The Best Baked Donuts
Oh my dough!
Seriously, it’s doughnut time (donut time? Not sure which way to spell it) and you need not feel guilty! These babies are made with bananas and beet powder! That’s how I got the beautiful pink colored frosting without using unnatural chemicals. You can buy it straight off Amazon, and it tastes really yummy. Beets can be very earthy, but the beet powder is ever so slightly sweet and has a more mellow beet flavor. When mixed with sweet banana and a little Greek yogurt, it’s delish, so even beet-haters will gobble them up.
Healthy doughnuts can be tricky because we all know how sweet and cake-y the real things are. But after much trial and error (I used all kind of different flours to keep these gluten-free for you), I settled on oat flour, because it tastes the most like whole wheat flour would. Coconut flour gets really dense in this recipe, and almond flour has a bit too much graininess.
I hope you like this lightened up, gluten-free and baked version! Make them for your friends, or keep them to yourself and use them all week as a snack!
THE BEST BAKED DONUTS RECIPE
Yield: 6 servings
Serving Size: 1 doughnut
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 9 min
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup oat flour
- 1 small ripe banana, mashed
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- Pinch of stevia
Frosting:
- 3 tablespoons vanilla Greek yogurt
- 1/2 ripe banana, mashed
- 2 teaspoons powdered zero-calorie sweetener (or a pinch of stevia)
- 1 teaspoon beet powder
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Coat a regular 6-serving doughnut pan with cooking spray.
- In a bowl, using beaters, add the oat flour, banana, eggs, honey and oil and mix until well incorporated. Add the vanilla, baking soda, salt and stevia and mix briefly to incorporate.
- Spoon into doughnut pan and bake for about 9 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Don’t over bake or they’ll dry out. Let cool.
- Using a whisk and bowl or a mini blender, add the frosting ingredients and stir/process until completely smooth.
- Frost doughnuts with frosting, and serve. Top with coconut, sprinkles, goji berries, dried fruit or mini chocolate chips, if desired.
Nutrition Info:
Calories: 147 | Protein: 5g | Fat: 5g | Net Carbs: 18.5g | Fiber: 2g
17 thoughts on “The Best Baked Donuts”
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This sounds sooo yummy!! Could I substitute with almond flour?
I wish they were vegan – but never mind, I will have to veganise them myself, haha! Thank you for the recipe! <3
I will definitely be trying these with my niece and nephew! 🙂
They look so cute and yummy 🙂
Thanks. I will have to give these a try soon.
Woww !!! Yum Yum Yum .. Love the cream topping … Weekend is here and I’m gonna try these delicious Banana-Beets 🙂 Awesome recipe Cassie – Thanks for sharing this ! I absolutely love it .
Krystle – Part time Fitness Instructor @ http://garagegymplanner.com/
Me loves some healthy DONUTS! LOVE the way you made the frosting!
Need these in my life!!! Thanks, Cassey!
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OMG I love beets! I am so excited to try this 🙂
I have a lot of frozen bananas. If I thaw one and use it, would it mess with the texture?
They look great and you look lovely! That is such a pretty braid and curl combo on you 🙂
Hi everyone, these look so good and absolutely mouthwatering. I would definitely love to try these sometime soon. You did it again again Cassey!! ??
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Gorgeous! And the red color reminds me of the red velvet cake recipe you had a while ago.
OMG Cassie, at first I thought, “DONUTS?? REALLY??” but then I read the article and am so amazed! They look amazing! I must admit I failed the few couple times trying to make your banana pancakes because they kept breaking on me, but I’m going to clear my whole weekend to experiment with these! Can’t wait!! Thanks for this great recipe! 😀
Jim Roose
Personal Trainer @ http://garagegymbuilder.com/
I wouldn’t have thought to use beet powder to get the frosting color. Great idea!
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I will try these soon. They look great! Thanks for the recipe : )