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Hot Honey Pumpkin Chicken Donut Sandwiches

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Makes 10

Ingredients

Hot Honey Pumpkin Butter

  • 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled slightly
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon hot saue
  • 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin spice
  • Pinch Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper

Donuts

  • 1 pack Ready-to-Bake biscuit dough, thawed if required

Crispy Chicken

  • 10-20* store-bought crispy chicken tenders (* number dependent on size of tender pieces)

To Finish

  • Pickled red onion slivers
  • Bread and butter pickle slices

Method

Crispy Chicken

  1. Cook in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions

Hot Honey Pumpkin Butter

  1. While the chicken is cooking, in the bowl of a stand mixer combine all the hot honey pumpkin butter ingredients
  2. Whisk at medium speed until combined, then increase speed to maximum until mixture appears whipped and translucent. Stop the mixer and set hot honey pumpkin butter mixture aside until needed

*You can also use a handheld electric whisk but it will take longer for the mixture to become “whipped”

Donuts

  1. Poke hole in centre of each biscuit with finger and stretch dough to create a 1-inch hole
  2. Drop dough, in batches, in fryer oil preheated to 350°F; cook between 1-2 minutes per side until golden and cooked through
  3. Remove from oil, drain on a rack before moving on to assemble the donut sandwiches

To assemble

  1. Assemble your dounts on serving plate(s)
  2. Place the hot chicken crispy chicken pieces in a large bowl. Add some of the hot honey pumpkin butter, amount to your liking, then stir and toss to coat the chicken pieces
  3. Arrange 1-2 pieces of coated crispy chicken on top of the donuts and finish with pickled red onion and pickle slices
  4. Serve and enjoy!

Apple Fritters

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Makes 8

Ingredients

Apple Fritters

  • 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tablespoons applesauce
  • 2 large Granny Smith apples or Honey Crisp apples peeled, cored and diced

Glaze

  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons Baobab Fruit Powder (optional)
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method

  1. Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in medium bowl. Make a well in the center and add 1/3 cup milk, eggs and applesauce. Stir just to combine. Fold in apples
  2. Heat 1 1/2 inches of oil in heavy skillet, Dutch oven or deep fryer to 375F degrees
  3. Drop about 1/4 cup of batter per fritter into hot oil; spreading it out as you drop
  4. Cook each side until golden brown; approximately 2-3 minutes per side
  5. Use a slotted spoon to remove to a cooling rack set over some paper towels to drain
  6. While the fritters cool, whisk together 1/4 cup milk, Baobab fruit powder, powdered sugar and vanilla. Dunk each fritters in the glaze to coat.  Place on wire racks to drip and air dry

Freezing & Reheating

If you’re making your fritters for later, they keep really well in the freezer compartment. Freeze for up to 2 month for best taste. You’ll need to remember not to glaze them though! Allow your unglazed fritters to cool completely before wrapping individually in cling wrap, popping in freezer bags and storing in your freezer.

The best way to thaw frozen apple fritters is to remove them from the freezer, unwrap them and place them into the fridge. It is best to leave them overnight to ensure they thaw all the way through.

If they have not thawed all the way through by the time you want to eat them, you could leave them out on the counter for up to an hour to speed up that process. 

To reheat, and to ensure you get a nice crisp apple fritter, you can either use a toaster oven or a conventional oven. Place the thawed fritters on a baking tray and reheat them at 375F for 5 minutes.

Once they’re reheated you can glaze them as Step 2 above.