the "irregular" items like these. I believe the website sales are more past-season products. For the best bargains, get yourself to one of their outlet or warehouse store
locations if you can {We hit up the Rochester, NH location}. Their flagship store in York, ME is also beautiful and spacious, containing several rooms of jarred and packaged food and mixes, baking and cooking tools and accessories, candles and soaps, plus a cafe and a space for cooking classes. They do have sales there as well, although you won't find the 'irregulars' there. Definitely visit if you can ~ and if not, thank goodness for the internet!
In retrospect, a yellow plate makes a jarring background. :) Oh well ~ check out those yummies! Delish, and they've made a great afternoon snack for the hubby all week!
To purchase the chocolate doughnut mix, or to peruse everything Stonewall has to offer {hint: a LOT!}, click
here. I also found a two-pack of the mixes on Amazon that would save you a few bucks ~ click
here to check out that deal.
xoxo
Bean
{photo credit: top picture only, stonewallkitchen.com}
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