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?
Ooo, thank for the vegan doughnut! I second the cannoli vote, and a healthier vegan baklava would also be exciting.
Beignets, plaintain sandwiches, italian pasta, rice pudding, mexican hot chocolate, enchiladas, pierogies, some more of your awesome oriental dishes!, falafel, baklava, scones, tarts, goulash, macaroons, etc. I’m not sure those all count as “worldly.” lol.
Ooh! Maybe vegan fortune cookies! Maybe even vegan flatbread pizza? You always come up with the BEST stuff!
YES YES YES!!!! VEGAN FORTUNE COOKIES!!! And maybe there could even be a teeny weeny slit so once they’re done baking you can insert a fortune:D
Lol, i’m just going crazy over here:)
YES YES YES! vegan fortune cookies! And maybe they can have a little slit so that when you’re done baking, you can insert a little piece of paper with a fortune!!! fun!:)
Fortune cookies would be AWESOME.
I don’t mean to be rude, but why use a title like “Homemade Krispy Kreme doughnuts” if they don’t taste anything like them, especially if “they’re not supposed to?” I’m a HUGE fan of those doughnuts, so this was kind of a letdown.
Agree completely. Just seems like a cheap way to get people to look at the recipe. “Ooh, A healthier Krispy Kreme!-oh, I guess not.”
Oh relax..pretty sure Katie doesn’t need to find ‘cheap ways’ to get people to look at her recipes LOL
I was thinking more along the lines of, “If Krispy Kreme made healthy doughnuts, this is what they would be.” When I think of doughnuts, I immediately think first of Krispy Kremes (like kleenex or band aids). Or it’s like when someone says, “Do you want a coke?” and then they ask you what kind: 7 up, pepsi, dr. pepper? (Or maybe that is just a Texas thing.)
You aways respond to these comments so kindly, politely, and professionally. Thank you so much for these amazing recipes, and if it helps, I think the title is just fine :). Mentioning that they aren’t meant to be exact flavor replicas of krispy kreme doughnuts in the blog post itself is enough. Some people are a little too harsh here.
For some time now, the universe has been hinting to me to buy a freakin’ donut pan. I really must do this!
Yum! I love doughnuts and always find ways to make it “healthier”. Cant wait to try your version — looks so light and fluff!
a vegan Tiramisu would be awesome!
How about a nice easy plate full of Aussie lamingtons? Easy peasy to make and delicious too 🙂
Every since I can remember, my family (we’re German & Danish) has always celebrated everyone’s birthday with a Kringle. There are many types of Kringle pastries, but the my family’s recipe is actually more of a bread, but sweeter & fluffier. It doesn’t have eggs, and milk could be substituted for almond, but it does call for canned almond filling, which isn’t vegan. I would love a substitute vegan Kringle!
Healthy and Krispy Kreme don’t usually go hand in hand, but these look so perfect!
I would love to see your take on a croissant recipe. I already have a recipe for vegan ones that I make every once in a while (well, every once in a while when I have like 12 hours to kill), but while delicious, they’re basically just as bad for you as the omni version. I bet if anyone could make a healthy-but-delicious vegan croissant, it would be you. Also biscotti! I made biscotti for the first time like three months ago and have been obsessed ever since.
These look great! I’d love to see variations on crepes, or sweet wontons, and like other people said croissants would be amazing!
GELATO AND SORBETTO PLEASE!! <— here's a challenge: make it Raw Gelato. 🙂
Rellenitos–from Guatemala.
You should attempt to make a crème brûlée or a tiramisu! It would be amazing to enjoy these recipes in a more healthful way!
I vote for a CCK version of Tim Tams from Australia 🙂 They are delicious!!
Oh, my! I was introduced to them in Indonesia, and I really like them, too!!!!!! I second this 😀
I lived in New Zealand for many years and now pay ridiculous prices in Canada to satisfy my Tim Tam cravings. Please, Katie, please!!