Truly magical Cranberry Orange Protein Donuts loaded with fresh cranberries and the sweet zesty orange. These healthy cranberry donuts use protein powder for sweetness, are sugar free, low calorie and low fat. Just 6 base doughnut ingredients too.
Ingredients
1cupWhole Wheat Pastry Flour, 120g, see post for subs
⅔cupVanilla Protein Powder, Whey-caesin, 60g, 2 scoops
2tspBaking Powder
½cupUnsweetened Applesauce, 120g
⅔cupUnsweetened Almond Milk, 160ml
2Eggs
1TbspOrange Juice
½TbspOrange Zest
1¼cupFresh Ripe Cranberries, 125g
1tspFlour
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a donut pan with cooking spray (or use a silicon pan).
In a bowl, whisk together flour, protein powder and baking powder.
In a large bowl, whisk applesauce, almond milk, eggs, orange juice and orange zest.
Add dry mix to wet and gently fold with a large spoon until just combined.DO NOT OVER-MIX or the protein powder will make the batter tough.
Place cranberries in a bowl, sprinkle with extra flour and toss to coat.Required to prevent them from sinking to the bottom.
Add cranberries to batter and fold to combine.Do not over-mix.
Divide mixture evenly among donut pan cavities, filling about ¾ way up.You should have 10 donuts.
Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the donut comes out clean.
Let cool for 5 minutes and remove from pan. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool.
Notes
Add more stevia sweetener if your protein powder is not sweet enough.
Nutrition information is calculated using the products recommended below.