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If you have been Searching for a healthier way of making doughnuts, this recipe is basically for you. Air-fried and dusted in cinnamon-sugar or dipped in a glaze–all the flavors are there, but the calories of frying aren’t.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 doughnuts
Ingredients
¼ cup butter, melted
½ cup white sugar
¼ cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg (Optional)
1 (16.3 ounce) package refrigerated flaky biscuit dough
Directions for Preparations
Place melted butter in a bowl. Combine white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a second bowl.
Separate biscuit dough into individual biscuits and cut out the centers using a biscuit cutter (or the bottom of a piping tip) to create a doughnut shape. Place doughnuts in the air fryer basket.
Air fry at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) until golden brown, 4 to 6 minutes. Flip doughnuts and cook an additional 1 to 3 minutes.
Remove doughnuts from air fryer. Dip each doughnut into melted butter (making sure to coat top, bottom, and sides), followed by sugar-cinnamon mixture until completed coated. Serve immediately.
To reheat, cook doughnuts in the microwave for 8 to 10 seconds, just enough to soften them up again.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)

310 Calories
14g Fat
44g Carbs
4g Protein

It came to my consideration pretty early on in my eventful life that I did enjoy cake batter more than I enjoy eating cake.  That being said, I know that sitting down to a bowl of cake batter and a scoop spoon isn’t exactly socially acceptable, so I needed to devise a way of enjoying succulent scoops of cake batter without raising too many eyebrows . THIS HOW I DID IT!

These little batter balls are filled with all of that cake-battery goodness with none of the strange looks, well there will still be some strange looks, but at this point. I’m used to it!

I am Ecstatic with these beautiful bites of batter and I think you will be too. The lightest, most delicate shell is so crispy on the outside and lovingly hugs the moist and tender ‘cakiest’, batter-filled center ever.  There is nothing like these, and you will never be able to eat just one.  

Ingredients that you will need:

one box of your fava cake mix, I used Funfettit cuz, well. It’s fun & fetish
1 cup of all-purpose flour
oil for frying. I used Canola
Frosting of your choice for dipping
Sprinkles for sprinkling

Directions for Preparations:
Mix up the cake batter according to the box instructions, and add in one extra cup of flour until it’s thick and smooth.
Scoop approximately one tablespoon of the batter and drop it gently into the hot 350 degrees – heated cooking oil.
Fry them up until they’re golden brown on both sides.
Let them cool on some paper towel.
Top them with some fun sprinkles.
Check them out on the inside. That’s where all the love is…

Plunge those warm batter babies deep into some frosting. Just because you can and gently dig in while you Enjoy…!

These breakfast delicacies have the flavor and texture of cake doughnuts but are as easy to make just like muffins. Top them with Samosa.co.ke Butter with Canola Oil.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Additional Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 muffins
Ingredients
Muffins:
½ cup milk
⅓ cup LAND O LAKES® Butter, melted
1 Land O’Lakes® Egg, beaten
1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup sugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Topping:
⅓ cup LAND O LAKES® Butter, melted
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions
Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
Grease 12-cup muffin pan; set aside.
Combine milk, 1/3 cup melted butter and egg in bowl. Set aside.
Combine flour, 3/4 cup sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg in bowl.
Add milk mixture; stir just until combined.
Spoon batter into the prepared pan.
Bake 15-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Place 1/3 cup melted butter in bowl.
Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon in another bowl.
Remove muffins from pan; let stand 2 minutes on cooling rack.
Dip tops of warm muffins into melted butter, then into cinnamon sugar mixture.
Serve warm with Butter with Canola Oil.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)

255 Calories
12g Fat
35g Carbs
3g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 12
Calories 255
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 12g 15%
Saturated Fat 7g 36%
Cholesterol 46mg 15%
Sodium 280mg 12%
Total Carbohydrate 35g 13%
Dietary Fiber 1g 2%
Total Sugars 21g
Protein 3g 5%
Calcium 54mg 4%
Iron 1mg 5%
Potassium 39mg 1%

Often found in a typical Kenyan breakfast with a Spicy Twist, my lime zest and roasted cardamom maandazi will be your next addiction trust me. Brite mornings are relatively toasted with flavored cardamom maandazis.

