How to Make Healthy Donuts

If just seeing (or smelling) donuts in the break room makes you go berserk while you are dieting, have no fear--healthy donuts are here! Yep, you can have your cake and eat it too with this alternate donut recipe designed for those who are watching their weight. Each donut amounts to approximately 130 calories so while you can indulge, try to limit the number you consume.

Ingredients
1 cup spelt flour
1 cup garbanzo bean flour
1/2 cup sugar (or sugar substitute like Stevia)
1 ½ teaspoon salt
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
2 egg whites
2 tablespoon melted butter (or margarine)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Pick up ingredients for the donut glaze (most likely all found at the local grocer).
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

Steps
Combine dry ingredients together in a large bowl or electric mixer. This includes spelt flour, garbanzo bean flour, sugar and salt. Whisk together until fully combined.

Add wet ingredients, one at a time. After you pour the first ingredient, whisk or blend, then add the next one. This will include buttermilk, butter, egg whites and vanilla extract.

Don’t over-mix, just be sure the ingredients are well combined.

Open donut maker and spoon batter into the wells. Fill liberally, however don’t overfill so that the batter spills out onto the counter as they bake.

Bake in electric donut maker for three to five minutes or until golden brown.

Remove baked donuts from maker and line on a baking sheet to cool.

Create glaze by combining the powdered sugar with the milk and vanilla extract. Whisk together well, removing any lumps and until the mixture is smooth.

Drizzle glaze over a cooled donut (but not cold donut) and allow the glaze to set.

Finished.