Gluten sensitive doughnuts a popular choice at Jelly Modern

A delicious gluten sensitive Pumpkin Spice doughnut from Jelly Modern. 

If you don’t get along with gluten, you probably haven’t had a doughnut in years. Jelly Modern can change that.

Walk by Jelly Modern Doughnuts, and the smell of freshly made pastries can make your stomach growl. Or in my case, roar – can’t remember the last time I had one.

This time, I sated long-time cravings. When I learned Jelly Modern offered gluten sensitive doughnuts, I had to visit.

Picky Bitch Casey Knoll with a gluten sensitive 

Pumpkin Spice doughnut from Jelly Modern.

Jelly features a new gluten sensitive doughnut every Wednesday, with flavours ranging from Irish Cream to Pink Lemonade. In the spirit of Halloween, the one I sampled was Pumpkin Spice – after so long without the pastry, it was bliss for the taste buds.

Rosanne Tripathy, one of Jelly Modern’s business partners (with sister Rita Tripathy), says customer demand drove Jelly to offer gluten sensitive doughnuts six months after they opened in April 2011.

“People love it, because I think people have gone years without eating a doughnut,” says Tripathy.

“The response has been overwhelmingly positive.”

The gluten sensitive doughnuts are so popular she says a daily option will likely be coming in six months.

“What we are probably moving towards is having a regular gluten sensitive doughnut daily, because that seems to be what the demand is, and we’re also trialing a vegan doughnut.”

Jelly’s gluten sensitive doughnuts are a mix of buttermilk, tapioca starch, xanthan gum, along with rice flour and potato flour. Perfecting their mix took time. 

“With any other bread or doughnut, the gluten makes them consistent and cohesive,” says Jelly Modern baker Claudia Noriega.

“We don’t have that protein in the rice so it separates. So we had to try and try for months in order to get the right one.”

Noriega says as with all of Jelly’s doughnuts, their gluten sensitive options are organic, made fresh, and fried in a healthy way.

“We cook the doughnuts at the lowest temperature in the fryer so good oils won’t be converted to bad ones,” she explains.

The creative process is at the heart of making the perfect doughnut.

“It’s like an artist working. It’s the freedom to create but at the same time, needs to be tasteful,” says Noriega.

Jelly Modern's gluten sensitive doughnuts are fried in the same fryer as regular doughnuts, so those with a severe intolerance should be cautious.  

For more details about Jelly's gluten sensitive treats, call 403.453.2053 or email delicious@jellymoderndoughnuts.com. Though the gluten sensitive doughnuts are stocked  Wednesdays only, you can place a custom order for a dozen any day of the week.