Enough of that!!!  I have been getting bombarded!!!  On Sunday evening on the Cooking Channel’s After Party,  I sat down with Adam Gertler (yes, even hotter in person), super duper Sunny Anderson and sweet as can be Kelsey Nixon!  I made them Bacon Doughnuts….deep fried in bacon fat….topped with Nutella and sprinkled with crunchy bacon!  Why didn’t I think of this in Kitchen Stadium????!!!!!  Enjoy the recipe below!

Makes 10 dougnuts and doughnut holes!

1 cup warm milk

2 pks. Rapid Rise Dry Active Yeast

1 tsp. sugar

Warm milk, add yeast and sugar.

Mix and set aside for 8 minutes until foam forms

¾ cup boiled Yukon Gold potato (warm)

2 TB unsalted butter

½ cup crispy bacon

Mash potatoes and butter together until smooth.

Mix in bacon.

2 ¼ cups flour

¼ cup of sugar

Pinch of salt

Mix dry ingredients together.

Mix in potato mixture.

Add milk mixture and stir all ingredients together.

Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth (2 min).

Roll to a ¼ in. thick.

Cut out doughnuts using a 3in. cutter.  You may cut out the center as well for doughnut holes.

Place doughnuts on a lightly floured surface for 30 minutes until doubled in size.

3-4 cups of bacon grease or a mixture of bacon grease and vegetable oil.

Heat oil to 350-360 degrees.

Fry the dough until golden brown.  About 4 minutes per side.  3 min per side for the doughnut holes.

Drain on a paper towel.

Garnish

2 cups Nutella

½ cup half and half

1 cup crumbled bacon

Mix together Nutella and half and half until smooth.  When the doughnuts cool, dip in Nutella mixture and top with crumbled bacon.

1 cup sugar

¼ crispy bacon

Blend in a food processor until the bacon is incorporated into the sugar.

***Roll doughnut hole is bacon sugar while warm.

Fingers are For Licking inspires reconnecting around what I love so much…FOOD!

Food is the fabric that weaves us together. Whether it is served around a kitchen table, a folding table or a picnic blanket, food always stirs up conversation, laughter and love.

Great ingredients simply prepared.  This is honest straight forward food that encourages you to lick your fingers and sprinkle salt with your eyes closed.