Doughnuts..."Deceptive Doughnuts"...hmmm!

Deceptive Doughnuts.....look pretty good!

Mix the batter in a plastic bag, perfect job for little helpers.

Snip the corner off the bag and make your circles on a baking sheet.

If you sandwich them together with a little icing they look just like a real doughnut.

Chocolate doughnut sandwiched with peanut butter...mmmmm!

3 batches of deceptive doughnuts are all GONE!!!

     A close friend of mine challenged me to read Deceptively Delicious, by Jessica Seinfeld. It is a cookbook with recipes that hide pureed healthy foods into them, so your picky eaters will not realize they just ate them. I have tried (and tweaked) her doughnut recipe and am happy to share with you what we think so far:

1. Picky eaters that have the ability to read are automatically suspicious at the new 'Deceptive' cookbook.

2. You will be asked the entire time they are baking, "But what is in them???"

3. Picky eaters who are on to you will say they won't try them, but they will, probably when you are not looking.

4.You can use any type of milk, I used dairy free due to a child with allergies.

5. Mix the wet ingredients into your blender and the dry in a large plastic storage bag. Then knead the two together in the closed bag. Snip off the end of the bag and pipe circles of batter onto your baking sheet. The only dish to clean will be the mixer pitcher and you can toss the bag away after the batter is used up.

6. You can call anything a doughnut, therefore making children fight over them, even knowing mom put beets and carrots into them.

7.  If you do not have the purees on hand, canned vegetables work great.

8. I prefer to just tell them what I put in there rather than being deceptive, with all due respect to Mrs. Seinfeld. After all, how else will you be able to say, "Eat your carrots, you do like them remember,they are in our doughnuts!"
So here are the 3 versions I tried, along with the original recipe from Jessica Seinfeld. I will just list the ingredients for all 4 versions and then the directions after. You make them all the same way, anyway.

banana- sweet potato -carrot doughnut
1/2 banana
1 cup pureed swt. potato
1/2 cup pureed carrots
1/2 cup coconut milk
1 egg
1 tsp. vegetable shortening
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup flour
1 tsp. tsp.baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup brown sugar
cinnamon
powdered sugar

apple- sweet potato -carrot doughnut
1/2 cup pureed swt. potato
1/2 cup pureed carrots
3 Tbsp. Apple Butter (click here for my crock pot recipe)
1/2 cup almond milk
1 egg
1 tsp. vegetable shortening
1 cup flour
1 tsp. tsp.baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup brown sugar
cinnamon
powdered sugar

chocolate doughnut w/ beets and carrots (yes you read that right!)
1/3 cup pureed carrots
1/3 cup pureed beets
1/2 cup almond milk
2 eggs
1 tsp. vegetable shortening
2 cups flour
2 tsp. tsp.baking powder
3/4 cup brown sugar
3 Tbsp. Cocoa powder
powdered sugar
peanut butter (optional)

Jessica Seinfeld's doughnut recipe
1/2 cup pureed swt. potato
1/2 cup pureed pumpkin
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1 tsp. vegetable shortening
1 cup flour
1 tsp. tsp.baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup brown sugar
cinnamon
powdered sugar

Mix the wet ingredients into the blender.  Place the dry ingredients into a plastic bag.  Add the two together and then snip off the corner.  Draw circles with your batter on your baking sheet.  Bake at a 350 degree oven for 15-17 minutes.  Take out of oven to cool on rack.  Sandwiche donuts together making them more round.  We used icing and peanut butter.  Enjoy experimenting!  Let me know what you come up with!!!