What can you do when you’re snowed in? Enjoy making food and beverages with wine as an ingredient.

Yesterday with the snow quickly falling here in Maryland, I decided to follow a time honored family tradition. Whenever there was a big snowstorm, my mother would mix up a batch of donuts. If it happened on a weekend, my father would stand by the stove and fry the donuts in heavy cast iron pot. After the donuts were fried, the donut holes were fried. Then after cooling, the donuts were carefully put in a plastic bag with powdered sugar and shook resulting in delicious sugar coated donuts.

Yesterday, I opted to use a recipe that baked the donuts rather than frying in oil. Okay, so I was trying to be a little more health conscious… although a light coating of butter was brushed on the donuts and I sprinkled a sugar/cinnamon mixture on top.

These donuts are not the typical ones from Dunkin’ Donuts or Krispy Kreme that I adore. However, homemade donuts can be great and they are fun to make.

The only thing I wish I had done was to add a little grape seed flour from AprèsVin. With all the snow we are accumulating this weekend, it looks like there will be plenty of time to try adding grape seed flour to another batch of donuts. I wonder which type of grape seed flour I should use???

Cheers! Kathy