Healthy Gingerbread Donuts
Healthy Gingerbread Donuts made lower calorie, gluten free and with wholesome, real ingredients. A lighter and healthier holiday treat dusted with a light maple sugar topping. Gluten Free + Low Calorie
Servings: 6 donuts
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter very soft
- 2 tablespoons molasses
- 2 tablespoons maple sugar
- 4 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk
- 3 tablespoons nonfat Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup Gluten free flour
- 1/2 cup Gluten free oat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon cloves
- 1/8 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 egg room temperature
- Maple sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 F. Prepare a donut pan with avocado spray.
- In a bowl, whisk together the butter, molasses and maple sugar until combined. Mix in the almond milk, yogurt and vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the gluten-free flour, oat flour, baking powder, ginger, salt and cloves. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients a little at a time and mix until just combined. Whisk in the egg until combined.
- Spoon the batter into each mold filling just to the top.
- Bake the donuts for 13-14 minutes, or until they are golden and firm. Allow them to cool 7 minutes before removing from the donut pan to a cooling rack.
- Pour a little maple sugar into a plastic bag. Lightly spray one of the donuts with oil spray and place the donut into the bag. Seal the bag and shake it so the sugar coats the donut. Carefully, remove the donut and place it on a cooling rack. Repeat this process for the remaining donuts.
- Store the donuts in the refrigerator up to 7 days. Freeze the donuts up to 30 days. I recommend if you freeze the donuts, that you do not add the maple sugar topping until thawed and ready to eat.
Notes
- Nutritional values do not include the maple sugar dusting. I used about 1/2 cup to lightly dust my donuts.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1donut | Calories: 133kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 87mg | Potassium: 260mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 40IU | Calcium: 98mg | Iron: 1mg