RECIPE: Sweeten Up Your Spring with Vegan-Friendly Lavender Donuts from the Contemporary Resort
I hope you brought your appetites this morning Disney friends because we are about to sweeten up your spring! D23 just shared a recipe from Disney’s Contemporary Resort that we can’t wait to try. Follow our guide below to whip up your very own Lavender Donuts!
The recipe, which we’ll share below, comes from Delicious Disney. This is a must-have cookbook for any Disney fan as it shares a handful of your favorite theme park and resort eats and treats! You can get the book from Amazon for $21.98 here.
Plant-Based Lavender Donuts at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
This recipe comes to us directly from California Grill at Disney’s Contemporary Resort and is perfect for those on a vegan diet.
MAKES 24–36 DONUTS
Ingredients:
LAVENDER SUGAR
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon dried culinary lavender
DONUTS
- ¾ cup lukewarm water
- 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
- ¾ cup liquid from canned chickpeas
- 5 teaspoons ground flaxseed
- 1¼ cups coconut milk
- ½ cup coconut oil
- 6⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup sugar, plus more for topping
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- Vegetable oil, for frying
Instructions:
FOR LAVENDER SUGAR
- Toss the sugar and dried culinary lavender in a medium bowl. Cover and let rest for several hours or overnight.
- Sift out lavender with a fine-mesh strainer. Set aside.
FOR DONUTS
- Combine water and yeast in a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook. Rest for 5 minutes until the yeast is frothy.
- Whisk chickpea liquid and ground flaxseed in a medium bowl. Add to water and yeast.
- Add coconut milk, coconut oil, flour, sugar, and salt to the mixing bowl. Mix on low speed until soft dough ball forms. Increase to medium-high speed and knead for 5 minutes.
- Transfer dough to a large bowl coated with nonstick cooking spray. Cover with plastic wrap and let the dough rise at room temperature for 90 minutes or until doubled in size.
- Place parchment paper on two baking pans and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Place dough on a large board covered with flour, roll to ¼-inch thickness, and cut with the desired size donut cutter. Place cut donuts on prepared baking pans. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 15 minutes or until doubled in size.
Let us know if you had a go at creating these vegan-friendly Lavender Donuts! Readers are also encouraged to keep following along with MickeyBlog for more delectable eats and treats from the theme parks and beyond!
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