Ingredients That You Might Need;
1 cup of self-rising flour
1 tablespoon of lime zest
5 tablespoons of sugar
1/2 a tablespoon of crushed cardamom
1/2 a cup of hot water
3/4 cup of plain yogurt
1 tablespoon of butter

Directions for Preparation;
In a large bowl, add the hot water and mix in the sugar and the cardamom.
Once dissolved (the sugar that is) add the flour and mix it in.
Bit by bit, add the plain yoghurt and knead the dough.
Add the lemon zest and fold it in.
Create a bore in the dough and add the melted butter.
Knead the dough until it no longer sticks to your hands or the bowl.
Roll out the dough and with a cookie cutter or a round cup, shape your maandazi.
Heat your oil and deep fry the maandazi until they are golden brown on each side.

This is one of the basic butter cakes; the trickiest bit was finding a cake tin to fit in the air fryer. I went with a ring tin, which works really well and makes it cook even quicker. Top with confectioners’ sugar.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Additional Time: 5 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Servings: 4
Yield: 1 cake

Ingredients
cooking spray
7 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
¼ cup white sugar
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 egg
1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
1 pinch salt, or to taste
6 tablespoons milk

Directions
Preheat an air fryer to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Spray a small fluted tube pan with cooking spray.
Beat butter and 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and creamy. Add egg and mix until smooth and fluffy. Stir in flour and salt. Add milk and mix batter thoroughly. Transfer batter to the prepared pan; use the back of a spoon to level the surface.
Place the pan in the air fryer basket. Set the timer for 15 minutes. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
Turn cake out of pan and allow to cool, about 5 minutes.
close up view of a Air-Fried Butter Cake on a cooling rack
If you don’t have an air fryer, this recipe works well in a toaster oven or normal oven. Add 5 minutes to the cook time.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Calories 22g
Fat 60g
Carbs 8g
Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 4
Calories 470
Total Fat 22g 29%
Saturated Fat 14g 68%
Cholesterol 102mg 34%
Sodium 210mg 9%
Total Carbohydrate 60g 22%
Dietary Fiber 1g 5%
Total Sugars 20g
Protein 8g 16%
Calcium 47mg 4%
Iron 3mg 15%
Potassium 113mg 2%

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Mandazi is a type of bread made from wheat flour, sugar, margarine and raising agent. It is a popular food and is eaten as part of a meal or snack. Mandazi is mainly starchy and low in other nutrients. The nutritive value of Mandazi can be improved by blending wheat with nutritious amaranth flour.
Ingredients
1 standard cup (250 g) amaranth flour
2 standard cups (500 g) all-purpose flour
3 level teaspoons (15 g) baking powder
6 level teaspoons (30 g) sugar
6 heaped teaspoons (60 g) margarine
3 eggs
1 litre of cooking oil
A pinch of salt
¼-½ standard cup (65-125 ml) milk
Method or Directions of Preparations
In a clean working bowl sieve and mix amaranth and wheat flour and baking powder
Rub the margarine into the flour mixture until it resembles bread crumbs
Add salt and sugar to the flour and mix well
Beat the eggs one at a time and add into milk and whisk until well blended Rubbing in the margarine in flour Preparation of liquid mixture
Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture.
Add liquid into the well and fold in flour using a wooden spoon until a dough is formed.
Knead the dough with hands until it is smooth, elastic and workable dough is attained.
Cover with a dump kitchen cloth for 10-15 minutes.
Heat oil in a heavy frying pan.
Divide the dough into two big balls and place on a floured board.
Using a rolling pin roll, out the dough evenly to ½ inch thickness
Cut into desired shapes and deep fry until golden brown on both sides.
Mixing the liquid and sifted flour Cut them into desired shapes
Using a perforated ladle, remove mandazi from the hot oil draining out oil.
Place in a bowl layered with grease proof paper to drain the oil
Allow to cool and serve as part breakfast or a snack.

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ cup coconut milk
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
• ½ cup warm water
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cardamom
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• Vegetable oil for frying

Preparation Method

1. In a small bowl mix the yeast and warm water and stir. Let sit for 5 minutes until yeast dissolves.
2. In the bowl of your mixer, add flour, salt, cardamom and cinnamon and mix. Add vegetable oil, egg, coconut milk, sugar and yeast
   mixture.
3. Using the hook attachment mix everything until the dough is not too sticky and it no longer sticks to the side of the bowl, add additional
   flour as needed. (if you do not have a mixer, no problem you can mix ingredients by hand, then knead)
4. Place the dough in an oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let it rest for about an hour until the dough rises a bit.
5. When ready to cook, light your Envirofit SuperSaver Charcoal Jiko using little charcoal.
6. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat by slightly closing the SuperSaver Charcoal air regulator.
7. Cut the dough into about 6 pieces to make it easier to roll and cut. Roll each piece so that the dough is about 1 cm in thickness. Cut into
   triangles and place in hot oil. Fry on both sides. Place the mandazi on paper towels to soak up the oil. Repeat with remaining dough.
8. Sprinkle with powder sugar and serve it with Chai to your family and see them enjoy and want more!

