Einkorn Maple Bars
Around here, eating healthy is a way of life. That might sound like we don’t have any fun. Not so! We’ve set up our lives in such a way that, even when we cheat, it’s something we can still feel okay about. Our cheating doesn’t involve going to the grocery store and buying oreos and gummy bears in bulk, but we do cheat! And we love every minute of it.Here’s what our cheating looks like, and we’re giving you permission to do it too. One of our favorite cheat foods is a good dough nut! We particularly love einkorn maple bars. I just don’t think we could give those up forever, but instead of buying terrible ones from the store, we make our own with modifications that fit into our lifestyle.The reason this is a cheat food is that we used all-purpose einkorn flour and yeast. We normally cook entirely with whole grain flour and use the sourdough preparation method for better health. Even all-purpose einkorn flour, though, is an improvement on modern wheat and hasn’t been bleached.This cheat food has a lot of redeeming qualities which is why we allow it. Besides the yeast and all-purpose flour, it’s really not cheating at all. It’s made with sucanat instead of refined sugar and is fried in the safest oil for frying – coconut oil.What’s the point of a lifestyle that builds feelings of resentment and deprivation? Do you really want to live that forever? Your body might be healthy, but emotional health is just as important. That might sound dramatic, but if you’ve ever gone on a very restrictive diet, you know what I mean. It doesn’t take long before you start to feel angry and restless. This is unhealthy.So, we believe in cheating every now and then! Just make sure you cheat in a way that doesn’t derail everything you’re trying to do for your body. Believe me. It’s lovely to cheat and not feel bad about it.Add these delicious maple bars to your cheat list! When life is life, you’ll be glad you did.
Ingredients
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Dough Nuts
- 1 1/2 tablespoon Instant Yeast Heaping
- 1/4 cup Warm Water
- 1 cup Milk Scalded then cooled
- 1/2 cup Sugar Can Substitute coconut sugar or sucanat
- 1 tablespoon Salt Scant
- 2 eggs
- 5 tablespoon Butter
- 6 cup Einkorn All Purpose Flour Approximate
- Coconut Oil For Frying
Maple Cream Frosting
- 1 1/8 cup Sugar
- 1/2 ounce Cream Cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 tablespoon Butter Melted
- 1 1/2+ tablespoon Milk
- 3/4 teaspoon Maple Flavor
Instructions
Dough Nuts
1. In a mixing bowl, combine water and yeast and leave to dissolve. 2. In a saucepan, scald milk. 3. Turn off burner. Add butter, eggs, sugar, and salt to milk and stir well. 4. When lukewarm, add milk mixture to mixing bowl with yeast and water. 5. Add 3 cups of flour and mix until smooth. 6. Gradually add remaining flour until it cleans the sides of the bowl and is soft and smooth. 7. Knead on low for thirty seconds and on medium for 2 minutes. 8. Cover in bowl and let rise until doubled in size (60-90 minutes). Dough is ready when indentation remains when touched. 9. Roll out onto flour surfaced with floured rolling pin (1/2 inch thick). 10. Cut into desired shape. You can have fun with this step!
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11. Cover and let rise until double (40-60 minutes).
12. Heat coconut oil in frying pan (350ºF).
13. Slide doughnut into oil with a hot spatula. Fry until golden brown (About 1 minute on each side).
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14. Remove and place on paper towel or on cooling rack above paper towel to absorb excess oil.
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15. Frost when cooled. Add your favorite nuts (optional).
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Frosting
1. Add Sugar (If using sucanat, powder alone in blender first), cream cheese, vanilla, butter, milk, and maple flavoring to a blender. 2. Blend until smooth. Add more milk if needed.
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Julie Koyle co founded and has been the driving creative force behind Grand Teton Ancient Grains, a regenerative organic family farm and mill nestled at the base of the Grand Teton foothills in eastern Idaho….
13 thoughts on “Einkorn Maple Bars”
I love buying my einkorn berries from you, thank you very much! I prefer to use maple sugar or maple syrup or honey rather than other sugars. Is there anyway to substitute in this recipe?
Loving this website so much! I’m wondering if this recipe could work with tallow as the frying oil instead of coconut oil? Any unfavorable reaction with tallow and einkorn all-purpose flour?
Hi Evanne, we haven’t tried it but I can’t imagine why it wouldn’t work. We’d love to hear how it turns out if you try it!
Thanks for the recipe. I’m wanting to try out a Krispy Kreme copycat recipe with Einkorn and am wondering if I’ll need more or less Einkorn flour than what’s called for in the recipe with all purpose flour. If you have any insight, I’d appreciate it!
I’d start with reducing water by 30%.
Can one use coconut milk, almond milk, pecan milk, or walnut milk rather than regular dairy in this recipe? That’s the only one ingredient I would not use (will also be using coconut sugar). Thanks in advance. 🙂
Hi Dana, that should be fine. It may change the taste slightly, but if you frequently use non dairy milks, you’ll be used to that!
Have you tried any other sweetener? I couldn’t find Sucanat, so I wondered if the substitute would be straight across. I’m glad to find an Einkorn recipe because my Mom’s recipe probably won’t raise with Einkorn as I’ve noticed my other recipes with yeast don’t rise very well as we use Einkorn exclusively.
Hi Rebecca, if you’re not as concerned about the healthiness of your sweetener, you can use regular brown sugar. You could also use coconut sugar as a healthy alternative.
I have coconut sugar. I meant to list a couple of options. We try to at least use organic cane sugar if we do use sugar. Thank you! I just didn’t know if the substitution would work straight across.
That makes sense. Yes, we mostly use coconut sugar now and just substitute it straight across. Thank you for the question!
I wonder if these can be baked instead of fried? This recipe looks similar to one I found online for baking raised dough nuts… I’ll have to try it. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.
Bonnie, we’ve never tried that but would love to hear how it turns out.