Baked Carrot Cake Donuts with Cream Cheese Glaze
- For the donuts:
- 1¼ cup whole wheat flour
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup grated carrots
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ¼ cup almond milk
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- ¼ cup applesauce
- For the glaze:
- 4 oz ⅓ fat cream cheese, room temperature (or place in microwave 10-15 seconds)
- 2 tbsp almond milk
- ¼ cup powdered sugar, sifted
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a donut pan.
- Combine dry ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine.
- Add in Greek yogurt, vanilla, almond milk, and applesauce, and stir to combine well.
- Add in carrots and walnuts and fold in to mix well.
- Using a spoon, spoon mixture into each donut round in the pan, filling it to the top.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean.
- For the glaze, simply mix the cream cheese, sugar and milk together until smooth.
I bought pre-shredded carrots and pulsed them in a food processor. Additionally, I bought chopped walnuts and did the same with them.
Recipe by the blissful balance at http://theblissfulbalance.com/baked-carrot-cake-donuts/
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