calorie
/ˈkal(ə)ri/
noun
plural noun: calories

1. a unit of energy equivalent to the heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C (now often defined as equal to 4.1868 joules).
2. a unit of energy, often used to express the nutritional value of foods, equivalent to the heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 °C, and equal to one thousand small calories; a kilocalorie.
   “A good advice is to work on your eating habits and moving away from counting calories”

A calorie is a measure of energy. Foods have calories. That is, foods supply the body with energy, which is released when foods are broken down during digestion. Energy enables cells to do all of their functions, including building proteins and other substances needed by the body.
In nutrition and food science, the term calorie and the symbol cal may refer to the large unit or to the small unit in different regions of the world. It is generally used in publications and package labels to express the energy value of foods in per serving or per weight, recommended dietary caloric intake, metabolic rates
The unit is most commonly used to express food energy, namely the specific energy (energy per mass) of metabolizing different types of food. For example, fat (triglyceride lipids) contains 9 kilocalories per gram (kcal/g), while carbohydrates (sugar and starch) and protein contain approximately 4 kcal/g. Alcohol in food contains 7 kcal/g.

The Element Calcium is one of the most abundant, essential mineral in the human body, vital for building and maintaining strong bones and teeth. The mineral enables crucial functions like muscle movement, nerve signal transmission, blood clotting, and hormone regulation.
What you need to know about calcium:
Physiological Roles: Beyond bone health, calcium is critical for vascular contraction/dilation, heart rhythm, and intracellular signaling.
Absorption: Vitamin D is required for the body to effectively absorb calcium.
Sources: Dietary sources include dairy products, leafy greens, fish with soft bones, and fortified foods.
Deficiency/Excess: Low levels can lead to weak bones (osteoporosis), while excessive calcium (hypercalcemia) may cause kidney stones and digestive issues.
Scientific Definition: It is a reactive alkaline earth metal, denoted by symbol Ca and atomic number 20

Sources Of Calcium
milk, cheese and other dairy foods.
green leafy vegetables – such as curly kale, okra but not spinach (spinach does contain high levels of calcium but the body cannot digest it all)
soya drinks with added calcium.
bread and anything made with fortified flour.

Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20. As an alkaline earth metal, calcium is a reactive metal that forms a dark oxide-nitride layer when exposed to air.
Calcium is a very ductile silvery metal (sometimes described as pale yellow) whose properties are very similar to the heavier elements in its group, strontium, barium, and radium.
The most common calcium compound on Earth is calcium carbonate, found in limestone and the fossils of early sea life; gypsum, anhydrite, fluorite, and apatite are also sources of calcium.

A delightful twist on traditional strawberry shortcake using a glazed doughnut. Easy to prepare, yet an impressive dessert! Use store-bought doughnuts or your own glazed doughnut recipe.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 15 mins
Servings: 4
Ingredients
2 cups heavy whipping cream
½ cup confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 glazed doughnuts, halved horizontally
1 quart strawberries, hulled and sliced
Directions for Preparations
Beat cream, sugar, and vanilla extract together in a chilled glass or metal bowl with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.
Place bottom half of one doughnut on a plate.
Spoon 1/4 cup whipped cream onto doughnut,
arrange 1/4 of sliced strawberries over whipped cream,
Spoon another 1/4 cup whipped cream over strawberries.
Top with remaining doughnut half.
Repeat with remaining doughnuts, cream, and strawberries.
Tips & Notes
We chose not to sweeten the strawberries since the doughnut is sweeter than a traditional shortcake biscuit. However, if you’d like, you can add 1 tablespoon of sugar to the sliced strawberries.
You can also use doughnut holes and create a layered dessert in a glass jar. Slice the doughnut holes into halves for the layers.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)

766 Calories
58g Fat
57g Carbs
7g Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 4
Calories 766
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 58g 75%
Saturated Fat 31g 155%
Cholesterol 167mg 56%
Sodium 252mg 11%
Total Carbohydrate 57g 21%
Dietary Fiber 4g 14%
Total Sugars 23g
Protein 7g 15%
Vitamin C 91mg 101%
Calcium 128mg 10%
Iron 2mg 11%
Potassium 391mg 8%
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.