I was in the mood for a cinnamon roll so I used my protein donut recipe as the base to create a cinnamon roll style donut. These donuts have a nice sweet and slightly spicy cinnamon taste with an out of this world honey cinnamon glaze-yummmm!! They are very figure friendly and more filling because they have a nice amount of protein in them unlike regular cinnamon rolls lol! This recipe is super quick and you can make it in a muffin pan if you do not have a donut pan and do not want to purchase one. Donut pans are very affordable though-less than $10 and easily found at Walmart, Target, Jo Ann fabrics, Michaels so you might want to invest in one. This recipe does require casein protein powder. Quite a few of my recipes use casein because it is a really great protein to cook with so if you buy a tub of it then you can use it for several different recipes I have in my recipe archive 🙂 I promise it is worth the investment!! There are many affordable brands you can buy online for great prices or in stores such as Vitamin Shop or GNC.
Ingredients:
1 cup (3 scoops) casein protein powder (you must use 100% casein or it will not come out right!!)
1.5 teaspoon baking powder
1-2 teaspoons stevia (or another zero calorie sweetener of choice suitable for baking)
1 heaping teaspoon ground cinnamon (not pictured)
2.5 tablespoons unrefined, virgin coconut oil (melted)
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4-1 cup unsweetened almond or coconut milk (vanilla preferred)
1/3 cup liquid egg whites (or 2 egg whites form eggs)
Glaze Ingredients:
1 tablespoon coconut butter or manna (you can buy this in single serve packets in some stores if you don’t want to buy a whole jar or you can even make it yourself see link here http://www.mygutsy.com/how-to-make-coconut-butter/ This is different from coconut oil because it is ground up coconut. You can omit is desired but it really helps make this glaze amazing!)
1 tablespoon honey
cinnamon for sprinkling
Preheat oven to 350.
Spray a 6 count donut pan (or muffin tin) generously with nonstick spray. Set aside.
Mix dry ingredients in bowl (first 4 listed).
Mix coconut oil and vanilla together then pour into dry ingredients and whisk then add egg whites to mix. Start with 3/4 cup of milk. Mixture should be very thick like picture below. Add a little more milk if necessary.
Evenly disperse mixture between the donut pan and press and pat dough down to smooth.
Bake for 25 minutes or so. They will feel dry and a little too crunchy (they will soften as they cool though!). Flip them out onto a piece of wax paper, tin foil, or cooling rack.
Make glaze by heating up honey and coconut manna for 15-20 seconds in microwave then whisking. Drizzle over donuts and sprinkle with cinnamon. Enjoy!!
Makes 6 cinnamon roll donuts
Per glazed donut
152 calories
9 grams fat
4 grams carbs
0 grams fiber
13 grams protein
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