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Low Fat Donuts

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These donuts are delicious. Unlike traditional donuts, which are fried in oil, these are baked and have little fat. They’re also dairy, egg and nut free. I’ve included three different glazes—pick your favorite or try all three.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE DONUTS:
  • ¼ cups Granulated Sugar
  • 1 cup Soy Milk, Divided Use
  • 2 Tablespoons Canola Oil
  • 2 Tablespoons Unsweetened Applesauce
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
  • 1-¼ teaspoon Active Dry Yeast
  • 2-½ cups All-purpose Flour, Divided
  • ¾ teaspoons Salt
  • FOR VANILLA GLAZE:
  • 1 cup Icing Sugar
  • 1-½ Tablespoon Soy Milk
  • ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • FOR THE MAPLE GLAZE:
  • 1 cup Icing Sugar
  • 3 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
  • ½ teaspoons Maple Extract
  • FOR THE CHOCOLATE GLAZE:
  • ¾ cups Dairy Free Chocolate Chips
  • ¼ cups Soy Milk
  • ¼ cups Dairy Free Whipping Cream
  • 1-½ cup Icing Sugar
  • FOR THE CINNAMON COATING:
  • ½ cups Granulated Sugar
  • ½ teaspoons Ground Cinnamon
  • 2 Tablespoons Dairy Free Margarine, Melted

Preparation

For the donuts:
Prepare a large cookie sheet by greasing it with dairy free cooking spray or use a silicone mat. Set aside.

Combine sugar and half of the soymilk in a large microwave safe bowl. Heat for a few seconds, just until sugar is dissolved. Add the remaining soymilk, canola oil, applesauce, vanilla and maple syrup. Make sure that the mixture is not too hot or too cold. You should be able to dip your finger in it. Then add the yeast, mix gently, cover and set aside for 10 minutes or until foamy.

Once the yeast mixture is ready, add 2 cups of flour. Knead the mixture gently with a spatula. The dough will be very sticky at this point. Cover and set aside until it doubles in size, about 1 to 2 hours. Once the dough is ready, add the remaining 1/2 cup flour and salt.

Mix thoroughly then spread it out on a floured work surface to half inch thickness. The dough will still be somewhat sticky. Use a donut cutter dusted with flour to cut donuts then transfer them to the baking sheet. You can also use a donut pan if you have one.

If you don’t have a donut pan or cutter, then just separate the dough into 12 pieces. If you do this, then dust your hands with a bit of flour and take one piece of dough. Roll it into a long rope (about 6 to 8 inches long). Then attach the two ends together. At this point you can determine how big you want your donuts to be and how wide. Keep in mind that the dough will rise again to double its size. Once you place the donut on the tray, adjust the hole to make sure it does not close shut during baking. Place it on the cookie sheet. Repeat until all the dough is used. Cover and set aside for another 30 minutes to rise again.

Preheat oven to 350 F. Once oven is preheated, bake donuts for 12 to 15 minutes. Once they come out of the oven they will have this puffy texture and might look like bread rolls but the consistency will turn into a donut-like dough once it cools. Remove them from the pan onto a cooling rack as soon as they come out of the oven.

For the vanilla glaze: combine icing sugar, soy milk and vanilla. Stir until smooth and drizzle it on the donuts while they are still warm.

For the maple glaze: combine icing sugar, maple syrup and maple extract. Stir until smooth and drizzle it on the donuts while they are still warm.

For the chocolate glaze: combine chocolate chips, soy milk and dairy free whipping cream in a bowl and microwave at 15 second intervals while stirring. Continue to heat for 15 second intervals until melted. Add icing sugar. Stir then dip donuts into glaze.

For the cinnamon coating: combine sugar and cinnamon. Brush donuts with a little bit of melted dairy free margarine and dip in cinnamon sugar mixture.

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ecourtney on 4.24.2012

Hi! These look awesome. My son has these allergies. So I am aways looking for new recipes. I just recently saw the little donut maker that is in cooking stores. Looks like a waffle maker but does donuts. Have you seen or used them? Do you think this would work in that? Or maybe it needs to be more of a batter rather then a bread… just curious.
Also, can these be frozen and then just warm up individually? I like to keep things on hand if the freezer when possible for my son, without having to bake every time. Thanks!

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