Looking for a fun, healthy and delicious way to start your day? These Baked Oatmeal Donuts for Breakfast are easy to make and packed with nutritious ingredients. Who says’s donuts aren’t healthy?
What is your favourite way to start the day? Cereal, toast, or muffin? Perhaps you are one of those people that skips breakfast altogether? I am guilty of this myself, however, I never start my day without coffee. How about a breakfast banana split? Dessert for breakfast sounds like a plan to me.
Since I was a kid, breakfast just has not been my favourite meal of the day. Perhaps it’s the fact that I am not one of those people who jumps out of bed ready to take on a 10k run. I have to wake up a little more on the slow side (along with at least 2 cups of coffee). Maybe a pumpkin donut might get me out of bed?
I do LOVE pancakes. Have you tried oatmeal pancakes? I often eat these as a snack too.
This is not always the case. Christmas morning is different for example, or any other exciting day. I don’t have to wake up, I usually have been up all night in anticipation of all the fun. These mornings I might make some time to eat (since by now I really need to recharge my battery from lack of sleep).
HAVING BREAKFAST READY
Since school starts next week, busy mornings are back in business. I am all about making things easy. The less stress to deal with the better. Getting things started in the right direction with a focus on nutrition makes for a healthier day.
Baked Oatmeal Donuts for Breakfast gets me interested in eating breakfast. Even if you don’t have time for breakfast, these are perfect for “grab and go” as you run out the door.
One thing I enjoy is oatmeal. When I was a kid mom always had that bag of Quaker Oatmeal in the cupboard. I recall it being the regular oats. Since then, I have graduated my taste buds to the more nutritious old fashioned oats. If I am really in the mood for a nice hot bowl of healthy oats, I will turn to steel cut oats. These seem to elevate oats to a whole new level. Any way you choose, oatmeal is a healthy way to start your day.
BAKED OATMEAL/RAW OATMEAL
Oatmeal is one of those great ingredients that can be incorporated in so many recipes. Baked, cooked or raw, which is your favourite way to enjoy it?
Baked Oatmeal Casserole and Nutritious Oatmeal Pancakes are great ways to get some delicious nutrition into your busy bodies. Both these recipes can be reheated for any weekday morning breakfast.
I love eating oatmeal raw like in my Chocolate Almond Oatmeal recipe. This makes the perfect afternoon snack. When you have healthy and delicious things ready and waiting, grabbing the nutritious things to eat is a whole lot easier.
If you love coffee and a muffin for breakfast, this oatmeal donut recipe is for you. Not only are they more fun to eat, but with the added cranberries, hemp hearts, pumpkin seeds and yogurt, your body will get the needed nourishment to help you get through the day.
Have you made baked donuts before? Hands down my absolute favourite way to enjoy them. If you can bake muffins, you can bake donuts. Besides, if you don’t already have some donut pans, it’s always a great excuse to get more fun kitchen tools. Somehow I never seem to need an excuse, I usually put it down to necessity LOL!
This recipe is so easy. Grab 2 bowls, one for dry ingredients and one for wet. Combine the ingredients together, fill your donut pans and bake. That’s it. Just like making muffins, but in a different shape. I find using a large decorating tip and pastry bag makes filling the pans a little easier, but I have just used a spoon too. This recipe freezes well (if you are lucky to have any leftover).
Make your weekday mornings easy, delicious and fun to eat with these Baked Oatmeal Donuts for Breakfast. Getting started with a nutritious breakfast is easier than you think.
What is your favourite weekday breakfast?
Baked Oatmeal Donuts For Breakfast
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup hemp hearts
- 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup old fashioned oats
- 3 tbsp avocado oil
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup vanilla greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup water
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º F. Spray donut pans with cooking spray.
- Combine greek yogurt and water in a bowl, and set aside.
- Get a large bowl and combine ALL the DRY ingredients.
- Get a smaller bowl and combine ALL the WET ingredients.Add the yogurt/water mixture to this bowl.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, and stir to combine.
- Place your large decorating tip into the piping bag.Fill the piping bag with batter.Pipe into each donut cavity.***NOTE*** If you are not piping the batter, just use a spoon to fill the cavity.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until done. You can check the doneness with a cake tester.
- Remove from oven, let cool slightly and remove donuts from pan onto cooling rack.
