Anise Doughnut

This morning, we baked these doughnuts that are loosely based on a recipe from The Vegan Pastry Bible. We didn’t have anise liqueur (substituted anise extract) and we also wanted to bake instead of fry.

Ingredients

Doughnuts

• 1 tbsp ground flaxseed
• 3 tbsp warm water
• 240g cake flour
• 20g potato starch
• 80g sugar
• 5g salt
• 7g baking powder
• 2g baking soda
• 8g anise seeds
• 2g ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 orange for zest
• 70g almond milk
• 1 teaspoon anise extract
• 30g extra virgin olive oil

Sugar coating

• 300g sugar
• 2g cinnamon

Instructions

1. Whisk together flaxseed and water in a small bowl and let sit for 5 minutes.
2. Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl, add orange zest, water, anise and vanilla extract, then pour in olive oil. Knead until homogeneous and cover with film.
3. Grease your hands and shape dough into 35-40g balls. Make a hole in the center of each to form doughnuts and place on greased parchment paper.
4. Oil a doughnut pan, transfer doughnuts to pan, and bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.
5. Mix sugar and cinnamon, then coat the hot doughnuts. Serve at room temperature.