strawberry frosted donuts.

See these donuts here?

They are actually healthy!  Yes, healthy donuts DO exist and they have easily become one of my favorite weekend breakfast treats.  Even though they may seem complicated to some, baked donuts are surprisingly one of the simplest things that I make.  They take about 20 minutes start-to-finish AND call for very simple ingredients that I usually always have on hand.

I bake my donuts in a donut pan rather than frying.  I’d rather not (1)  splatter my entire kitchen with burning hot oil and (2) have a dozen leftover fried donuts laying around my kitchen!  The donut pan was $8 from Target and probably the best $8 investment I’ve ever made.  My Baked Banana Bread Donuts with Dark Chocolate Glaze are a personal favorite.  They taste absolutely sinful, but the donuts themselves are actually sugar free!

Do you have a donut pan?  I suggest buying one and start having fun! If you don’t have one and don’t plan to buy one, you may certainly make these donuts into muffins.

Soooo today’s donuts.  They’re fun. They’re girly. They’re PINK!  And they are certainly scrumptious.  But besides all of that, they are actually pretty healthy.  I made a basic vanilla donut, which I tweaked a bit from Averie using the ingredients I had on hand.

These donuts are soft and cakey, but not dry in the slightest- the vanilla greek yogurt and milk keep them very moist.  They are also bursting with vanilla flavor. I used Chobani Vanilla 0% greek yogurt, but you may use any vanilla or plain yogurt or even strawberry yogurt – the fat content is up to you. And don’t go skimping on the vanilla extract in these!  You’ll want all the vanilla flavor you can get.

I dipped each donut into some homemade strawberry frosting and finished them off with a shower of red sprinkles.  I think they kind of look like strawberry poptarts – my favorite kind!

I wanted the donuts to be completely smothered in strawberry frosting, so I dipped them each about 3 times.  The thin frosting is so simple – puree 3 strawberries with 1 tablespoon strawberry jam and 1 tablespoon milk.  Mix in your confectioners’ sugar, adding more and more until you reach the color and thickness you like.  It’s an easy frosting I can see myself making again and again -  I’d love to pair it with a pineapple cupcake of sorts or even drizzle over some banana bread.  Any other ideas? I need an excuse to make it again.

 This recipe yields a small batch (only about 6-7 donuts) which I loved.  It can easily be doubled or even tripled, though.  I think I’m going to triple the recipe next time and bring them into work for my coworkers.  I’m sure they’d love me for bringing in freshly baked homemade donuts on a mundane Monday morning one week.

Do you have any favorite donut recipes?  Link them up!

ps: I hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th of July! What did you do and/or make for it?  Mine was full of good friends, LOTS of good food (guacamole and strawberry margaritas!), and lots of sparklers.  We watched the fireworks over the Baltimore Inner Harbor on my friend Lori’s rooftop deck.  It was the best 4th of July.

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