Name: Clean Eating Protein Donuts
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8 donuts
Ingredients: 1 cup almond meal; 1/2 cup oat flour; 1/2 cup protein powder; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 2 eggs; 3 tbsp honey; 4 tbsp coconut oil, melted; 1/2 cup almond milk; 4 tbsp nut butter (optional, to use as frosting)

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Clean Eating Protein Donuts are an easy, high protein treat. Made with simple ingredients, they’re gluten and dairy free while being totally delicious!

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These Clean Eating Protein Donuts are perfect for people who have a serious sweet tooth but want to eat healthy. They’re made with minimal ingredients like protein powder, oat flour and almond meal. Plus they have a delicious nut butter ‘frosting’ and even some sprinkles for good measure!

As I’m sure you all know, donuts are loaded with refined sugar and fat (not the good kind). So what’s a girl to do? Simple… swap out the frying for baking, the sugar with honey, the flour with protein powder… and a few other tweaks. Easy, and delicious!

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Helpful Tips for Making Clean Eating Protein Donuts:

These donuts come out the best when you use whey protein powder. I used this Vanilla Whey Protein Powder. They come out perfectly moist, and I don’t think they have that protein-y taste.
To make vegan: I used a plant based protein powder. This NOW Foods Vanilla Plant Protein worked great, but the donuts came out a little bumpy on top, rather than being smooth. See photo below. I think these also tasted great, but they do have a little bit of a protein like taste. Sub 1 egg for a flax egg and swap honey with maple syrup
My favorite protein powder is this Egg White Protein Powder. It’s affordable, and only has one ingredient – egg whites! When I tried this the first time, they came out too dry. I would recommend adding 2 extra tablespoons of oil for best results.

I also have tested these with a few different flavor combos that are DELISH! You can use the recipe as a base and sub ingredients to make these flavors:

Blueberry Pie: Vanilla Whey Protein, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoon ginger, 1/2 cup blueberries (add at the end and just push into the tops of the donuts) Frosting: Cake Batter Coconut Butter
Apple Spice: Vanilla Whey Protein, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon ginger, pinch of cloves, 1/2 cup finely chopped apples (add apples at the end and just press into the tops of the donuts Frosting: Cashew Coconut Butter
Mocha: Vanilla Whey Protein, 1/2 tablespoon finely ground espresso, 1/4 cup finely chopped dark chocolate. Frosting: Dark Chocolate Coconut Butter
Chocolate Peanut Butter: Chocolate Peanut Butter Whey Protein, 1/3 cup finely chopped dark chocolate Frosting: Dark Chocolate Coconut Butter

Now.. who’s ready to make some donuts??

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One of my favorite things about this recipe is that you can get so creative with it. You can use whatever protein powder flavor you’d like, and throw in your favorite add ins (fruit, chocolate chips, nuts, etc). The possibilities are basically endless! I hope you love this healthy treat as much as we do!

Things we used for this recipe:

donut pan
almond meal
oat flour
baking soda
baking powder
Vanilla Protein Powder
honey
coconut oil
coconut butter or Strawberry Pecan Butter (For frosting)