3. Try 30 New Recipes : Doughnuts

Again, using Emily Bites, Katie and I decided to try our hand at homemade (baked) doughnuts! These cake doughnuts are hands down, THE BEST doughnuts I've ever had. Think cake doughnuts, only fluffy and moiste and melt in your mouth delicious. They are perfect to fit your sweet tooth, without the sticky sweet frosting!!

The two recipes we made are Strawberry Doughnuts (which can be made with ANY fruit, really) and PB&J Doughnuts!

Ingredients:
1 c white whole wheat flour
1/3 c sugar
1 t baking powder
1/4 t cinnamon
1/2 t salt
1/3 cup skim milk
1 egg
1 T melted butter
1/3 c diced strawberries
1 T agave nectar

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 425. Lightly spray a doughnut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
2. In a small bowl, combine strawberries and agave/maple syrup and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add milk, egg and melted butter to the dry ingredients and mix until just combines. Stir in berry mixture.
4. Fill each space (6) in your prepared doughnut pan about 2/3 full. Bake for 7-9 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes before removing from the pan.

Ingredients:
¼ c peanut butter
¼ c sugar
1/3 c plus 1 T skim milk
1T fat free Greek yogurt (I used Fage 0%)
½ t vanilla extract
1 egg
1 c white whole wheat flour
1 t baking powder
¼ t salt
2 T sugar free preserves (I used Smuckers Raspberry)

Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 325. Lightly spray a doughnut pan with cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, add the peanut butter and sugar and blend with an electric mixer until combined. Add the milk, yogurt, vanilla and egg and mix again. Add flour, baking powder and salt and use mixer again until just combined.
3. Using a spoon or piping bag, evenly distribute the batter mixture into the spaces in the doughnut pan. Put the two rounded tablespoons of jelly into a small dish and microwave on high for 10-15 seconds. Drizzle a teaspoon of melted jelly over the batter in each doughnut space. Bake for about 10 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick stuck in comes out clean. Cool before eating.

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We did find that the PB&J donuts were just a bit rich, although they would be DELICIOUS with milk to dunk in! The strawberry were by far our favorite, and with a bit of extra cinnamon they were extra yummy.

Again, both recipes are property of Emily Bites and only pasted here for my personal storage and to share with my family and friends! I definitely think you should check out her blog and make a few of her delicious recipes! They are healthy and everything we've tried has been delicious!