Greek Yogurt Donuts
Looking for a protein boost in your donuts? These simple and delicious Greek yogurt donuts are so light, fluffy and moist with the perfect cake donut texture. These come together in about 30 minutes from start to finish and are so fun to decorate with a rich chocolate glaze and your favorite toppings!
Servings: 12 donuts
Ingredients
For Donuts
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup milk of choice
- ½ cup vanilla Greek Yogurt plain will work as well
- 2 Tbsp canola oil
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup flour spooned and leveled
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp sea salt
For Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 Tbsp milk of choice more if glaze seems too thick
- ½ tsp vanilla
- pinch of salt (optional)
- Toppings of choice: shredded coconut, sprinkles, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together egg, milk, oil, vanilla, yogurt and sugar.
- In a separate bowl, whisk dry donut ingredients. Add dry into wet ingredients and stir to combine.
- Fill well greased donut baking pan with batter. Bake for about 10-12 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool for several minutes before removing from pan and transferring to cooling rack.
- While cooling, whisk together glaze ingredients.
- Once donuts are cool, dip each into the glaze and sprinkle with toppings. Allow to set for a 10-15 minutes before serving.
Notes
My favorite trick is to use an icing bag to form the donuts nicely in the donut pan. I have the photos shown above. Place the bag in a glass and pour the batter in. Then cut the tip off and squeeze the batter into the donut pan. This makes for much less mess.
Make sure the donuts are fully and completely cooled before glazing. Trust me on this one. Also, you can, and it is advised to dip the donuts twice or dunk them completely in the glaze so that the entire donut is covered. I mean, the more glaze, the better!
Grease the donut pan very well. You want to make sure the center part is greased as well. No one wants only half the donut coming out of the pan!
No donut pan? Make mini muffins and glaze them!
Nutrition
Calories: 158kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 110mg | Potassium: 110mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 40IU | Vitamin C: 0.001mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg