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?
I’d love to see your take on a typically British fruit trifle….it’s one thing I havent yet attempted!
I think that some yummy things to try would be Crème Brûlée, Tiramisu, and Pavlova! I know that some of these could be really challenging to make vegan and healthy, though.
Yum! I will definitely be experimenting to make a paleo version of these. 🙂 I totally support more international flair. Churros would amazing. So would flan. Fried ice cream, gelato, cannoli… I could go on. 😉
I love my donut pan and now I have one more baked donut recipe to add to my collection.These sound awesome.
Chocolate crossiants or chocolate eclairs would be fun!
How about baklava and tiramisu? French pastries and tarts?
Sopapillas are my fave, and a vegan (not honey) sauce for them would be awesome! also, Russian blinichiki are kind of like pancake crepe hybrids and have fun toppings/presentations.
I know that I always have missed praline/toffee things a ton since going vegan, not very international though (kind of italian?)
Malva pudding is also awesome, it’s South African. (All African/Ethiopian food is amazing, and a lot is naturally vegan, like Misir Waat and veggie berber dishes).
I used to love nanaimo bars, plus they minght be easy to recreate because they’re no-bake and use layers of graham cracker, pudding-like filling, and chocolate.
That was a ton, sorry! Gonna go make some donuts now 😛
Ellie, here is a healthified recipe for nanaimo bars that I have been waiting to make for a while! I haven’t tried it, but Leanne makes amazing stuff!
http://www.healthfulpursuit.com/2012/05/raw-vegan-nanaimo-bars/
Woah, thanks! Those look great and full of healthy fats, which I’m in desperate need of ATM.
My boyfriend was nice enough to make me a HUGE pan of vegan toffee (covered with vegan chocolate!) for valentine’s day. It was pretty simple, just Earth Balance, sugar, vanilla and a candy thermometer (though definitely look it up to be sure haha). And I mean…he’s not so hot at cooking, so if he can make it, and make it delicious (which it was), I think it’s safe to say most anyone can! 🙂
How about Chinese Bao? They are steamed buns and the desert version is usually filled with a sweet red bean paste. My husband and I have done them filled with chocolate, strawberries and chocolate, banana and chocolate, peanut butter and chocolate, and marshmallow (which I don’t eat anymore because they make me sick). Usually works best if we use frozen fruit instead of fresh, so they don’t disintigrate in the heat.
It is so weird that you just posted this recipe. I have been making donuts for the past couple of days using a recipe very similar to this one. The donuts I make are truly delicious and light and fluffy so I am sure your recipe is equally as good if not better! I’ll have to try yours out.
As for international dessert suggestions, what about Madeleines or French Macaroons.
Ok, I seriously have to put in a word for some Indian food. Indian food tends to be pretty healthy…until you come to the desserts. I love payasam (my grandmother in India makes THE BEST). It is basically a pudding, but SO good. Also check out halwah, burfee, and my favorite- gulab jamun- sweet doughy balls in a ridiculous syrup (hello, sugar high). I’ll be on the lookout for some healthy makeovers!
And ras malai. Yummm. Yeah, Indian sweets are WAY too sweet for me sadly. But I do enjoy the ones that aren’t. Doodh peda is also a good one!
How about green tea ice cream, cannolis, and flan?
I forgot to add that I throw chocolate chips in the batter and top the donut with fudge icing! Yum! Peanut butter icing is also good too.
These look so tasty! And they look kind of perfect. I’m always intimidated to make donuts for some reason, but this looks really yummy!
Oooh, I like churros a lot. Maybe you could make some sweet mango sticky rice? It’s already vegan and I’d like a version that uses less sugar.
maybe baklava?
I also love baklava, but if you could capture the texture of flan or a custard-like dessert without the heavy saturated fat content, I would be so excited!
Have you tried her lemon bars? If she can make those delicious I bet she could do flan in a similar manner!