These healthy baked powdered sugar snowball donuts are perfect for breakfast or dessert, and they can be completely dairy free, egg free, low fat, and vegan.
With just five minutes of work and a little time in the oven, a batch of fluffy Entenmann’s-style donuts can be all yours!
Simply whisk all of the ingredients together, pour the batter into a pan, and wait for the donuts to magically rise as they bake.
There’s no yeast, and no frying required for these wholesomely delicious baked donuts.
Also try this reader-favorite Healthy Banana Bread
Soft, light, sweet… and the best part is that you can eat them without leaving the comfort of your kitchen.
Readers have said they like these homemade snowball donuts even better than the packaged version!
Serve with a glass of Vegan Hot Chocolate or this Whipped Coffee Recipe.
I made these donuts for what was supposed to be a special occasion – the first predicted snowfall of the season.
But while the entire northeastern United States was blanketed with soft and powdery snow, those of us in the nation’s capital ended up just getting rain.
Safe and warm inside my apartment, with donuts in hand, I watched as the rain fell slowly down the window. Who needs snow anyway, when you can have donuts???
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Snowball Donuts
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup milk of choice
- 1 1/2 tsp white or cider vinegar
- 2 1/2 tbsp oil (or banana, applesauce, or almond butter for oil-free)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup spelt, white, or oat flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup sugar (or xylitol for sugar-free)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- powdered sugar or sugar-free powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the first four ingredients. Preheat your oven to 350F and grease a mini (or regular) donut pan or mini muffin tin. In a large bowl, combine all remaining ingredients except the powdered sugar, and stir well. Pour wet into dry, stir until just evenly mixed, and immediately pour into the donut pan. Bake 8 minutes, then allow to cool completely before removing from the trays. Pour the powdered sugar into a deep bowl, then either dip the doughnuts into the bowl or simply sprinkle powdered sugar over the tops.View Nutrition Facts
Notes
Healthy Holiday Dessert Options:
Hi! I’m a diabetic and I was wondering of you can substitute the flour for almond flour. Also, you can use Stevie confectioners sugar? Since I know that confectioners and powered is the same thing.
Hi, sorry we have never tried any of these subs so honestly can’t say! Maybe this one would be better for you instead? https://lett-trim.today/keto-cookies-recipe/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
sorry. I meant stevia!!
I meant Stevia. Oops!!!
Another thing, can I substitute the sugar for Monkfruit sugar? Will it taste different?
I don’t think so, but its good to try new things >^^<
The real test will be if the kids eat them. My batter was quite thick. I didn’t know if this was right. But they baked up fine. I used whole grain spelt and caster sugar. They turned out a bit too “healthy” tasting to me. A little like a pancake flavor. But with a good smothering of powdered sugar or chocolate dip, I’m sure these will be a hit.
My batter wasn’t thick, but I agree that they taste more like sweet donuts than pancakes.
I used almond flour and it didn’t work :-(. I have little “wells” where they fell in and also didn’t cook in 8 minutes 🙁
Hi Cathy, unfortunately almond flour isn’t listed as an option here. If a certain flour isn’t listed in a recipe as an option, it either means it won’t work or that we haven’t tried it so can’t say what the results might be with that substitution.
I tried this recipe and I used almond milk, almond flour and zylitol. The batter actually disappeared and there was no dough left. What was in the bottom was still raw and the top edge was burned. I use almond flour and milk all the time but never had my batter disappear like this, what did I do wrong 😫
Hi, unfortunately almond flour isn’t listed as an option here. If a certain flour isn’t listed in a recipe as an option, it either means it won’t work or that we haven’t tried it so can’t say what the results might be with that substitution.
Hi, wondering what brand/kind of mini donut pan Katie uses – I am looking for an affordable option – these are so cute! Thanks!
For a mini donut pan, we like this one because it gives you two pans for the price of one (and many donut recipes give you enough batter to fill up more than 12 mini donuts worth, so it’s good to have two pans). https://amzn.to/2JxlnJZ
Amazing!!! I made them gluten and dairy free and the whole family loved them!
I like the taste of these donuts but found the batter to be a bit too runny which made them seem undercooked when they were done.
Hi Diane, what specific ingredients did you use? And is your oven calibrated? If not, yours might just need more baking time!