- ENJOY!!
Nutrition Information
Notes
Michelle Blackwood
Wow what a healthy spin on breakfast, love donuts for breakfast but the unhealthy kind, love how your recipe has all these healthy ingredients
Homemade & Yummy
These are a fun breakfast treat for sure. Hope you give them a try.
Jolina
I love baking donuts! I grabbed donut pans when they were on sale some months back and have been having so much fun making different kinds of things. These baked oatmeal donuts look so delicious. I typically have my oatmeal in the form of overnight oats but I’d love a donut…who wouldn’t?? Looks like a baked donut is in my near future.
Homemade & Yummy
These are so easy to make, and perfect for on the run too.
Sarah
I love the idea of healthy donuts! These sound great and are a good excuse to buy a donut pan!
Homemade & Yummy
These take the guilt out of donuts for sure.
Helene
Your oatmeal donuts remind me of a south indent breakfast by the looks, whose name I forgot now. They make something similar. Now we should be able to make an effort to start the year well with these babies for breakfast. 🙂
Homemade & Yummy
It is a fun and healthy breakfast for sure.
Andrea
These look GREAT! Like perfect. I am getting all the feels for this. They would be perfect for the fall morning with some tea. YUM.
Homemade & Yummy
These are totally guilt free and delicious.
Luci
These look really tasty. Since they’re oatmeal and have lots of seeds in them they have to be basically nothing so you can eat them all, right?
Homemade & Yummy
They are a guilt free, nutritious and totally delicious way to start you day, not to mention FUN to eat too!!
Stephanie
These were great. I added chia seed and mini chocolate chips and subbed 1/2 cup real maple syrup for the sugar.
Is there any way to make them even healthier? Sub another kind of flour?
Thank you! Kids loved them!
Homemade & Yummy
SO glad you liked them. I’m sure it would work with a gluten free flour blend.
April
These look great! I really need to buy a donut pan. Baked donuts are so much easier to cook and not to mention healthier!
Homemade & Yummy
I love making baked donuts. So fun!!
Constance Smith
These look great! Honestly, I rarely make doughnuts because I hate deep frying. such mess! These look like a better option 😉
Homemade & Yummy
OMG these are so delicious, and nutritious. No quilt here, so feel free to eat 2!!
Daniela
I love oatmeal but would have never thought to put it in doughnuts. What a healthy and delicious breakfast idea!
Homemade & Yummy
I have to agree with you. Hubby is bugging me to make more soon.
Kim @ Three Olives Branch
What a fun idea! There are so many dried fruits and fun foods to add!
Homemade & Yummy
Yes you could for sure play/experiment with this recipe.
Rezel Kealoha
This is a perfect recipe for my daughter to get some good nutrients in. She loves anything in donut form, but I haven’t given her an actual donut yet. Haha.
Homemade & Yummy
This is HEALTHY version…so no guilt here.
Cynthia
I was practicing intermittent fasting until I got pregnant, so now I’m having breakfast first time in the morning! I do appreciate easy breakfast like this, and I’ve been trying to add more oatmeal and healthy cereals into my diet!
Homemade & Yummy
This is a fun and nutritious way to get you going in the morning.
Sarah James @ Tales From The Kitchen Shed
What a great idea for a healthy breakfast, I love oatmeal and I like how you’ve used yoghurt and seeds in the recipe too. I’ve never tried baked doughnuts before, I think it’s time to have a go.
Homemade & Yummy
Baked donuts are so good. Hope you give this recipe a try.
Catherine Brown
I love the use of cranberries and pepitas in the batter! What an excellent idea. and baking them instead of frying certaininly amps up the healthfulness factor! 😉
Homemade & Yummy
Yes a no guilt, nutritious breakfast…you can even eat 2!!
Marie-Pierre Breton
I’m digging this! Love this healthier version of donuts, it feels like years I’ve been on donut break since I have a few to lose but this recipe will bring back the fun! Lovely healthy twist!
Homemade & Yummy
Baked donuts are so good. Since these are healthy and nutritious….not guilt eating them either.
Kristina@thelordandthelady.com
They look like big Cherrios! that is awesome and sounds great, cant wait to get going on these
Homemade & Yummy
They are a fun and nutritious way to start you day.