Apple Granola Honey Puffs

Hanukkah

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Apple-granola puffs are fritters filled with apples, oatmeal and nuts, baked, and coated in a golden honey syrup - a healthier Hanukkah recipe

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Gather the Ingredients

– 2 ¼ teaspoons active-dry yeast – 1 teaspoon sugar – ½ cup warm water – ½ cup buttermilk or ½ cup plant-based milk and the juice of ¼ lemon – 2 cups flour – ½ cup Multi Nature granola

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Gather the Ingredients

– 1 Honeycrisp apple chopped – ¼ teaspoon salt – For syrup: – ½ cup sugar – ⅓ water – ¼ cup honey

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In a large bowl, combine yeast, water and 1 teaspoon sugar and whisk together. Let stand for 10 minutes, frothing, until mixture doubles in size.

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At the same time, if you don't have ready-made buttermilk, prep your buttermilk by adding lemon juice to plant-based milk.

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To bowl with yeast mixture, add flour, granola, chopped apple and salt. Mix to combine, then knead on a floured surface for about five minutes. Return to bowl, cover loosely with a towel or Saran wrap, and let rise for about 1-1.5 hrs, until dough has doubled in volume.

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Make syrup: In a medium-sized saucepan, combine sugar, water and honey, stirring just until sugar dissolves. Once the mixture is boiling, reduce heat to medium and cook, uncovered and undisturbed, for 5 more minutes. Set aside and let cool.

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Prehead oven to 350F/ 180C. When your dough has doubled, with wet hands, shape dough into small balls (do not fret about the shape too much). Arrange Bimuelos on a parchment paper-covered baking sheet, leaving about an inch of room between them

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Bake at 350F for 12 minutes.

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Dip balls into cooled syrup with thongs, turning over to ensure all sides have soaked some delicious honey goodness up.

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Then remove Bimuelos onto a large plate. Serve immediately. For extra effect, I like to pile up like a tower

Delicious!