Healthy donuts with only 154 calories per piece (with frosting) and 6 g protein! Different frosting recipes: caramel, chocolate and white frosting for a great low fat snack.
Turn on the oven to reach 180C (or 356F) before you put healthy donuts inside.*
Mix 1 egg, 30 g maple syrup, pinch of salt, 1 tsp vanilla sugar, 1 tbsp vegetable oil. Add 250 g of quark cheese and mix everything.
The quark cheese has different consistency depending on the country. If your quark cheese has grainy structure, then add 30g of sour cream. If your quark cheese is more like paste or joghurt, you don’t need to add anything.
In a separate bowl add 200 g whole wheat flour and 1 tsp baking powder. Stir and add everything to a wet mixture. Do not add all the dry mixture at once, add ⅓ and mix, then again 1/3 , mix and then add the rest.
Knead everything to a smooth dough. Cut into 12 pieces and form round balls. Create holes in the donuts and place them into a baking tray. Bake them at 180 C or 356 F for 25 minutes.*
Chocolate frosting
Break chocolate into pieces and put it into the bowl. You can melt chocolate in the microwave or over the pan with boiling water. If you are melting chocolate in the microwave, put a bowl into the microwave and microwave in 20 seconds increments till the chocolate is melted.
You can also melt it over the pan with boiling water. Heat the water in a pan and place a bowl with chocolate pieces over it. Once 50% of chocolate is melted take a pan from heat and start stirring yourself. The rest of the chocolate will melt, because it is already covered with hot melted chocolate. Do not leave it on the heating until it melts completely ´- the chocolate can become lumpy.
White icing
Sieve powdered sugar and start adding cold boiled water. Do not add everything at once! Add a little bit and mix properly. Keep adding a little bit of water till you have white creamy structure.
Caramel frosting
Melt coconut oil and add maple syrup. Mix well and add almond butter and a pinch of salt.