Simple Do-it-yourself Cottage Cheese Donuts

Make a dozen of my fluffy, high-protein cottage cheese donuts in simply half-hour flat. High them with my home made protein glaze and don’t skip the rainbow sprinkles. These donuts are 10000% toddler (and mama!) accepted as dessert or feel-good snack. I hope you and your loved ones love these as a lot as I do ❤️.

Glazed donuts topped with colorful sprinkles are arranged on parchment paper, with one donut partially eaten and a small bowl of extra sprinkles nearby.

So easy to make! Critically, prep these donuts in 10 minutes after which bake them for 20 (aka home made donuts in half-hour flat!).

Protein-rich due to the cottage cheese: Blended cottage cheese FTW as soon as once more! It’s such a flexible ingredient for each candy and savory recipes.

2 straightforward taste variations that you simply’ll completely love: Yep! I really like topping these donuts with a easy blended cottage cheese + powdered sugar glaze and a beneficiant serving to of rainbow sprinkles. I’ve additionally examined these donuts tossed in cinnamon sugar, and that’s so dang good, too 🥰🥰.

Key Substances Value Highlighting

Cottage cheese: Blended cottage cheese is the protein powerhouse for these donuts!
Maple syrup: My go-to pure sweetener! It provides wealthy sweetness with out overpowering the flavour of those donuts. Brown sugar additionally works.
Almond milk: Retailer-bought almond milk clearly works, however I really like utilizing my home made almond milk! It’s sweetened with dates and the flavour is simply so dang good.
Coconut oil: This can be a nice fats substitute for butter, and provides a refined candy coconut taste to those donuts.
All-purpose flour: I’ve not examined these donuts with different types of flour, so please proceed with warning should you substitute!

Discover the listing of full elements within the recipe card beneath.

Important Tools

Donut pan: You want a donut pan to make home made donuts (clearly!), and since most donut pans make 6 donuts, I truly prefer to preserve 2 available, so I could make your entire batch of 12 donuts without delay.
Piping bag: I prefer to pipe the donut batter into the donut pan as a result of it’s a lot simpler and fewer messy than spooning it in. When you don’t have a piping bag, you should utilize a Ziploc bag and minimize the nook off to pipe the batter by way of.

How one can Make Cottage Cheese Donuts

Place the dry elements right into a bowl and blend.
Place all of the moist elements (besides the melted coconut oil), right into a bowl and blend. Slowly add the dry elements to the moist and whisk collectively. Then, whisk within the coconut oil.
Add the batter to a piping bag after which pipe batter into every donut nicely.
Bake the donuts for 8-10 minutes at 350℉.
Put together the glaze by including the blended cottage cheese and powdered sugar to a bowl and stir collectively.
Glaze the donuts after which prime with rainbow sprinkles.
ENJOY!

Discover the complete directions within the recipe card beneath.

Coat, High and Take pleasure in!

One factor I completely love about these donuts is the flexibility to make use of totally different toppings! Most instances, I’m glazing and sprinkling half of the batch, after which tossing the opposite half in a cinnamon sugar topping.

And since these donuts are made with easy elements and are protein-forward, I be ok with serving them to my kiddos at breakfast or for a sweeter snack or dessert. I really like having fun with one in every of these donuts with a very good ol’ cup of espresso.

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Let the donuts cool fully. Then, retailer them in an hermetic container in a cool, darkish place for as much as 3 days. It’s also possible to retailer them within the fridge to increase the shelf life.

These donuts freeze and thaw VERY nicely! I made an enormous batch for Linley when she had her child ❤️.

Glazed donuts topped with colorful sprinkles are arranged closely together on a light surface.

Extra Scrumptious Donuts

Preheat the oven to 350℉ and spray a donut pan with non-stick cooking spray. Put aside.
Place the dry elements right into a bowl and blend to mix. Put aside.
Place all of the moist elements, besides the melted coconut oil, right into a bowl and whisk to mix. Slowly add the dry elements to the moist and whisk collectively. Then, whisk within the coconut oil.
Add the batter to a piping bag after which pipe batter into every donut nicely, about ¾ of the way in which full.
Bake for 8-10 minutes at 350℉. Permit the donuts to chill earlier than including the glaze.
Put together the glaze. In a separate bowl, add the blended cottage cheese and powdered sugar and stir to mix. Chances are you’ll want so as to add extra powdered sugar relying on how thick you need it.
Coat half the donuts in cinnamon sugar and dip half the donuts within the glaze. High the glazed donuts with rainbow sprinkles whereas the glaze remains to be moist.

In step 6, be at liberty to coat or prime the donuts in no matter you want to.
Cinnamon sugar topping: Love cinnamon sugar donuts? Use ⅓ cup granulated sugar + 1 tablespoon floor cinnamon as a substitute of the glaze and sprinkles.

Energy: 135 kcal, Carbohydrates: 22 g, Protein: 4 g, Fats: 4 g, Fiber: 0.4 g, Sugar: 10 g