A light, fluffy baked lemon donut drizzled with a tart lemon glaze. Made with whole wheat flour and lemon Greek yogurt makes me feel better about indulging in donuts in the morning.
Kelley turned me on to the Chobani Lemon Greek Yogurt, tart but so creamy, smooth and delicious. With twice the protein of regular yogurt, I decided it would make a great ingredient for a baked lemon donut. I found a Baked Lemon Donut recipe, Chef Meg’s Light Lemon-Blueberry Doughnuts, on Shape.com that I adapted to create these donuts.
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I was really surprised how light and fluffy these donuts baked up, even using whole wheat flour. My husband would have liked the donut to have an even more intense lemon flavor, so next time I’d substitute some of the milk with a bit of lemon juice, or maybe even a little lemon extract would kick it up a notch.
I’ve been seeing lots of baked donut recipes on line lately. I don’t know if there’s been more of them, or if I’m just noticing them more. I hope you’re enjoying them as much as I am because I’m just a little obsessed with them right now. Over the weekend I turned our favorite banana muffins in to fun banana cinnamon chip donuts.
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Baked Lemon Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup whole-wheat flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 6 oz container Chobani lemon Greek yogurt
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- ⅓ cup milk
- zest of one lemon
Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- juice of one lemon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325º. Lightly grease two 6 count donut pans with cooking spray or vegetable oil.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together egg, yogurt, oil, milk and lemon zest. Add to dry ingredients and stir just until combined.
- Divide batter evenly into 12 donut cups, filling each about half full. (Use a pastry bag or plastic bag with corner cut out to make filling the cups easier.)
- Bake for 10-15 minutes, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool for a few minutes in the pans.
- Whisk together powdered sugar and lemon juice to create a thin glaze.
- Remove donuts from pans and drizzle glaze on warm donuts. Cool on a wire rack.
More baked donut recipes:
Baked Orange Hard Wheat & Olive Oil Donuts, Farmgirl Gourmet
Peanut Butter Cake Donuts, Living in the Kitchen with Puppies
Strawberry Banana Doughnuts, Cafe Terra Blog
Pumpkin Spice Glazed Donut Holes, Burnt Apple
Eggnog Cranberry Donuts, Sugar & Spice and All Things Iced
Juliana
Anything lemon attracts me…your lemon donuts are not different, looks great especially drizzled with more lemon 🙂
Have a great week Barbara!
Erin @ Texanerin Baking
Wow. I only found you about a week ago and already a second baked donut recipe. I like that. A lot. 🙂
I got so excited when I saw baked lemon donuts pop up in my Google Reader. And they use whole wheat? Oh boy. This is the fourth baked donut recipe I’ve added to my must-bake-ASAP list in the last week so I guess I’m going baked donut crazy. I can’t wait to make them!
I also admire the bottle you got from your family. I bet your grandfather would have never imagined that people would be marvelling at his milk bottles!
Mercedes
You’ve got me again with your amazing donuts! I love Chobani yogurt! It’s by far my favorite greek yogurt that I have tried. I haven’t tried the lemon yet, but these look the perfect reason to buy some!
Mimi
Your donut look wonderful. I have tried baked donuts before, but was disappointed by the texture, I need to revisit them.
Mimi
Hotly Spiced
What a beautiful milk bottle! Now where would you get one of those retro looking things? And I love the look of your donuts. What a great treat for hungry children (adults even!).
Barbara
Thanks! My grandfather owned Snow Dairy in Springville, Utah, and at a recent family reunion my sweet cousin filled the bottles with flowers for table decorations and let everyone take some bottles home.
beti
they do look really fluffy and perfect! I would love to have them with a cup of coffee
Holly @ Life as a Lofthouse
I LOVE how you use whole wheat flour and greek yogurt in these fabulous doughnuts! My Mom gave me a mini-doughnut pan for Christmas, so maybe I’ll have to try these in the mini version! 🙂
Baltic Maid
These doughnuts look amazing. I haven’t tried baked doughnuts yet but your pictures make me want one right now.
Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos
YUM! These look fabulous. Lemon is one of my favorite flavors, yogurt sounds like a great addition!
Dana @ Cooking at Cafe D
Those look amazing!
I need a donut pan. Pinned these so I remember.
The addition of greek yogurt is a great idea.
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Annalise
Yum! I love that these are lemon flavored. I actually posted a doughnut recipe today too, though there is absolutely nothing healthy about mine. Next I want to try a lighter baked recipe, going to keep this one in mind!
Rocky Mountain Woman
These look perfect! I love the flavor combo and have never made any kind of donuts, but may have to start with these….
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl
These look great–and are enticing me to get my donut pan out and put it to use. Think I might just have to do that this weekend! Great pictures, as always.
Chef Danielle @ Cooking Clarified
Maybe doughnuts are the new cupcake! These look delish!
Rosa
Lovely looking! I love that flavor. I really have to buy one of those baked doughnut pans…
Cheers,
Rosa
Jenny Flake
These look so pretty Barbara!! I love lemon treats!
Cassie
I love the tartness of lemon. Perfect for donuts…the texture of these looks dreamy!
sue
Oh yum, I have to try this.
Sarah, Maison Cupcake
These look wonderful, I’ve never made my own doughnuts. I especially like that fabulous glass bottle of milk to go with it!
Barbara
Thanks! My grandfather owned Snow Dairy in Springville, Utah, and at a recent family reunion my sweet cousin brought the bottles for table decorations and let everyone take some bottles home.
Pru @ Perfecting Pru
These look really, really good. Now I fancy a donut. Have never tried a baked donut before, is it just like cake?
Barbara
Thanks Pru! Some of the baked donuts I’ve made have had the texture of a muffin, these were perhaps a little more sponge cake like. Although, I’m still not sure where the line is between cake and muffins. 🙂