Healthy Protein Donuts Recipe

This gluten free, healthy protein donuts recipe is so soft, fluffy and secretly protein packed! A perfect treat to curb your sweet tooth, and an dairy-free option is included!

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 5

Chill time 2

Total Time 25

Servings Donuts

Calories 152kcal

Author FoodFaithFitness

Ingredients

For the donuts:

9 Tbsp Non-GMO Cornstarch (79g)*
1/4 Cup Vanilla whey protein powder (25g) (or dairy-free protein)
6 Tbsp Coconut sugar, packed
2 Tbsp Oat flour (15g)
1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/8 tsp Salt
1 Large egg, at room temperature
1 Egg yolk, at room temperature
1/2 Cup Plain, non-fat Greek yogurt (or a thick dairy-free yogurt)
3 Tbsp Unsweetened applesauce
2 Tbsp Ghee, melted (or dairy free butter)

For coating:

1/2 Cup Vanilla whey protein powder
Cinnamon, to taste

Instructions

In a medium bowl, stir together the cornstarch, protein, coconut sugar, oat flour, baking powder and salt.
Make a well in the center and crack in the egg, along with the egg yolk, yogurt, ghee and applesauce. Whisk the egg with a fork, and then mix everything together until you have a really sticky dough. Cover and refrigerate at least two hours.
One chilled, heat your oven to 325 degrees and generously rub a donut pan with melted ghee.
Fill a piping bag with the chilled donut mixture and pipe into the donut pan, filling just under 2/3 of the way full. You will need to do this in 2 batches if you only have 1 pan. Keep the remaining dough chilled in the fridge.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 14 minutes. Let stand in the pan 5 minutes.
In a shallow plate, mix together the protein powder and cinnamon, adjusting the amount of cinnamon to taste.
After 5 minutes, gently remove the donuts from the pan and immediately place them into the protein powder mixture, tossing them gently until totally coated.
DEVOUR. **

Notes

*As with all GF baking, please weigh your flour to ensure results

**These donuts do firm up a lot as they cool, so store them in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.

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