Cinnamon Vanilla Donuts are perfect quick treat your whole family will love. These delicious donuts are covered with chocolate. perfectly flavored but 100% HEALTHY - whole grain and REFINED-SUGAR-FREE. Yummy and easy to make.
It's carnival time here in Croatia, and that means only one thing - it's time for DONUTS! Fatty, sugar-sprinkled, jam / Nutella-filled donuts. People are very enthusiastic about overeating with these sugary, fatty treats, but me.. kinda NOT.
But don't think we healthy-eaters don't enjoy carnival donuts too. Yes, we are! But we make healthy ones. Like Double Chocolate Banana Donuts or BUU spooky Ghost Vanilly Donuts. Today I'm sharing yet another of my family favorite donut recipe - this Cinnamon Vanilla Donuts that are everything but overloaded with unnecessary calories. These are delicious, chocolate covered perfect treat.
For making these Cinnamon Vanilla Donuts I used all HEALTHY ingredients - whole grain flour, maple syrup, and coconut oil, and I used spices - vanilla and Ceylon cinnamon to give donuts this amazing flavor and scent. In takes just about 15 minutes in the oven, and donuts are ready for coating with my favorite raw dark chocolate.
This time I decorated these donuts with colorful sprinkles, but you can sprinkle these with shredded coconut, carob, poppy seeds or ground nuts. The options are numerous.
These delightful little donuts are are BAKED IN THE OVEN. Meaning - added fat-free!
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These round chocolate covered Cinnamon Vanilla Donuts are beauties you just don't want miss trying. They will delight you - they are simple to make and absolutely delicious. + HEALTHY too, baked in the oven without added fat and REFINED SUGAR-FREE.
I can only say, omnomnom till next year and carnival time. Enjoy!
Cinnamon Vanilla Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup whole grain flour
- ½ teaspoon Himalayan salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Ceylon cinnamon
- 2 egg whites
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin coconut oil melted and cooled
- 4 tablespoon pure maple syrup or honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup + 4 tablespoon plant based milk
- Colorful sprinkles for topping.
For chocolate topping:
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin coconut oil melted and cooled
- 2 tablespoon cacao powder
- 2 tablespoon pure maple syrup or honey
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C). Grease donut pan.
- In a large bowl mix together dry ingredients - flour, salt, baking powder, soda and ground cinnamon.
- In a separate bowl whisk egg whites. Add melted coconut oil, syrup or honey, vanilla extract and milk and gently stir.
- Add wet mixture into the dry ingredients. Mix well.
- Fill donut pan with the mixture. Make sure you don't overfill.
- Bake for 14-17 minutes until donuts get nicely golden.
- Remove from oven and allow donuts to cool for 5 minutes.
- Tip donuts out and dip into a chocolate topping. Sprinkle with colorful sprinkles, chia seeds or coconut flakes.
- For chocolate topping: Mix all ingredients in a bowl until you get smooth mixture.
Notes
Nutrition
Check out my other HEALTHY desserts:
Double Chocolate Banana Muffins
Chocolate Banana Cake
Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
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Mackenzie says
Hello! Any thoughts on why my donuts didn’t rise much or evenly? They rose only on the pan side of the donut, not the top, rather than fully risen like normal.
Natalie says
The only thing that comes to my mind is position of the oven rack. Was in the middle? Hot oven air should circulate evenly from all sides. Or maybe was too little mixture in the donut pan. Try filling the pan more.
Virg says
Hello, I am wondering if these needed to be refrigerated?
Natalie says
I keep them on my kitchen table, covered with foil or in airtight box. No need to keep them refrigerated. Just don't keep them on high heat, like direct sunlight.
GiGi Eats says
OMG THESE ARE PERFECT! PERFECT I TELL YOU!
Natalie says
Haha now you remind me of my kiddo. He's always so excited when I'm making these hahah :D
Dijana Milijanovic says
Posto nemam ovakve modle sta mi predlazete kao alternativu? Kako ispeci ove divne krofne?
Natalie says
Rekli su da se može napraviti smjesa pa istisnuti u obliku krafnice sa rupom na papir za pečenje i tako peči. Kažu da im je tako uspjelo. Iskreno, ja nisam probala...
Emily says
These look SO yummy!!
Natalie says
Thank you, Emily :)
Demeter | Beaming Baker says
Carnival time sounds like the most fun time! :) I'm glad that you created a way for us all to enjoy along with you, but without the guilt of traditional carnival food. These donuts look simply perfect, Natalie! The chocolate glaze is all that I need right now... well, on top of like 2 dozen donuts. ;) I'm so happy that you got the donut pan on time to create these cinnamon vanilla delights. Can't wait to see what donuts you create for the winter holiday season! :) Pinning, of course!
Natalie says
Thank you, Demeter :) Have an amazing week, my friend! ;)
Marsha | Marsha's Baking Addiction says
I love cinnamon doughnuts! A bonus these are healthier than a standard one! These look delicious! :)
Natalie says
Thank you Marsha :)
Anna Prokofieva says
Oh my... Cinnamon, Vanilla - all the good stuff!
Thanks for the recipe! Definitely trying this out on a weekend!
Natalie says
I'm really glad you like it :*
Bethany @ athletic avocado says
You could fool anyone into thinking that these were normal donuts because they don't look healthy at all! By the look of them Im pretty sure they don't taste healthy either! They look amazing!
Natalie says
Thank you Bethany ;) They have passed the ultimate kid test, and my kid is a super picky eater. He noticed nothing "strange" in the taste. He even thought that I bought them in McDonalds :)
Charlotte @ whatcharlottebaked says
I love sprinkle-covered donuts. You've just settled it - I'm going to make some this weekend! Nice work on reducing all the unhealthy fats, could definitely do with some of that in my life.
Natalie says
Well, I'm glad I inspired you ;)