Orange Baked Donuts with Vanilla Creme Frosting (egg free)

and...

chocolate chip too :)

Are they not just the cutest little things?

Number One specifically asked for mini donuts this weekend, and of course, I obliged.  Because I'm the most awesomest mom.  Until I made her go clean her room, but that's a different story. (filled with lots of yelling, tears and drama. ugh.) You'd think I was asking her to clean the toilet with her toothbrush or something.  All I want is for her (her being almost 10) to pick her clothes up off the floor, hang up the clean ones, put the dirty ones in the laundry basket, and put away her toys.  Is that too much to ask? I think not.  But it's a battle all the same.

If you don't have a donut pan, you should go get one!  They are so much fun!  Store bought donuts should never pass the threshold of your mouth.  Not that I'm trying to tell you what to eat or anything (I totally am), but just check out the nutritional label on the little mini powdered sugar donuts that kids love so much. Hor-ri-ble. 

Anyway, you should make these little things.  They are adorable for one.  They look like a donut so your kids will eat them for two.  And third...well, I don't have a third thing.  The fact that my kids feel like they are getting a treat, while actually eating a much healthier alternative is reason enough for me to make them!  Not to mention that my little man can't have store bought donuts, so he really enjoyed these. 
And there are so many possibilities....

Orange Baked Donuts with Vanilla Creme Frosting

Adapted from Little Corner of Mine's Chocolate Glazed Baked Donuts

1 cup all-purpose flour *I used 1/2 cup whole wheat and 1/2 cup cake flour

1/3 cup sugar *I used 1/4 cup sugar b/c of sugar in yogurt

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 egg *1 T. vinegar, 1 T. water and 1 t. baking powder for egg replacement

1 tub (6 oz/170 gm ) vanilla yogurt *I used 6 oz. of Yoplait Fat Free Orange Creme Yogurt

1 tablespoon canola oil olive oil

1 tablespoon milk *I used orange juice

1 tsp orange zest **this would have been a great addition and added to the orange flavor, but I was all out of oranges :(

For half the batter, I added some mini chocolate chips.

Directions

In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients. Whisk together.

In another bowl, mix together wet ingredients.

Make a "well" in the center of dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients. Whisk until combined. Use a spoon and fill the greased donut pan.

Bake at 400'F for abt 7 minutes (for mini donuts). Remove and let cool completely on wire rack.

For the Vanilla Creme frosting - I used 1/2 cup powdered sugar and abt 1 T. sugar free French Vanilla International Delight coffee creamer.

A Rainbow of Happiness :D

These taste like....cake.  Little bites of cake for breakfast!  They are not heavy and dense like a cake doughnut, but good all the same.  Of course, they may have tasted or had a little different texture once they cooled, but...they didn't last that long. Since I'm not a huge fan of vanilla, I preferred the unfrosted minis with the chocolate chips!  As I said, the possibilities are endless.  You can make so many flavor combinations!  I know I will be experimenting with a lot more varieties.

 

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and

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