So I know I have been lazy with this blog--probably because I do not have much motivation (or any readers for that matter.)
 Last night, busy taking advantage of my roommate being asleep and her laptop being open (with permission!) I got on to the Daring Bakers website and realized that I had two days to get my donuts challenge up there! To be honest, I was not excited about making donuts. I have made them before-- usually around Chanukkah we make them, and since it is just four of us around here--me my sister and two students at a womens yeshiva in Crown Heights-- there is no one to really enjoy or appreciate the goods, and I will just end up eating everything. (OK OK I know I ALWAYS end up eating everything anyway, but this felt different.)
        I was kind of ignoring the challenge and not thinking about it but last night with two days to the deadline I was like THAT IS IT! I have to just make it and that is it! At home every night I want to bake and Mom is always complaining that I am wasting her ingrediants, but here I have the ingrediants but no patience to bake.
      Anyway so today I was planning to make doughnuts, the yeast recipe because it required me going out to buy the least amount of ingrediants. I did not have all purpose flour-- only white whole wheat-- or margirine (Trying to be healthier this year) but then I decided to substitute applesauce for oil and just make whole wheat donuts. Why not? And since I had a bunch of mottling apples in the fridge (courtesy Hinda who gave me fruit  =D ) I figured I could make an apple cinnamon filling.
       But then, walking home with only two dollars in my pocket which I figured will be enough for some cinnamon, I passed by the outdoor display with the headbands I knew my sister wanted-- and they were on sale for two bucks! So I had to buy her it, being the amazing sister I am (COUGH COUGH COUGH). I figured we would all be happier with the headband then cinnamon.

      So tonight my friend who is also aparmenting came over for our weekly dinners. I did the salad and pizza and she brought feta cheese (for salad) and ice cream bars!!! Yay! Anyway on the menu was homemade pizza-- dough from scratch of course, with topping cheese sauce blah blah blah you get the picture.

    Pizzas were yum yum. After dinner though we had a chunk of dough left over and the wheels in my head started to turn... pizza dough is really similair to yeast doughnuts...a little sugar... hey that black banana sitting on the counter? why not? Before I knew it I mixed it all up and fried my self some pizza dough turned banana donuts. I covered them in sugar and they were good to go. For all you banana fans out there I do not think I will need to do much convincing. Bananas rock ergo anything made with them. Especially something deep fried and sugar dipped right? So here is the easiest donut recipe I think you will ever make. And its whole wheat! And you could split the dough in half in middle and make pizzas out of it. And it is a little bit cheating since I did not EXACTLY follow the recipes given but I stuck to the idea. And they looked kinda like regular donuts... well more like beignets but you know...

 So here are the recipes of the night:

PIZZA DOUGH
1 1/3 c warm water
1 packet instant yeast
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
3 cups flour (white whole wheat)

Directions: dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water and let sit for ten minutes. When bubbly and fragrant, add
flour and salt. Let rise for as long as you have patience for (I had none so it did not rise but, please, it was fine.) ideally an hour and a half. Cover with tomato sauce and toppings.
TOPPING IDEAS: (mix and match to create your favorite kind. Try not to overdo it by the way.)
mushrooms, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, onion, garlic, herbs, fresh mozzerella, goat cheese, bleu cheese, feta cheese, mozzerella, cheddar, parmesan, chopped spinach, chopped broccoli, corn, pineapple, anchovies, tuna, macaroni and cheese, potatoes, beans, chickpeas, hearts of palm, baby corn, avocado, olives, sun dried tomatoes, artichokes, pesto, ETC ETC ETC! Be creative!

AND NOW FOR THE UNBELIEVABLY EASY DONUT RECIPE!!

1 1/3 c warm water
1 packet instant yeast
1 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
3 cups flour (white whole wheat)

6 tbsp sugar

DIRECTIONS: Let the yeast and sugar dissolve in warm water for ten minutes until bubbling. Add flour and salt plus more sugar, and a smushed banana. Knead together. Let rise one hour and a half. Dough will be sticky so just drop globs of it into three inches of hot canola oil, use a spatula (I used a plastic fork of course it melted but whatever) and let oil drain on paper towel. Then drown in sugar and enjoy the chewy sweet exterior, the springy, soft, supple middle, and that awesome fried banana taste that will just be awesome.