I’ve been wanting to make some donuts again for a good long while now, and while the day ahead is going to be crazy busy - I took the time this morning to whip up these delicious Baked Strawberry Donuts! To really back in the strawberry goodness, I took out all the stops. The cake part of the donut has a homemade strawberry puree mixed right in. And the frosting? Ooooh… the frosting.

The frosting is made with freeze-dried strawberries and is LOADED with strawberry flavor. The secret is in the dried strawberries, I swear! I decided to finish the donuts off with some sweet little heart shaped sprinkles annnd… as you can see, they’re pretty damn cute!

To lighten these donuts up and make them more health conscious, I used a whole wheat white flour and subbed out sugar for an all natural sweetener. I also made my own strawberry puree in just a few minutes time to load the batter of the donuts up with as much strawberry goodness as I could manage.

Other than that, these are standard baked donuts with just a few minor adjustments.

I can honestly say that I wasn’t ashamed at all to eat 2 - yes TWO of these donuts for breakfast this morning with a giant bowl of fruit on the side.

I used a heart shaped donut pan to make these and I ended up with 9 donuts in all, but a different shaped or sized pan may yield you a different amount. The heart shaped pan is my favorite one, and I thought the heart shaped sprinkles went well with it for a nod to Valentine’s Day as it nears!

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Nutritional Claims: Low Sodium • Sugar Conscious • Low Potassium • Kidney Friendly • Vegetarian • Pescatarian • Peanut Free • Soy Free • Fish Free • Shellfish Free • Pork Free • