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Learn how to make these delicious candy apple donuts, without any flour or gluten. We have our chef superstar Talia Chai to help you out!
We’re just going to go ahead and say it: whoever you make these for will say, “I ‘donut’ know what I would do without you!” If you’re someone who loves donuts but doesn’t like the thought of where that dough is gonna go, you’ll want to check out this simple and delicious recipe.
Ingredients:
1 cup pitted dates boiling water
boiling water
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
pinch sea salt
1 teaspoon raw coconut oil
1 cup date soaking water
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Hi guys, I'm Talia Chai and I'm a registered holistic nutritionist and I am here in the
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Hearty Soul kitchen and today I'm going to show you how to make healthy candy apple donuts
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Don't be intimidated by the title, they're gluten free, they're dairy free and there's
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a lot of nutrients in them even though they're a delicious treat. First step is we are going to make a caramel sauce out of dates
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Really rich in fiber and a ton of other minerals like calcium and phosphorus
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The reason why they're the perfect thing to use instead of sugar and caramel is because
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they have this natural amazing caramel flavor. Normally dates are pretty dry unless they're those really ooey gooey medjool dates
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These are not medjool dates. You're just going to soak them in hot water for like 10 minutes
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It'll make them a million times easier to blend. You'll see. Take your soaked dates, plop them in your food processor and then take a cup's worth
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of soaking water to help them blend. I'm going to add some pure vanilla extract and a pinch of sea salt
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And then last but not least, some raw virgin coconut oil. The reason why I like to do that is because it helps to give it like a glossy sheen so
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it just has this beautiful caramel like texture. Process. It's going to be a while
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You want to get it as smooth and creamy as you can
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So as you can see here, it's not exactly the same as like a gooey caramel texture just
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because the ingredients are so different, but it tastes almost exactly the same
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There you go. Refined sugar free caramel. So easy, right? Yes. Next, what we're going to do is I'm going to prep the apples
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So you're just going to cut the apple crosswise like this into like quarter inch thick little slices
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Err on the side of them being a little bit thicker versus a little bit thinner so that
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they're just easier to work with. The apple slices are going to make up the dough part of our doughnuts, which is pretty
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amazing, right? Like completely flour and wheat free. So we have these gorgeous apple rings and apples, as I'm sure a lot of you guys know
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are really rich in both soluble and insoluble fiber as well. And they are a really, really, really, really healthy alternative to using any type of dough
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So I line them up like this and then what I do is I take like a one and a half or one
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inch cookie cutter. So all you're going to do is go into the center of each apple circle and just pop out the
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little middle that comes out. So that's pretty cool, huh? So this is like a perfect circle with a perfect circle inside
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Looks really professional, but it's so easy to do. Also a side note, this would be a great recipe to make with kids because they can get their
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hands in and like get involved and I think it'd be a really fun one
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And I'm going to spoon out some of this gorgeous day caramel into one out of every pair
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It's okay if it gets a bit messy. I'm going to tell you right now, it's going to get a bit messy
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Okay, so these are all lined up with the caramel on top
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I'm going to take the matching slice and just put it on top
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Make a little cute sandwiches. And then the fun part comes where we get to dip these into melted chocolate
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When you're going to be using chocolate to make it healthier, I would definitely recommend using chocolate that has at least 70% cocoa solids or higher
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There's more fiber in it, there's less sugar, and it's a less processed chocolate, so you're
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actually getting some of the minerals in the chocolate. Real chocolate is really rich in magnesium, it's really rich in iron, and you get to consume
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all of those benefits. So it kind of makes chocolate healthy. Whenever I melt chocolate, I like to melt it with a little bit of coconut oil because
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it gives it, once again, that glossy sheen at the end, and it just makes it a little
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bit thinner and easier to work with. So I'm going to place the coconut oil into the bowl of chocolate chips
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What I'm going to do is take you to the stove area
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And over here, I have a little pot that has some water in it, and it's simmering
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So I've placed this in a stainless steel bowl so it's completely heat-proof and safe
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and I'm just going to place it on top. You don't want it to be too hot
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It's on low. You just want to make sure that the bottom of this bowl is not actually touching the
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water beneath it because that's going to create too much contact and too much heat, and it
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could burn the chocolate. You just want it to sit above, and basically it's a lot of steam coming in and heating
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the chocolate that way. It's 80% done. I just turned off the heat
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Grab a towel. It can get mighty hot. I'm going to place this on the counter right over here
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You can see there's still a couple of chunks, like chocolate chips, that haven't fully melted
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but that's exactly where I want it to be. And now you can see them just gently fully melting
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Look at how glossy this is. Oh yeah. Perfectly melted chocolate, if I do say so myself
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I'm going to take an apple ring like this, and I'm going to drop it into the chocolate
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and I'm just going to gently push it down, smear the chocolate around on top to make
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sure it's fully coated. And then you want to have a parchment lined baking sheet or board or whatever you'd like
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ready to go because you kind of want to move somewhat fast at this point
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So make sure it's fully coated in the chocolate. I'm going to slide the fork underneath and gently lift
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How good does this look? I know. And then I'm just going to let the excess, do a little bounce it in like this, let the
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excess drip off because we don't need to go crazy. And I'm just going to gently place it on the mat and splatter it all around because it's
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more fun that way. Okay, so that's done. And now I'm going to do the exact same thing with the rest of them
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Okay, next comes the fun part. So think candy apples, right? You have your crisp apple coated with like caramel and chocolate
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What is the essential part that's missing? Crunch, right? Yes. So what we're going to do for crunch, instead of toffee or something unhealthy or sugary
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I'm just going to use almonds. So just nuts. What I like to do is toast them myself because I don't like buying nuts that have like added
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oils and salt and all this other stuff that is not necessary at all
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And then just chop them up on your cutting board. And you have fully chopped toasted nuts
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This adds so much flavor, crunch, texture. And all I'm going to do is sprinkle them on top
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Oh my goodness. This is the best part, I think. So we have our beautiful candy apple donuts
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That was not too complicated, right? Pop these in the freezer to set
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You want to pop them in until the chocolate is fully solid
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I'd say like 20 to 30 minutes, probably a solid half hour is something good to prepare for
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You could even make them ahead and do it overnight. And then I'm going to take them out and show you what they look like
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All right, so you patiently waited 20 to 30 minutes. Pop them out of the freezer and this is what they look like
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They are so good. I can't wait for you to see this. Just a couple of tips here
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I would transfer them from the freezer to the fridge after they've set so that they're
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not frozen when you're eating them and they're more just freshly chilled and perfectly set
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with the chocolate. So if you're going to do that, just throw them in the fridge for about an hour before
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you serve them or before you're ready to eat them and then they'll be perfect
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Then I would get some date caramel. You're going to have a lot of extra
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Put it in a bowl so you can dunk them. I'm going to cut this in half so you have like perfect cute little halves
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They're adorable. And I'm actually going to cut this one into a quarter just because this is on camera and
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I'm a really messy eater. And take your caramel, do a little dunky dunk
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So good. Also really cold because these are right out of the freezer, but they're delicious and
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they're chocolatey and crunchy and amazing. Please let us know how it goes, how creative you got, how you liked it
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We'll see you on the next one. Thanks for watching, guys
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