Healthier Lemon Poppy Seed Donuts Recipes

LEMON POPPY SEED HEALTHY BAKED DONUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place the rolled oats in a blender or food processor and blend into a flour-like texture.
• Add the baking powder, salt, eggs, cashew butter, banana, lemon extract, and honey, then blend (on a low setting) until everything is evenly mixed together.
• Add the poppy seeds and hand mix into the batter.
• Pour the batter into an oiled donut pan and bake for about 15 minutes (or until a toothpick comes out clean).
• If desired, mix the sugar and milk to create the glaze and drizzle over the cooled donuts.
• Serve and enjoy!

HEALTHIER LEMON POPPY SEED DONUTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 2 donut pans with nonstick cooking spray.
• Place granulated sugar substitute and lemon zest in a bowl. Mix until zest is fully coated with sugar. Add egg, butter, lemon juice, vanilla, and lemon extract. Add almond milk and mix until well incorporated.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add to the sugar mixture. Fold in poppy seeds. Divide the batter evenly among the donut pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into a donut comes out clean, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Remove from the pans and cool completely.
• While the donuts cool, make the icing. Mix powder sugar substitute, lemon juice, almond milk, lemon zest, vanilla, and salt together in a bowl. Set a rack over a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Dip donuts into the icing and place on the rack until glaze sets, 2 to 3 minutes.

VEGAN LEMON POPPY SEED DONUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Lightly grease doughnut baking pans with coconut oil; set aside., In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, poppy seeds, zest and salt. In a separate bowl, stir together almond milk, coconut oil, lemon juice and vanilla; add to dry mixture, mixing until combined. Transfer batter to a pastry bag; pipe batter into prepared pans. , Bake until light golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean, 10-12 minutes. Cool in pans 5 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely., For glaze, whisk together confectioners' sugar, almond milk, lemon juice, zest and vanilla until smooth; whisk in food coloring. Dip tops of donuts into glaze; let stand until set.