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<\/a><\/p>\nToday on my day off from being surrounded by carnivores at my job, I thought “HMmm, I think I will try something different today.”\u00a0 My first venture in deep frying resulted in some very yummy shallots for a very yummy green bean casserole.\u00a0 But, also a very, very smokey house and a not happy Mr. Nashveggie.\u00a0 Today I decided to try homemade vegan doughnuts. After consulting my King Arthur Flour Bakers Companion and a few websites, I finally decided to try a combination of the recipes from those websites and King Arthur.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, today was not the day for rising in my house.\u00a0 The first rise was fine, but the second, after little Nashveggie and I cut them out, was slow.\u00a0 I finally got impatient and began heating a whole quart of oil in my lovely Le Creuset 3 1\/2 dutch oven. This step took about 30 minutes to reach the suggested 370 degrees.\u00a0 Once I got started, it was a ton of fun, even if I did have to keep a four year old out of my way.\u00a0 I had baking soda and the lid to the pot handy just in case anything went awry in this foray.\u00a0 The result… well, I don’t know how long it has been since you have a had a warm Krispy Kreme doughnut straight off the assembly line, but this…this was heaven.\u00a0 It took me back to the day when Mr. Nashveggie and I would go to the Krispy Kreme across from Baptist Hospital to wait for the hot doughnut sign and eat a whole dozen, he with milk and I with OJ.\u00a0 No OJ today, just a little taste of a fond memory and sweet goodness.<\/p>\n