Donut with a chocolate glaze is one dessert that can be made delicious and healthy when baked without butter. Like this variety chocolate glazed donut plate, where some are jammed… as in raspberry jam.
Chocolate and raspberry are a decadent pairing and can be made healthy (with dark cacao and low-sugar). Raw cacao and organic raspberries are loaded with polyphenols that are anti-inflammatory good. And baked in with no butter in this recipe, you can stick with the healthy theme.
Chocolate pairs well with almost any flavor like coconut, and many of them are healthy like nuts, fruits, and spices.
And in our flavor choices… once upon a time, I ate my last Boston cream filling donut (…well, that was not healthy)…
And the donut showed up on my arm the next day. 😀
I don’t think I’ve had a store-bought Boston cream donut since. Even though I love how shiny cute they look and glossy glazed. And don’t get me started about the fresh bakery scent trail it leaves. 🍩
…But kidding aside, I found other store-bought ways to get the sweet taste without the fried-ness in traditional donuts. …because like high sugar, fried foods are addictive.
You can’t have JUST ONE and be satisfied. If you’re like, you fight willpower.
…So if you eat smaller bites and healthy sweets, then there’s no guilt.. and there’s NO “eat now, pay later” after-effect.
Those are all heathy moves.
And when there’s an emergency donut sugar craving 😊… (for a sweet tooth, that’s often)… low-sugar snacks like this healthy baked dark chocolate glazed donut do the trick.
Oh, and there’s no butter in this recipe. Healthy fat foods like a little coconut oil (that’s minimal) is a good alternative. You can also use a light olive oil that has minimal savory tastes.
And if you’re someone who likes variety, you can zhugh and flavor each baked donut with different looks and tastes.
Like rose and rosewater, pistachio, unsweetened shredded coconut and other plant-based foods. 🌹🥥🌱
They’re good healthy food substitutes. And if you’re looking for a good sweet food substitute, give this baked coconut donut a GO-GO! 🥥
Baked Chocolate Glazed Donut - Healthy Donut Alternative
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut flour (or gluten-free flour)
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tsp coconut oil (or neutral oil)
- 1 tsp yeast
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup milk of choice
- pistachio bits and shredded coconut (zhugh)
- 1/4 cup dark chocolate, melted (zhugh)
- low-sugar raspberry jam (optional)
Instructions
- Combine donut cake ingredients by hand. Use enough milk to get the consistency closest to a cake batter (not too liquid and not too dense). Grease your pan with coconut oil and pour batter into the pan. Bake on 350°F/180°C until top looks baked and a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool. Cut out with round cookie cutter (easier to do before completely cooled).
- After cooled, to add (oozing) raspberry jam to centers, poke a food skewer through the middle side of the donut to make a hollow tunnel in the donut. Use a food syringe or a squeezable jam bottle to insert jam into the tunnel.
- Make melted chocolate glaze and dip donut top side in glaze.
- Zhugh with coconuts and pistachio bits while glaze is still wet.
- Keep the donuts out in a cool spot for 2 days or for longer lasting, refrigerate in a covered container.