Make a dozen of my fluffy, high-protein cottage cheese donuts in simply half-hour flat. Prime them with my home made protein glaze and don’t skip the rainbow sprinkles. These donuts are 10000% toddler (and mama!) permitted as dessert or feel-good snack. I hope you and your loved ones love these as a lot as I do ❤️.
So easy to make! Severely, prep these donuts in 10 minutes after which bake them for 20 (aka home made donuts in half-hour flat!).
Protein-rich due to the cottage cheese: Blended cottage cheese FTW as soon as once more! It’s such a flexible ingredient for each candy and savory recipes.
2 straightforward taste variations that you simply’ll completely love: Yep! I like topping these donuts with a easy blended cottage cheese + powdered sugar glaze and a beneficiant serving to of rainbow sprinkles. I’ve additionally examined these donuts tossed in cinnamon sugar, and that’s so dang good, too 🥰🥰.
Key Substances Price Highlighting
- Cottage cheese: Blended cottage cheese is the protein powerhouse for these donuts!
- Maple syrup: My go-to pure sweetener! It provides wealthy sweetness with out overpowering the flavour of those donuts. Brown sugar additionally works.
- Almond milk: Retailer-bought almond milk clearly works, however I like utilizing my home made almond milk! It’s sweetened with dates and the flavour is simply so dang good.
- Coconut oil: This can be a nice fats substitute for butter, and provides a refined candy coconut taste to those donuts.
- All-purpose flour: I’ve not examined these donuts with different forms of flour, so please proceed with warning in the event you substitute!
Discover the checklist of full substances within the recipe card under.
Important Gear
- Donut pan: You want a donut pan to make home made donuts (clearly!), and since most donut pans make 6 donuts, I really prefer to maintain 2 readily available, so I could make the whole batch of 12 donuts without delay.
- Piping bag: I prefer to pipe the donut batter into the donut pan as a result of it’s a lot simpler and fewer messy than spooning it in. When you don’t have a piping bag, you should use a Ziploc bag and minimize the nook off to pipe the batter via.
Make Cottage Cheese Donuts
- Place the dry substances right into a bowl and blend.
- Place all of the moist substances (besides the melted coconut oil), right into a bowl and blend. Slowly add the dry substances to the moist and whisk collectively. Then, whisk within the coconut oil.
- Add the batter to a piping bag after which pipe batter into every donut nicely.
- Bake the donuts for 8-10 minutes at 350℉.
- Put together the glaze by including the blended cottage cheese and powdered sugar to a bowl and stir collectively.
- Glaze the donuts after which prime with rainbow sprinkles.
- ENJOY!
Discover the complete directions within the recipe card under.
Coat, Prime and Take pleasure in!
One factor I completely love about these donuts is the flexibility to make use of completely different toppings! Most instances, I’m glazing and sprinkling half of the batch, after which tossing the opposite half in a cinnamon sugar topping.
And since these donuts are made with easy substances and are protein-forward, I be ok with serving them to my kiddos at breakfast or for a sweeter snack or dessert. I like having fun with one among these donuts with an excellent ol’ cup of espresso.
In search of extra protein-rich breakfast recipes? I’ve rounded up all my go-tos proper right here for ya.
Let the donuts cool utterly. Then, retailer them in an hermetic container in a cool, darkish place for as much as 3 days. You can even retailer them within the fridge to increase the shelf life.
These donuts freeze and thaw VERY nicely! I made an enormous batch for Linley when she had her child ❤️.
Extra Scrumptious Donuts
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Preheat the oven to 350℉ and spray a donut pan with non-stick cooking spray. Put aside.
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Place the dry substances right into a bowl and blend to mix. Put aside.
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Place all of the moist substances, besides the melted coconut oil, right into a bowl and whisk to mix. Slowly add the dry substances to the moist and whisk collectively. Then, whisk within the coconut oil.
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Add the batter to a piping bag after which pipe batter into every donut nicely, about ¾ of the best way full.
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Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350℉. Enable the donuts to chill earlier than including the glaze.
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Put together the glaze. In a separate bowl, add the blended cottage cheese and powdered sugar and stir to mix. You might want so as to add extra powdered sugar relying on how thick you need it.
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Coat half the donuts in cinnamon sugar and dip half the donuts within the glaze. Prime the glazed donuts with rainbow sprinkles whereas the glaze continues to be moist.
- In step 6, be at liberty to coat or prime the donuts in no matter you desire to.
- Cinnamon sugar topping: Love cinnamon sugar donuts? Use ⅓ cup granulated sugar + 1 tablespoon floor cinnamon as an alternative of the glaze and sprinkles.
Energy: 135 kcal, Carbohydrates: 22 g, Protein: 4 g, Fats: 4 g, Fiber: 0.4 g, Sugar: 10 g
Diet data is routinely calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.
