Healthier Lemon Poppy Seed Donuts
These donuts are made with Swerve® and almond milk. They are baked, rather than fried, which makes them healthier than a regular donut. They are delicious, quick, and very easy to make.
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- Serves: 12 persons
Ingredients
- cooking spray
- ½cup granulated sugar substitute (such as Swerve®)
- 2teaspoons lemon zest
- 1large egg, at room temperature
- 2½ tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½teaspoon lemon extract
- ½cup almond milk, at room temperature
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1¼ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼teaspoon salt
- 2tablespoons poppy seeds
- 1¼ cups powdered sugar substitute (such as Swerve®)
- 1tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1tablespoon almond milk, at room temperature
- 1teaspoon lemon zest
- ¼teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛teaspoon salt
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 2 donut pans with nonstick cooking spray.Step 2
Place granulated sugar substitute and lemon zest in a bowl. Mix until zest is fully coated with sugar. Add egg, butter, lemon juice, vanilla, and lemon extract. Add almond milk and mix until well incorporated.Step 3
Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add to the sugar mixture. Fold in poppy seeds. Divide the batter evenly among the donut pans.Step 4
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into a donut comes out clean, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Remove from the pans and cool completely.Step 5
While the donuts cool, make the icing. Mix powder sugar substitute, lemon juice, almond milk, lemon zest, vanilla, and salt together in a bowl. Set a rack over a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Dip donuts into the icing and place on the rack until glaze sets, 2 to 3 minutes.