Healthier Lemon Poppy Seed Donuts
Baked instead of fried, these healthier donuts are flavored with fresh lemon and studded with poppy seeds.
Instructions
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{'id': 'step_0', 'step': 1, 'text': 'Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 2 donut pans with nonstick cooking spray.'}
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{'id': 'step_1', 'step': 2, 'text': 'Place granulated sugar substitute and lemon zest in a bowl. Mix until zest is fully coated with sugar. Add egg, butter, lemon juice, vanilla, and lemon extract. Add almond milk and mix until well incorporated.'}
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{'id': 'step_2', 'step': 3, 'text': 'Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add to the sugar mixture. Fold in poppy seeds. Divide the batter evenly among the donut pans.'}
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{'id': 'step_3', 'step': 4, 'text': 'Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into a donut comes out clean, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Remove from the pans and cool completely.'}
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{'id': 'step_4', 'step': 5, 'text': 'While the donuts cool, make the icing. Mix powder sugar substitute, lemon juice, almond milk, lemon zest, vanilla, and salt together in a bowl. Set a rack over a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Dip donuts into the icing and place on the rack until glaze sets, 2 to 3 minutes.'}
Nutrition Facts
Per serving (12 servings total)