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.
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.
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
Stephanie
Funny, I was thinking of making baked donuts this weekend! Thanks.
Tiffany @foodfinery
Yimmy Barbara! Ooh goodness these are right up my alley!
Marla
The fact that these are lemon & baked make them even more fabulous!
kabamaiga
Here they are
http://stokolorowkuchni.blox.pl/2012/01/Pieczone-donuty-cytrynowe.html
Joyce Cooper
These look amazing – thansk!
Ambika
Wow! Have never made baked donuts before. Will try these very soon, loved your photography!!
kabamaiga
Is it possible to bake them without the donut pan? If yes, how?
Barbara
Of course. You could bake them in a muffin tin. You’ll need to increase the bake time because the donuts bake very quickly. Hope you enjoy them!
Kitchen Belleicious
oh i so wish i was having one of these right now! i love the lemon flavor added to them
Yudith @ Blissfully Delicious
I have been seeing tons of baked doughnuts recipe, I need to try this soon! Thanks for sharing 🙂 Yours looks mouthwatering!
Ruth
I have never tried baked donuts!
A healthy alternative for donuts – sign me up!
I love lemon drizzle cake, I love donuts so how could these not be great?
Jerri
Oh my! These look yummy! I wish my husband was a fan of lemon so I could make more lemon desserts!
Dezire
I had some Greek yogurt left over that I wanted to use up, and did a search for recipes. I’m so glad I found your website. I made a batch last night to have for breakfast this morning, even had a plate to bring over to my Friend. Well I wasn’t feeling well this morning (21 weeks pregnant) so I didn’t get any. I hear they were really good though my house of picky eaters ate them all.
Barbara
Hi Dezire! I’m so glad you found me too. Congratulations on the baby on the way. I hope you’re feeling better. So glad to hear that your picky eaters gobbled up the donuts. You’ll have to make another batch when you’re feeling better so you get to try them too. Thanks for taking the time to let me know you made them!
Maria
Lemon and donuts-Josh’s dream:)
Claire @ Claire K Creations
You have seriously got me convinced that I need a doughnut baking tray. I can’t wait to get one so I can whip up your doughnut recipes!
Dahlia Owen
I’m actually hungry right now because of those mouth-watering doughnuts. I haven’t tried making doughnuts at home. I would just normally buy them at the store. What’s your favorite kind of commercial doughnut? In my case, I like the Krispy Kreme. It’s really popular here and people are going gaga over it.
Thanks for the cooking tips! Can’t wait for more.
-Dahlia
Barbara
I’ve waited in line for hot Krispy Kremes and they are light and heavenly. My favorite though is a local chocolate cake donut with chocolate icing from Dunford Donuts. Their bakery is only a few miles from my house. Dangerous! Thanks!
teresa
baked and lemon?! two great things working for these donuts!
Angie@Angie's Recipes
They look so lovely, esp. with the drizzled tangy lemon icing.
Blond Duck
Love the idea of baked donuts!
Katy
Baked. Lemon. Donuts. You have completely won me over!!!
Deeps @ Naughty Curry
first time im hearing of baked donut & love the idea! these look so soft & fluffy 🙂