Make Healthy Donuts Yourself: A Recipe

Healthy donuts – Here’s how

First things first: Baking donuts are always healthier than deep-frying them. Of course, fat is a flavor carrier and the donuts taste good. But investing in a donut pan is definitely a good idea.

• It’s not generally about making donuts with fewer calories. Healthier alternatives don’t necessarily have to be lower in calories. An example of this is nuts as a substitute for chips: Although these have healthy fats, they are packed with calories. And yet nuts are a healthier snack than chips.
• To make your donuts healthier, we recommend replacing the white sugar with another sweetener. Honey, raw cane sugar, maple syrup, or stevia are suitable for this.
• You can easily replace white flour with wholemeal flour. If you want to make your donuts a little low-carb, use coconut flour or chickpea flour instead. In another article, we have presented other ways in which you can replace flour.
• Avoid low-fat products as much as possible, as they contain more sugar but are not healthier overall.

This is what you need for healthy donuts

If you would like to substitute the eggs in our recipe then check out our next article. Our recipe makes 24 donuts.

• We divide the ingredients into dry and wet ingredients.
• The dry ingredients include 240g flour, 100g sugar (or alternative), 2 teaspoons baking powder, some nutmeg, a little cinnamon, and a small pinch of salt.
• The salt in the dough is perfectly normal. A small pinch of salt belongs in every sweet pastry or dessert, as this increases the sweetness.
• The wet ingredients are 170ml buttermilk, 2 tablespoons canola oil, and 2 eggs (or one of our alternatives).

How to bake healthy donuts

• First, preheat the oven to 220°C.
• Mix all dry ingredients together.
• In a separate bowl, mix the eggs with the oil and buttermilk. This is where you would also add the honey or maple syrup if that is your alternative to sugar.
• Now you should put everything in a bowl and mix well. The dough is perfect when the last white spot of flour has just disappeared.
• Now put the dough in a plastic bag and cut off the tip. Alternatively, you can of course also use a real piping bag.
• Then pour the batter into a greased oven dish, filling the cavity to about half or a little more.
• Now put the donuts in the oven for a maximum of 10 minutes. You should keep checking how brown the donuts are from above.
• When the donuts are still warm, roll them in a cinnamon-sugar mixture. Then you should let the donuts cool down completely.