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
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These look wonderful and would be perfect with coffee or tea in this cold weather!
Mmmm these look delicious! I will have to try them out sometime. I love donuts but I’ve never made my own, thank you : )
Kathryn
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Did you use sugar, xylitol, or stevia to calculate the nutritional info? And did it make 18, 19, or 20? Providing the nutritional information is helpful but a bit more specificity would be fantastic!
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Hi, these doughnuts look delish – I seriously could eat 4 or 5 now dunked in thick hot chocolate with whipped cream, marshmallows – the whole sh-bang! Thanku for posting this recipe. I’m in Southern England and we have no snow:( it doesn’t feel like winter until we’ve had enough snow to build a snowman and go sledging. Snow always makes the world look pretty, just like your doughnuts. Such a yummy treat that I’m going to have to try these out! As you’re working from home, if you get another dumping of snow, take some time off to play! Then invite everyone round for Doughnuts & hot choccy after (- if that’s ok with you, I’m not trying to tell you what to do, just encouraging you to have some fun!!). Sammie
We can’t wait to try these! We have had two snow days this week and are predicted to get about five inches over the weekend! Needless to say we will be baking a lot and these donuts are definitely on our list of things to try!
There is no better way to spend a day than a baking sesh! Hope you’re staying warm 🙂
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Stay warm for those on the East coast…Up here in Canada (west – alberta) lots of snow coming for the mountains…hardly any for the city (Calgary) though.
I guess if you’re stuck inside…eat donuts:))
Oh my god, these look just like the real thing! I must have them.
It’s frigid in Pittsburgh right now! We’ve only been getting light snow, an inch or two at a time, but with temps in the single digits the whole world looks like your doughnuts!
Now for business: Anyone have any suggestions for making these without a doughnut pan? Like, could I make “holes” do you think?
Yes, she does mention in the recipe directions that you can use a mini muffin pan 🙂
Totally missed that, thank you!
Baking time…
I used a mini muffin pan and cooked at 350 for 10 mins. Came out perfect!!
Donuts are my favorite food! Also there have been no snow days here in Texas, but Monday’s forecast says there will be snow (fingers crossed).