Yes, You Really Can Eat Doughnuts

By Lori Powell
September 07, 2013
Wilton
Healthy doughnuts do exist. These baked ones are the way to go to cut the fat and calories. Make these guilt-free treats for the kids, and plus, we'll show you how to make four different delectable toppings.
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Bake 'em instead

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Healthy doughnuts do exist. These baked ones are the way to go to slash the fat and calories. Make these guilt-free treats for the kids, and plus, we'll show you how to make four different delectable toppings.

Baked Buttermilk Doughnuts

Ingredients: Nonstick cooking spray, whole-wheat flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, ground nutmeg, salt, low-fat buttermilk (1%), large eggs, honey, melted butter, vanilla extract

Calories: 140

Try this recipe: Baked Buttermilk Doughnuts

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Lemon Glazed

Melissa Punch

Ingredients:

Doughnuts, lemon juice, powdered sugar, cooled

Calories: 191

Directions: Combine 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice and 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, stirring well with a whisk. Dip one side of the cooled doughnuts into glaze; let cool on a rack, glazed side up.

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Chocolate-Hazelnut

Melissa Punch

Ingredients:

Doughnuts, bittersweet chocolate, chopped hazelnuts

Calories: 232

Directions: Melt 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate in a bowl in microwave until smooth. Dip tops of doughnuts into chocolate and place chocolate side up on a rack to cool. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts; let sit about 10 minutes.

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Chocolate Swirl

Melissa Punch

Ingredients:

Doughnuts, bittersweet chocolate

Calories: 184

Directions: Melt 4 ounces (1 cup) bittersweet chocolate in microwave until smooth. Fill a small squeeze bottle or zip-top plastic bag (snip a tiny hole in one corner of bag) with melted chocolate; pipe chocolate onto tops of doughnuts. Chill doughnuts until chocolate sets (about 10 minutes).

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Cinnamon Sugar

Melissa Punch

Ingredients:

Doughnuts, cinnamon, sugar

Calories: 155

Directions: Combine 1/4 cup ground cinnamon and 1/4 cup sugar. While still warm, coat doughnuts in sugar; let cool on rack, sugar-coated side up.

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Perfect pan

Wilton

Traditional doughnuts are fried in oil, so they’re loaded with fat. We cut the calories and fat by baking ours in a Wilton Doughnut Pan) ($10 for mini, $11 for standard size; surlatable.com).

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