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Healthy Pumpkin Donuts
Kelly Rizza

Healthy Pumpkin Donuts

Feel good about eating donuts with this super healthy pumpkin donut recipe with pumpkin frosting. This recipe uses nutritious ingredients like oats, pumpkin puree, and Greek yogurt, and uses no refined sugar.
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Donuts
  • 1 1/2 cup rolled or old fashioned oats
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup applesauce unsweetened, for a healthier donut
  • 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt full fat
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 pinch salt
Frosting
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt full fat
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • *optional but encouraged: sprinkles

Method
 

Donuts
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F or 177 C.
  2. Add DONUT ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth.
  3. Grease a donut pan with butter or cooking oil, and pour the batter into the pan. Fill each about 3/4 full.
  4. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting.
Frosting
  1. Mix all ingredients together, and use a spoon or spatula to frost to cooled donuts. The frosting will be runnier than a traditional frosting, but will thicken as it sits on top of the donut.
  2. Sprinkles recommended!

Notes

  • Our favorite sprinkles are dye free sprinkles by Supernatural, available on Amazon.
  • Store these in the refrigerator for up to one week.