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Cruller is Cooler
Date: Feb. 12th 2008
Category: Sweet Snacks, Dessert and Pastry
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I love crullers.
I have been known to eat … ummm … quite a few in a row without stopping or even taking a breath. I love their glazed exterior and sweetly soft interior. I love the way they melt in your mouth and slide down your throat in a rush of fried dough bliss.
When Peabody and Helene announced their doughnut event, I briefly entertained ideas of creating a new doughnut but my heart kept coming back to a recipe I’d seen in Marcy Goldman’s A Passion For Baking. For those of you that haven’t heard of Marcy, she’s the baker behind www.betterbaking.com. Her most recent cookbook is now gracing my bookshelf and from the moment I set eyes on her recipe for French Cruller Doughnuts, I knew I had to try them.
And here’s the the really shocking thing about this: these doughnuts are baked, not fried! Now I am never one to shy away from calories, but based on what everyone who tried these told me, you’d never guess that they weren’t fried.
And because I promised a month of chocolate, I decorated some of my crullers with melted dark chocolate for an added touch.
I’d like to thank two of my favourite bakers, Peabody and Helene, for hosting this great event! Here’s hoping it becomes a regular one!
Ciao!
If you’re interested in making crullers, check out Steph’s blog a whisk and a spoon for her entry to this event.
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02/12/08 at 2:12 am
Crullers have got to be one of my faves from the donut box and you baked them?
Now I will have 5 or 6!
02/12/08 at 2:37 am
whoa–baked crullers–who knew! they look fantastic… hope you made them pre-Lent and got to try one.
thanks for the link to my post!!
02/12/08 at 4:19 am
I just woke up, had my first cup of coffee and these doughnuts are looking amazing to me! I entered my recipe to the “time to make the doughnuts” event and I can’t wait to see what everybody came up with. So cool!
02/12/08 at 4:43 am
Wow, I haven’t had a cruller for years — now I’m wondering why not??? These look amazing. I can’t believe you’re baking and not tasting!
02/12/08 at 5:05 am
Those look awesome and I really like the first photo in the bunch. *yum*
02/12/08 at 7:48 am
I’ll have to give this recipe a try. My baked donuts tasted good, but they weren’t donuts, they were more like a sweet yeasted bread.
02/12/08 at 9:53 am
looks delicious! baked donuts sound really nice and not messy like frying.
02/12/08 at 11:03 am
I’ve never had a cruller! I’ve never had the desire.
You, my love, have given me that desire. My ass is calling you names. My heart is writing you a poem.
xoxo
02/12/08 at 12:25 pm
When I went to Dunkin Donuts, I would ALWAYS get the French cruller! Hehe. I loved them - so delicious! Now I should just really make them myself…
02/12/08 at 2:37 pm
baked!? i would never have guessed. they look delicious!
02/12/08 at 2:49 pm
This is the best blogging event ever!! I love all of the doughnuts I am seeing everywhere, and yours sound especially delicious!!
02/12/08 at 2:50 pm
I love that you baked them. I really want to try baked donuts. They are so beautiful looking.
02/12/08 at 3:05 pm
Very, very tempting…
02/12/08 at 3:20 pm
Baked sounds good! Would you be posting up the recipe?
02/12/08 at 6:17 pm
Please post the recipe!!! They look and sound wonderful!
02/12/08 at 6:29 pm
Nice looking crullers! And they are baked!
02/12/08 at 7:27 pm
So glad to see you giving Marcy the showcase she deserves! I’ve long been a fan or hers and when I was food editor at Homemaker’s Magazine she wrote some wonderful recipes for my pages. Now I just wish I had been able to do a crueller story with her as the author!
02/12/08 at 7:49 pm
Oh, Ivonne, what a *good* idea! I haven’t had a cruller in years, and now you’ve got me craving them. Wonderful job!
02/12/08 at 8:57 pm
And here I thought you’d do a cream puffy sorta deal
Glad you did these–I must admit a fondess for them myself.
j
02/12/08 at 10:01 pm
Those look fantastic Ivonne! Crullers were a favorite donut shop treat when I was a kid
I wish I could have joined this event…well, maybe they will have a repeat! 
02/13/08 at 12:36 am
Oh how I love Crullers. I could see how them being baked would work out…and nice of you to add the chocolate.
