easy baked doughnuts

What if I told you, “Hey there. You can eat 5 doughnuts with glaze for only 7pp … ”

You’d probably look at me like I was some crazy person. However, I’m not one to joke around when it comes to doughnuts. So, what’s the deal?

Obviously baking doughnuts is a sure way to lower points. No frying = no additional fat. And remember one of my kitchen intimidations? Yeast? Ugh, I really need to give it a whirl, but not today.

These are yeast-free, done in 7 minutes, healthy, cake-like doughnuts. Secret?

Pancake Mix.

You have some on hand. All you need is a doughnut pan. A great kitchen essential to help switch things up 😉 Now, let’s have our DOUGHNUTS and eat them too! They are great by themselves, but they are even greater with a glaze … which is totally optional of course 😉 (& P.S. … this is another great recipe to have endless combos. We get creative with pancakes, so why not make them in doughnut form?) 🙂

---

easy baked doughnuts:
Yields 5 doughnuts
Serving Size: 1 (yes, you can have all 5!)
Points Per Serving: 7pp

(This recipe is for the doughnuts pictured: chocolate protein doughnuts with peanut butter glaze– If not using protein powder, omit and add 1t cocoa powder and subtract 1pp)
(Keep scrolling to find the recipe for blueberry doughnuts with a vanilla protein glaze- 6pp)

1/3 pancake mix (I always use Hodgson Mills Buckwheat Pancake mix)
1T quick oats
1t chia seeds
1/2 banana, melted (or mashed well)
14g chocolate protein powder
1/2C unsweetened almond milk
1 serving of the peanut butter syrup/glaze
1t cocao nibs (optional- add 1pp)

Preheat oven to 350ºF

⋅In a bowl, mix together pancake mix, oats, chia seeds, banana, protein powder, and milk.

⋅Pour the contents into a ziplock bag, seal, and cut the bottom corner (making a piping bag!)

⋅In a sprayed doughnut pan, pipe in pancake filling 1/2 to 3/4 full in 5 doughnut spots.

⋅Bake for 7-8min.

⋅Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan for 2 minutes, then turning them out onto a cooling rack.


Dip or spoon peanut butter syrup/glaze onto each doughnut & top with cocao nibs if desired.

Woohoo! We can have doughnuts again!

 

There’s more!

 

blueberry doughnuts with vanilla protein glaze:
Yields 5 doughnuts
Serving Size: 1
Points Per Serving: 6pp

1/3C pancake mix (again, Hodgson Mills buckwheat!)
1T quick oats
1t chia seeds
1/2 melted banana
1/2C unsweetened vanilla almond milk
1/2C blueberries

vanilla protein glaze:
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1/4C unsweetened almond milk
1t non fat greek yogurt
splash of vanilla extract.

Add blueberries to doughnut mixture (and if you have some teeny tiny ones, sprinkle a few blueberries in the bottom of the doughnut pan before pouring on the mix) and bake the same as above. Top with glaze. Enjoy!