Recipe Corner: Healhty Buttermilk Donuts

Hey y'all, it's been a bit since I posted a recipe, I've gotten overwhelmed with family issues lately and I find myself making the same meals a lot, which is fine it works for us as a family....but it makes for some boring blogging. Today my son wanted to go to Dunkin Donuts and believe me it was tempting. I love me some DD iced coffee with either the butter pecan or cookie dough flavoring....but 7pp for a medium coffee isn't a great choice....especially since I had it yesterday.  So I asked him what he thought of making our own donuts...which he loved the idea. He loves baking with me, and I really enjoy baking with him. So I hit google and came across this recipe, I'm a big fan of baking with buttermilk, I love everything I've made with it so far so I wanted to try this one. It is super tasty and very simple to make! I don't have a donut pan so I had to improvise, I used a cake pop pan to make "munchkins" and then I used my mini bunt cake pan to finish off the batter. I really liked them without any toppings but my son and daughter wanted something so we made two quick glazes one almond, one orange, they also liked adding a little creamed honey to them. If you follow the link above to the original recipe they have some other topping options as well. So you can play with your toppings just remember to count what you add!!!!  I hope you enjoy it!


Healthy Buttermilk Donuts
Source: Health.com
http://www.health.com/health/recipe/0,,10000002012979,00.html


Serves 14
4pp/3pts

Ingredients

• Nonstick cooking spray
• 1 cup whole-wheat flour
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk (1%)
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 425°. Lightly coat a doughnut pan with cooking spray.
2. Combine flours and next 4 ingredients (through salt) in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
3. Combine buttermilk, eggs, honey, butter, and vanilla, stirring well with a whisk. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture; whisk just until combined.
4. Spoon batter into doughnut pans, filling twothirds full. Bake in middle of oven until doughnuts spring back when touched and are golden on bottom (about 8 minutes). Let cool in pan slightly (about 4 minutes); turn out. Coat with toppings (see ideas, below), if desired.

Mini Donuts

Munchkins

• Yield: Makes 14 servings (Serving size: 1 plain doughnut)

Nutritional Information

Calories per serving:	140
Fat per serving:	3g
Saturated fat per serving:	1g
Monounsaturated fat per serving:	1g
Polyunsaturated fat per serving:	0g
Cholesterol per serving:	35mg
Protein per serving:	3g
Carbohydrates per serving:	26g
Sugars per serving:	13g
Fiber per serving:	1g
Iron per serving:	1mg
Sodium per serving:	165mg
Calcium per serving:	59mg