Name: Healthier Lemon Poppy Seed Donuts
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Cooking spray -; Granulated sugar substitute (such as Swerve®) - ½ cup; Lemon zest (Optional) - 2 teaspoons; Egg, at room temperature - 1 large; Unsalted butter, melted - 2 ½ tablespoons; Freshly squeezed lemon juice - 1 tablespoon; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Lemon extract - ½ teaspoon; Almond milk, at room temperature - ½ cup; All-purpose flour - 1 ¼ cups; Baking powder - 1 ¼ teaspoons; Salt - ¼ teaspoon; Poppy seeds - 2 tablespoons; Powdered sugar substitute (such as Swerve®) - 1 ¼ cups; Freshly squeezed lemon juice - 1 tablespoon; Almond milk, at room temperature - 1 tablespoon; Lemon zest (Optional) - 1 teaspoon; Vanilla extract - ¼ teaspoon; Salt - ⅛ teaspoon

Ingredients for - Healthier Lemon Poppy Seed Donuts

1. Cooking spray

2. Granulated sugar substitute (such as Swerve®) ½ cup

3. Lemon zest (Optional) 2 teaspoons

4. Egg, at room temperature 1 large

5. Unsalted butter, melted 2 ½ tablespoons

6. Freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 tablespoon

7. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

8. Lemon extract ½ teaspoon

9. Almond milk, at room temperature ½ cup

10. All-purpose flour 1 ¼ cups

11. Baking powder 1 ¼ teaspoons

12. Salt ¼ teaspoon

13. Poppy seeds 2 tablespoons

14. Powdered sugar substitute (such as Swerve®) 1 ¼ cups

15. Freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 tablespoon

16. Almond milk, at room temperature 1 tablespoon

17. Lemon zest (Optional) 1 teaspoon

18. Vanilla extract ¼ teaspoon

19. Salt ⅛ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Healthier Lemon Poppy Seed Donuts

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 2 donut pans with nonstick cooking spray.

2 . Stage

Place granulated sugar substitute and lemon zest in a bowl. Mix until zest is fully coated with sugar. Add egg, butter, lemon juice, vanilla, and lemon extract. Add almond milk and mix until well incorporated.

3 . Stage

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add to the sugar mixture. Fold in poppy seeds. Divide the batter evenly among the donut pans.

4 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into a donut comes out clean, 10 to 12 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Remove from the pans and cool completely.

5 . Stage

While the donuts cool, make the icing. Mix powder sugar substitute, lemon juice, almond milk, lemon zest, vanilla, and salt together in a bowl. Set a rack over a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Dip donuts into the icing and place on the rack until glaze sets, 2 to 3 minutes.