Vegan MoFo V: Malasadas and Haupia

It's Tuesday, so that's when I get my international thug thizzle on.  Technically, this is Hawaiian.  But, I've never heard of it before.

I learned about this wonderful thing while watching Best Thing I Ever Ate.  The Chairman of Iron Chef America, Mark Dacascos, was talking about the best thing he ever had on a road trip.  This recipe comes from the actual location: Leonard's Bakery in Hawaii.

these are basically donuts.  delicious, coconutty donuts.

The only way I changed the recipe was that I reduced the nutmeg to ½ teaspoon (not fresh), and I used a combo of flax and yogurt for the eggs (2 Tbsp flax in ½ cup water and ½ cup yogurt).  Then you let them rise, and fry those bad boys.  Coat in cinnamon sugar and stuff with haupia (recipe is at the bottom), which is a coconut pudding.  Delish.

I'm also gonna try to bake the rest of the batch because I'm a rebel, Dottie.  But these are super easy to make either way.

i'm all up inside ya...much like jazz

I would totally make these again.  They would be perfect for a pajama jam if I ever want to get all House Party 2 up in herre.

Tomorrow, I'm doing something colorful that could also be considered a food memory.  Also, I'm so stupid excited about what I'm doing for Halloween.

Here are some hints:
1. It's a horror movie marathon menu.
2. There will be cake.
3. The movies involve creatures of the night.