02/13/08 at 6:26 am
Crullers are my husband´s favorite treat . I don’t have idea how long was the last time that I made those…maybe is time to made it again. Yours looks lovely and delicious
02/13/08 at 9:28 am
Baked not fried wins me!
I’m checking for chocolate: check!
02/13/08 at 5:32 pm
Totally tied with jelly doughnuts for me. These look sooooooo amazing. Those nooks & crannies under that chocolate are making me drool. Sigh.
02/14/08 at 8:48 am
Wow, you cannot tell those are baked by looking at them. French cruellers are a long-time favorite of mine too. I didn’t make any donuts for the event because there wasn’t a recipe I was really excited to try…but if I’d had this recipe…
02/14/08 at 9:19 am
hehehe…I thought it looked familiar when I saw the picture.
They are indeed delicious little thing. 
02/14/08 at 2:14 pm
I’ll be honest and tell you that crullers have always been my least favorite donut! But yours look so good that I know I would love them! Thanks for sharing! Happy Valentine’s day!
02/14/08 at 4:05 pm
Love the look of those crullers. Cruel, cruel that I have none!

xoxo
02/14/08 at 9:54 pm
those are beautiful! i had no idea they were baked, not fried!
02/15/08 at 2:14 am
Your crullers are cruely tempting ;-P! Wonderful!
Cheers,
Rosa
02/15/08 at 8:03 am
How strong of you to give all of this up for Lent and then keep cranking out the tempting treats, you naughty baker!
02/15/08 at 8:44 am
What beautiful crullers! I love the shapes of them.
02/15/08 at 3:36 pm
I don’t even own a deep fryer so these doughnuts would be bliss
I have loved crullers since the beginning of time 
02/15/08 at 4:33 pm
delicious
compliments
02/15/08 at 6:16 pm
Oooh I know how easy those are to eat, so soft and fluffy!
And I love the idea of these being baked! Time to rush off to Steph again!
02/16/08 at 1:50 am
Your crullers are just beautiful! Crullers hold a special place in my heart. When I was very little, my dad would sometimes take me on the job with him. He had a construction business in NYC. Each time, he would take me to a little luncheonette called Moe’s for breakfast. I would always have a fresh cruller and a glass of chocolate milk. It was so special. Thanks for bringing back that memory. : )
02/16/08 at 2:43 am
Your crullers look amazing!
02/16/08 at 3:19 am
Ivonne, these are exquisite.
02/16/08 at 10:07 am
can you believe I’ve never heard of a cruller before?? those look so fun and delicious!!
by the way, Ivonne, I just wanted to apologize for my lack of commenting on your blog lately - I am quite overwhelmed with schoolwork, studying for examinations, and writing papers that it has been difficult to keep up with blogs on a daily basis - just wanted you to know that I am STILL a faithful reader of your blog, and will continue to be!! :0)
02/16/08 at 6:22 pm
I also love crullers - that’s why I haven’t attempted to make any because I know I would eat them all! But your post has convinced me to make them and eat them all. After all they are baked. They look absolutely delicious! And yes, I will be adding ‘A passion for baking’ to whatever space I can make on my bookshelves!
02/17/08 at 9:26 am
I haven’t stopped by in a while and as before your blog has my appetite begging for the gorgeous desserts you make.
02/17/08 at 10:27 am
I love crullers too! They look wonderful. I can’t believe that they aren’t fried! Yummm
02/17/08 at 3:13 pm
Beautiful! I’m in awe that you made those.
02/17/08 at 3:32 pm
These look amazing.
Love your chocolate are too!!!
Love your website and photos!!!
Terri
02/19/08 at 2:54 am
These look beautiful. I love chocolate, but for the first time I think I’m going to say I like the other version better.
02/21/08 at 12:16 pm
are you trying to kill me? posting those beautiful pictures and not posting the recipe?
02/23/08 at 2:37 pm
I have always loved crullers, so I had to buy the book. You didn’t mention all the wonderful information just in the first chapter. I am loving the book even more than the chance to bake crullers. Thanks.
02/24/08 at 12:20 pm
A baked cruller would be great!. I worked in a dount shop and did love the fried crullers. Recipe?
02/24/08 at 1:57 pm
Can you post the recipes for these?
02/28/08 at 4:22 pm
The crullers that I make are normally fried…this is something new to me..will surely try it out .