Manuka honey and spelt doughnuts

Here it is! The recipe to the delicious doughnuts I made for Jonno the other day.

Ingredients

1 cup flour (I use organic spelt)
2 tablespoons manuka honey
1 tablespoon dried yeast
1/4 cup milk, warmed gently (not boiling)

30g butter
1 tsp caster sugar
1 tsp cinnamon for dusting

Preheat oven to 150'c and line a baking tray.

In a bowl, combine sifted flour, yeast and honey. Put a well in the centre and pour in the warmed milk. Stir with a wooden spoon until it forms a dough ball, then knead until it has a springy consistency.

Cover with a clean tea towel and leave in a draught free spot until it has increased in size (about an hour).

Separate into three pieces of even size and roll between your hands until you have a length of dough, even diameter. Form into a circle, lay on tray and repeat with remaining dough.

Bake for approximately 20 minutes on low heat, circa 150'c, depending on various ovens. They will be golden brown to touch and smell like sweet doughnutty goodness.

Melt the butter and use a pastry brush to top each doughnut. Combine the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over each doughnut. Cover in tea towel while still hot for at least ten minutes to soften.

Serve while still warm.

I am not going to sugar-coat it (pardon the hilarious pun), these taste healthy, but they also taste good, and when it comes to growing tastebuds and bodies, healthy options are the best options.

Nb I made today's batch out of wholemeal spelt. I preferred the ones I made out of white spelt flour.