Time to make the doughnuts. These homemade healthy Krispy Kreme donuts can be vegan, sugar free, and you can customize the basic recipe to make different flavors!
Sticky, sugary-sweet Krispy Kreme homemade donuts.
So do these homemade donuts (doughnuts or donuts?) taste exactly like real Krispy Kremes?
No, and they’re not supposed to. I always thought Krispy Kremes were too saccharine, with all that glaze covering every inch of the greasy pastries, weighing you down and zapping your energy.
Today’s recipe yields doughnuts that are super light and fluffy, not dense or gummy, which is a problem with many baked doughnut recipes.
These doughnuts will leave you feeling full, yet energized!
Above, frosted with my simple Healthy Glaze Icing.
Good for breakfast, or dessert, or even as a healthy post-workout snack.
Did you know there’s a charity race called the Krispy Kreme Challenge, where participants run 2.5 miles, shove down an entire box of Krispy Kreme donuts, and then run another 2.5 miles back to the starting line?
I can’t even imagine the horrible stomachaches that must ensue.
Who comes up with these things??
Healthy Krispy Kreme Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar or white vinegar
- 2/3 cup milk of choice
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp coconut or vegetable oil (many readers say applesauce or mashed banana work for fat-free)
- 1 cup spelt or all-purpose flour (A reader had success with gluten-free ap flour)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup regular sugar or coconut sugar, or xylitol for sugar free
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Combine first four ingredients in a small bowl, and whisk well. Preheat oven to 350 F and grease a doughnut pan if you have one. (If you don’t have a doughnut pan, you can cook in a mini muffin tin for doughnut holes.) In a large measuring bowl, combine all remaining ingredients and stir very well. Now pour wet into dry and immediately pour into the pan. Bake 15 minutes, then allow to cool before removing. Top these healthy doughnuts with jam, or chocolate frosting, or glaze. (My simple glaze recipe is linked under the second photo in this post.)View Nutrition Facts
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Someone recently pointed out that my blog—while filled with chocolate, peanut butter, and coconut—is very much lacking in international flair. Tarts, flans, sticky rice, churros… all of these things (and more) are missing from the recipe archives, and I’d like to remedy this. Suggestions would be greatly appreciated: What are some good desserts to try from around the world?
Hey Katie I was wondering how many doughnuts this recipe makes? Thanks for the post!
I’m lucky there are no Krispy Kremes in my state. I’ve had them in Florida and NYC and Oh MY GOD they are good.
Anything yeasted!
Internationally speaking I’m thinking veganized macaroons, napoleon cake, and cream puffs. I’ve been scouring the internet trying to find working recipes for them, but alas I have failed.
I would love to see a recipe for a gluten free quesadilla.
How about desserts that use ginger, such as gingersnaps, or gingerbread?
Hi Katie! These look fabulous! I was wondering where you got your doughnut pan? Thanks! 🙂
Target, I think.
I made these with olive oil and made them as muffins (I don’t have a donut pan) and they are AWESOME. I stuck frozen strawberries in a few of them and that made them even better. Perfect Vanilla indeed!
Made these tonight and they were delicious! Great taste and texture. My hubby loved them too. We are not vegan, but we both enjoy many of your recipes. 🙂 I made them in muffin tins and it made 9. Added some cinnamon and freshly ground nutmeg, and it didn’t even need a glaze – they were great on their own! When I make them again – because there *will* be a next time! – I will melt the coconut oil on the stove before baking – there were a few fat pockets because the oil had semi-solidified. Thanks for another winner!
I made these today and they were fantastic ,and so easy to bake. I was also able to give them to my lactose intolerant father which brightened up his day. With these i also made a raspberry dipping sauce using some raspberry jam and a little icing sugar . You could probably omit the sugar for an even healthier option. Very lovely recipe thanks so much will be making these often.
dulce de leche desserts 🙂
Hey katie! I have two ideas for a foreign food makeover! The first is to go with chocolate filled croissants… I mean who doesnt love French pastries? The second is to go with a Chinese dessert, being half Chinese myself. I know you lived in China, so maybe you would like to put your own twist on sesame balls, moon cakes, etc. Hope you read this and tell me what you think!
Hi katie, im so in love with your blog and recipes! I wanted to ask you something about the baked stuffs in general, can u microwave them where is not specifically written? Cause i don’t have an oven but i want to bake so hard(sound malicious huhu) 😀
And im so disapponted that here in italy we can’t get special dietary stuffs like coconut milk ice cream or coconut butter or applesauce ecc. argh i want to try theeeem ! And maybe buiyng them online is too expensive for me.. well anyway; thats my question ^^
cheers from italy
Valentina
These are awesome!!!!!!! I used brown rice flour and some coconut flour as a substitute for ap flour. I used beet sugar instead of reg. sugar. Thank you 🙂
Sticky toffee pudding…pleeeease!
Can you make this with whole grain flour?