Strawberry Baked Donuts are a healthy baked donut recipe made with whole grain cereal. These homemade donuts are the perfect solution to busy mornings and are a delicious afternoon snack with a hot cup of tea or coffee.
This delicious donut recipe is a take on a favorite muffin recipe that was updated to make in a donut form. They are full of fresh strawberries, and drizzled with a strawberry glaze, with just 1 grams of fat per donut!
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❤️ Why you'll love it
✔️ These healthy baked donuts have a donut glaze made with a fresh pureed strawberry glaze for an intense berry flavor.
✔️ You can skip dunkin donuts and save money while still eating a healthier breakfast.
✔️ This healthy baked donut recipe makes a great snack to hold off cravings and satisfy the sweet tooth without killing the diet.
🥘 Ingredients
Whole grain cereal flakes
Almond milk
Fresh strawberries
All-purpose flour
Large eggs
Brown sugar
🔪 Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400. Spray donut pans liberally with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, combine cereal and milk; let stand until softened, about 15 minutes. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
- In a large measuring cup, whisk together the oil, egg, and sugar. Stir the oil mixture into the cereal mixture. Fold in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Stir in the chopped strawberries.
- Prep a piping bag by cutting tip to make a hole about ½ inch wide. Put the donut batter in the piping bag and pipe into donut wells. Top with sprinkles of crushed cereal flakes.
- Bake the donuts for 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a donut comes out clean. Cool in baking pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack; let cool completely.
- Combine 1 cup of powdered sugar, strawberry puree, and vanilla. Stir until well combined. Add remaining ½ cup powdered sugar and stir until smooth.
- Drizzle donuts with the strawberry glaze.
🥄 Equipment
Silicone Donut pan or a non-stick donut pan
Mixing bowls
Wooden spoon
Rubber scraper
Piping bags
🥫Storage
Store strawberry baked donuts recipe in an airtight container on the counter up to 4 days, in the fridge up to 1 week and in the freezer for up to 2 months.
📖 Variations
- Skip the glaze and sprinkle the tops of the unbaked donuts with a cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Substitute fresh blueberries for baked blueberry donuts.
- Substitute 2 egg whites for the large egg to reduce fat more.
💭 Tips
- A plastic bag (storage bag) can be used in place of the piping bag.
- When cutting the piping bag, be sure to cut far enough up from the tip to allow a thick amount of batter to fill the donut molds
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🍽 Serve with...
Serve these easy baked donuts with a hot cup of coffee, tea, or glass of milk.
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📖 Recipe
Strawberry Baked Donuts
Ingredients
For the Donuts
- ½ cup vegetable oil plus more for tin
- 1¾ cups whole grain cereal flakes , divided
- ¾ cup unsweetened almond milk
- ½ cup chopped strawberries
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg lightly beaten
- ¼ cup brown sugar , packed
For the Glaze
- ¼ cup pureed strawberries
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400. Spray donut pans with cooking spray.
- Preheat the oven to 400. Spray donut pans liberally with cooking spray.In a small bowl, combine 1½ cups of the cereal and milk; let stand until softened, about 15 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.In a large measuring cup, whisk together the oil, egg, and sugar. Stir the oil mixture into the cereal mixture.
- Fold in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Stir in the chopped strawberries.
- Prep a piping bag by cutting tip to make a hole about ½ inch wide. Put the donut batter in the piping bag and pipe into donut wells. Top with sprinkles of crushed cereal flakes.
- Bake the donuts for 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a donut comes out clean. Cool in baking pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack; let cool completely.
- Combine 1 cup of powdered sugar, strawberry puree, and vanilla. Stir until well combined. Add remaining ½ cup powdered sugar and stir until smooth.
- Drizzle donuts with the strawberry glaze.
Megan @ MegUnprocessed
What great flavor combos!
Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons
Oh these are lovely! They look fabulous!
Jocelyn (Grandbaby cakes)
These donuts are absolutely fantastic!!!
Susan Salzman
I am always trying to be super conscious about what I eat. And I am so trying to eliminate white sugar. These look great!
Felesha Bell
These don't look healthy at all!! Yum!!
Maria @ kitchenathoskins
Great idea to incorporate cereal into donuts. Brilliant mash-up!
Constance Smith
What a great idea for doughnuts!
Cricket Plunkett
That glaze makes these look so delicious! Love that they're baked!
Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious
I loved that these are baked! They look so tasty!
The Food Hunter
that strawberry sauce looks yummy
The Ninja Baker
Love that your donuts allow us to eat in a healthy and delicious fashion. Admire your attitude of allowing the imperfect to be perfect =)
Shaina
I'm really not huge on fried desserts, so I love that these are baked! They sounds delicious!
Julie | Bunsen Burner Bakery
I am obsessed with my Fitbit and steps - 16,000 steps per day or bust!
I get that these are healthier donuts, but I love that everyone is sharing detox soups and paleo, gluten free, dairy free, Whole 30 chicken dishes today, and you're sharing donuts. You speak my love language.
Elaine @ Dishes Delish
I love how hearty these donuts are! I especially love the cereal you used! And good for you, trying to get 10,000 steps a day. That is definitely hard to do!
valentina
If I can be healthy and eat donuts, I'M IN! 🙂 These are just lovely!
Kim @ Three Olives Branch
I love this idea! What a great combination of flavors. Berries are one of my favorite things to have in breakfast food, yum!
Sarah @ Champagne Tastes
I keep meaning to get a fitbit.. and haven't yet! These look tasty- I still don't have a donut mold... apparently I need to go shopping LOL
Liz
You are so good with your fitbit. I kept forgetting to charge mine or would lose it in one of my pockets! Love that these are healthier donuts. I love the added texture!!!
claudia
sounds perfect to start my day!