Self Improvement with Irinä: Nutrition: Recipes: Homemade Healthy Donuts

Hello September, hello Autumn!

Welcome back dear friend. My favourite part of the year is approaching so I'm super excited. What's the best way to celebrate the new season? Welcoming it with an extra sweet article and of course new blog layout ❤

Fitness: Nutrition: Recipes: Homemade Healthy Donuts

Two weeks ago, I decided to make my own homemade donuts. The reason is that industrial ones are full of sugar (and i don't even know what else), their nutrition value is pretty low so they're a bunch of (heavenly) delicious bites which offer nothing valuable to our organism, they do not contribute to our health maintainance aaaaaand if consumed on a regular basis they are really harmful.

Brightside? I decided to look up at some recipes and substitute almost all the ingredients with the healthiest alternative i had in my cupboards. I was pretty unsure about this attempt since it was the first time I would make donuts and I didn't know how the substitutions would work since their structure was different than the original ingredients. I experimented and the result was this.....

They were extremely delicious, fluffy, healthy and i prefered them better than any donut I've tasted before. I posted this photo on Instagram, where a lot of people messaged me for the recipe. I decided to create this article so all of you who love this type of treats while taking care of your body or are into fitness and stuff can enjoy a healthy alternative.

To get started: The Ingredients

200mL lowfat milk (can be almond/coconut/whatever milk you prefer- I used lactose free)
1 envelop. dried yeast
50gr honey (another alternative can be 25gr of honey + 25gr of coconut sugar or stevia or anything you use)
2 vanillines
2 egg yolks (you can also substitute this if you are vegan)
30gr lowfat butter (or almond/peanut butter to enhance the protein intake and add a lovely flavor)
Orange and/or lime zest (i used orange)
330-350gr black whole wheat flour (you can substitute even a part of it with carob powder)

*would be good to have some more flour in stock to help the dough sheet making.

Oil for deep frying

*Optional: you can also add some WHEY Protein powder inside if you want. I didn't because I didn't want to affect the flavor and the donuts wouldn't be consumed by me so It wasn't necessary to be high in protein. If you workout regularly i insist of using some vanilla WHEY to make sure you're not ruining the taste.

The equipment:

A rolling pin
A large bowl
Cellophane
A large cup
A shot cup

The process: Instructions

Use a large bowl to mix the butter (it has to be molten), vanillines and milk all together. Up next comes the zest (you can also put some drops of the orange juice for extra scent) along with the egg yolks and dried yeast.

You need to stir them with some intensity to allow the yeast form bubbles in the mixture.

Start adding the flour gradually. You need to perfectly blend each portion of it before you add the rest in order to form an elastic, smooth, coherent and easy-to-use dough. Let the dough sit in a warm place for aprox. 1,5 hour.

*I wrapped it with cellophane and placed it in the oven (it was off) to ensure a slightly warm temperature.

After 1,5 hour of sitting, your dough is ready to use. With the help of some extra flour and a rolling pin, you need to form a dough sheet of aprox. 2cm thickness. Use the big cup to form your donuts and then the shot cup to create the whole in the middle. Gather the dough leftovers, blend them all together and keep repeating until you use it all.

*I created most of my donuts out of a little thinner dough but they still turned out lovely, just not as huge as the 2cm ones.

In the pan you can see how fluffy they get❤

Then comes the deep frying. Do not freak out. These donuts do not absorb any oil, I tested that. I placed them on a tray with a lot of paper to absorb the extra oil right after the pan.

Frying time: 3minutes on the one side and 1 minute on the other until they get a caramel colour.

Dry your donuts with the paper and then you are ready to optionally add some filling and top them by your own preference. I made some with chocolate/bisquit topping, others with strawberry/blueberry jam.bisquit and sugar powder and some with honey and cinnamon (the ones i ate). As for the filling, nutella and jams slip easier inside the donut so they're more preferable.

I ate these: Honey, cinnamon & some spare powdered sugar

Other suggestions:

Unfortunately when this idea cross my mind my kitchen was kind of empty so I couldn't really use a lot of things. If i had the chance I would definitely try topping combos such as: dark molten chocolate + peanut butter , strawberry jam (or paste) with powdered coconut, honey + lime zest, honey + peanut butter + linseed/nuts.

Chocolate & Bisquit Porn ❤

Super duper fluffy ^_^

Conclusion:

Strawberry/Raspberry jam, bisquit & powdered sugar

I really loved the texture, they were fluffy, delicious, really special for the orange scent which was always present but not overlaying everything.

It is a great daily source of carbs and can satisfy your sweet tooth while offering some nutrients to your body.

The feedback I had from all who tasted was glorious so I'm definitely making them again. If you do so, I'd love to see yours too! Feel free to send them or post them & tagging me. :)

Thanks again for visiting my blog. Make sure you have an eye on my Instagram since I post nutrition related posts everyday ;) Have a sweet week and stay tuned for more posts! September will be really productive!

Love,

Irina