I failed at getting a recipe up yesterday because I was on my death bed. I'M SORRY. I almost would have rather died then have to deal with the pain I went through. Okay I didn't mean that, I would never rather die, BUT a tranquilizer would have been nice. I got my root canal done and then laid on the couch and moaned and groaned all night. So much fun!
There has got to be a fire brewing around here somewhere. Its like amber outside, even first thing in the am. I let the dogs out to potty this morning and there was an extremely loud heli above my head. Hopefully taking water to the flames.
We got a tire. Our friend works at Les Schwab and he delivered it the other day. So awesome. I flipped it once just to make sure I was capable. And I was. It will be so fun. I'm thinking Sunday morning me and my man might get our tire wod on. Ohhhh yeah!
Today is a sad day, it's coach Katy's last day at CrossfitGP. She is moving back to her hometown. We are all going to miss her so much. She really is one of the reasons I love crossfit so much. She mostly coaches the functional fitness class and that's where everyone starts out who is brand new. She makes the class super fun and she is very informative and truly improves every ones skill levels. I know that I am very thankful to have had her there to help me grow to where I am today.
So enough mushy crap, today after the 5:30 class we are having a going away potluck party for Katy. I asked her if she could eat anything in the world what she would eat. Her answer was ice cream. So I said okay, second choice, she said fajitas. (Someone else is already bringing meat) So then I said okay, scratch that.What do you want me to make you for you going away party. We came to an agreement of cheesecake. YUMMM. If it turns out good, I will put the recipe up this week.
So here is the donuts that I made last weekend. They turned out awesome and tasted a lot like donuts! You could top them with virtually anything, nuts, chocolate chips, coconut, or cinnamon.
Chocolate Coconut Donuts
10 medjool dates, pitted
1 tbsp vanilla extract
6 eggs
½ cup coconut flour
½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp baking soda
1/3 cup cacao powder
½ cup coconut oil, melted
Dark Chocolate, melted (optional)
Preheat oven to 350F
Generously grease a donut pan with coconut oil.
Place the pitted dates with 1 tablespoon of water in a heat resistant bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds. Remove and add an additional tbsp of water and mash the dates into a paste.
In the bowl of a food processor add date paste, vanilla extract, and eggs. Process mixture to combine. Add coconut flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, cacao powder, and melted coconut oil to the bowl of the food processor and mix until all ingredients are mixed well.
Fill the doughnut pan circles about 2-3 of the way full with batter. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
Carefully remove doughnuts from the pan and continue to cool.
Melt 1 bag of Enjoy Life chips and 1/2 cup coconut butter with a tsp vanilla. Dip donuts into chocolate mixture and top with whatever toppings you'd like. I did mine in chopped almonds, chocolate chips and coconut shavings.
Let set and enjoy!
