Healthy Donut Is a Peach Donut

Healthy donut does exist in a donut peach. These are a new kind of peach.

Taking a bite in, this is clearly a peach and not a floured donut (in case you were in doubt)! 😊

These peaches are also known as Saturn peaches and flat peaches. 🪐

Overhead, they look the same as regular peaches. You can eat these as plain whole fruit too!

Have you seen these before at the grocery stores? 

You may have seen them come in a package of four.

I think they’re slightly sweeter than most peaches I’ve had. And have less juicy pulp.

But make no mistake, they still taste sweet like peaches.

And if you want to kick it up a notch, I have a neat way to prepare them so they can be a baked and healthy low-sugar “donut” dessert and sweet snack (instead of reaching for a real heavy donut! 🍩).

The first step is to cook the donut peaches.

If you skip this part and only bake them, the skin on the peach donuts will dry out some and they will be darker in color because the peach naturally starts off darker in color.

When cooking is added as a step, the peaches lose their vibrant peach skin color and turn warm-ish brown color (more like a Krispy Kreme donut or a whole wheat donut color).

…Which btw, if that distracted you and donuts are a missing hole in your life, try a healthier and traditional donut that you can make as a low-sugar donut hole made with whole wheat flour.

And getting back to the peach healthy donut, after cooking you can set-and-forget bake for a few minutes until it’s time to glaze.

To glaze, I like the opaque look of egg white and water. They remind me of cinnamon swirl donuts I had when I was younger. Plus egg whites are healthy.

Tip: When separating your egg, do it first when it’s easier out of a cold fridge temperature. Refrigerate your yolks and save to make bearnaise sauce, ice cream, and/or lemon curd are some of my faves.