You know when you just so happen to have
food hanging about in your cupboards, bought in a moment of greed, but you
begrudge the idea of it going to waste? Well it was from this moment that my chocolate doughnut pudding recipe was born.
You see, I just can't say no to
vegan doughnuts. It's a problem. So, when I go to the Co-op and they have two
packets sat there just waiting to be bought, I have to buy
them both. The issue with this is that I then have to eat them both before they
go stale, which, if you've ever bought Co-op doughnuts before, you know that they
only really have a day before they start to go a bit firm.
And so here I am with 6 doughnuts staring at me, knowing
that although I could eat them all
before the turn into rocks, I probably shouldn’t. So, what do I do with them?
Well, I look to my cupboards for inspiration. I knew I had some Oatly vanilla
custard that really needed eating so
with that I took to Pinterest for some inspiration.
By this point I had a vegan friendly bread and butter pudding style dessert idea in my mind, but
honestly, Pinterest didn’t offer much in the way of vegan-spiration. I’ve never
actually eaten bread and butter pudding before (shock horror), but I knew it
was something to do with custard and bread and so my little brain decided to
just replace the bread with doughnuts and hope for the best.
Now I’m not one to toot my own trumpet, but this was
definitely one of the best ideas I’ve had in a long time. Think squishy
doughnuts and oozy chocolatey custard all bubbling away together. I will admit,
I was slightly worried that the jam centres would be a bit odd with the
chocolate, but there was really no need to be as it added a delightful syrupy
stickiness to the whole deal. I’m drooling just thinking about it.
Plus, no word of a lie, this recipe is so easy. It can be
pulled together in less than 5 minutes and makes for a delicious post dinner
treat, it’s even better served alongside vegan ice cream. I mean, you could
make your own vegan custard, but honestly, I’m just far too lazy. There are
days when I just want an easy life and to get my sweet fix with minimal effort,
and this recipe is for one of those days.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
(serves 4, or 3 extra hungry folk)
♥ 6 vegan doughnuts (I use Coop)
♥ Oatly vanilla custard
♥ 75ml plant milk
♥ ¼ tsp cinnamon powder
♥ 50g dark chocolate chips
WHAT TO DO:
♥ Preheat the oven to 180°c
♥ Chop the doughnuts into quarters, I found a slightly
serrated knife is best for not squirting too much of the jam out. Place in an
oven proof dish.
♥ Sprinkle over half of the dark chocolate chips.
♥ Mix together the Oatly vanilla custard, plant mil and
cinnamon and pour over the top of the doughnuts.
♥ Leave to sit for 10 minutes before sprinkling the remaining
chocolate chips on top.
♥ Place in the oven for around 30 minutes – the custard should
be lovely and bubbly.
Did I, or did I not tell that this was really easy? Literally,
5 ingredients with 5 minutes of prep time. Plus, anyone who tries it will think
that you’ve definitely made an effort. I'm pretty sure they'll also be picking their jaw up from the floor when you tell them that, in fact, no animals were harmed in the making. What a winning combination!
Let’s start a
conversation:
I hope that if you try this recipe that you’ll give me a
shout on Instagram (@_hellojordan) or drop me a tweet @_hellojordan – I love to
chat with you so please do let me know if you’ve stopped by!
Whoa Jordan this is such a cool idea and it looks so good. Honestly I'd never think to do this if I had doughnuts laying around (I mean now I might though!).
ReplyDeleteJulia // The Sunday Mode
Thanks so much for stopping by Julia - it was honestly a wonderful little discovery, so tasty! x
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