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?
Hi Katie! Thanks for the doughnut recipe. Looking forward to trying it. I have yet to try one of your recipes and fail. They have all been successful attempts! For international recipes, I was wondering if you would try Torta di Riso (Italian rice tart/pie). Churros would also be lovely. Thanks for your wonderful recipes!
Made these with half wheat/half white flour. Still super light and fluffy (: Thanks for the recipe! Everyone loved them.
Thank you for making them! 🙂
Would love to see Korean/Japanese desserts…maybe Mochi and sweet shaved ice!
Sounds good!
Please please please make a healthier version of tiramisu! A lower calorie version (that actually tastes good) of sticky toffee pudding would be very appreciated by my Welsh husband.
I’d love a good sticky toffee pudding recipe too!! Or Banoffee Pie, or even healthy British flapjacks (oat bar things).
Oooh, and Chinese pastries. Steamed buns, pineapple buns, taro filling, red bean paste … yum yum!
i think i may have to invest in a doughnut pan…. 🙂
and could you make a version of Taiwan’s pineapple cakes?
http://coreddiced.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/pineapple-taiwanese-style/
That race sounds horrible! There is no way I could eat that many donuts after running and then go run again, I actually don’t think I could eat a whole box of donuts even without having been running.
Hi Katie
Loving the new site!
French desserts and patisserie..? As others have suggested, crème brûlée would be great, and what about Tarte Tatin? Tarte au citron?
If you can master the croissant can you also tackle almond croissant, pain au raisin or even the Breton kouign amann (gorgeous but FULL of butter)
Thank you for all your fabulous recipes!
PS I’m in agreement with the churros & chocolate and dulce de leche recipes too!
Hello! I LOVE your blog, I’m currently in Madrid, Spain, but when I’m home I always make your yummy desserts, and even my mom and sister, who love all sorts of unhealthy and non-vegan desserts love your healthy ones. One thing here in Spain is chocolate con churros, which is fried dough churros dipped in a REALLY thick chocolate sauce, kind of like melted chocolate bars. I was wondering if you could make a vegan version of that? I feel like it would be pretty easy based on your other desserts. Also, they have polvorones, which is an almond cookie that’s pretty much all butter. A healthier version of that would make me very happy as well 🙂 Thank you for making so many delicious recipes!
Vietnamese desserts! I cant think of any English words to describe them, a bit like pudding, with the use of lots of beans and coconut , and banana! Super vegan-friendly
I’ve tried a lot of your recipes and out of all of them, these are my new FAVORITE! My kids gobbled them right up and so did I! Thanks for another amazing and HEALTHY (ish) recipe!
I haven’t heard of the Krispy Kreme doughnut race before – but my high school track team had a” jelly doughnut relay “. Basically all the members of the 4 x 400 relay team had to scarf down a jelly doughtnut before their leg of the race. I can’t believe we got other schools to agree to do this with us…
These look great! Now all I need is a doughnut pan, any suggestions?
Can you please make lighter versions of Indian desserts? I love them but always find myself feeling so heavy and guilty after eating.
P.S. Your blog has been such a great place for me to realize how fun being healthy can be… thanx! 🙂
Look in craft stores (in the baking aisle), or maybe target or bedbathbeyond. They should be like $10.
A churro recipe would be delightful!
Hi Katie,
This running challenge, by two well trained runners, is something you might find interesting: http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3986056