Here’s a great recipe for a low fat high fiber traditional raised whole-wheat doughnuts that you be able put down. Best of all their a healthy choice to continue on a healthy living diet! Enjoy!!!

1 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
1 cup honey
1 package yeast or 1 tbsp yeast, dissolved in 1/4 cup warm water with a touch of honey
3 eggs
1 cup bran
4 1/2- 5 1/2 cups stone ground whole-wheat flour
1 tsp mace

- Scald the milk, take it off the heat, and put in butter and honey to dissolve together in the hot milk.
- Let cool. In a cup dissolve the yeast as directed, and let stand a few minutes. It will rise.

- In a mixing bowl beat eggs.
- Add the milk-butter-honey mixture and beat in the bran with a couple of cups of the flour and the mace.
- Add the yeast mixture and more flour until the mixer begins to labor.
- Then turn the dough out onto a floured board and begin to knead in the rest of the flour-enough to make a soft dough.
- If your mixer has a dough hook, use it to do the kneading. Knead well.
- Turn dough into a greased bowl and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk (about 2 hours).
- Turn the dough onto a lightly floured board and roll out about 1 inch in thickness.
- Cut out doughnuts with doughnut cutter or a wide-mouthed jar.
- Place the rounds on a greased cookie sheet and let rise about an hour.
- Fry the doughnuts in deep oil heated to about 370 degrees, turning them when they begin to rise.
- Use a candy thermometer to watch temperature — do not let it get above 375 degrees.
- Turn them a couple of times until lightly browned.
- Drain on several layers of paper toweling.
- Makes 3 dozen doughnuts.

Sandy is an experienced mother of who loves cooking and baking. All her recipes are custom made for different needs. More of her healthy recipe sites: Easy Slimming Diet and Low Fat Recipes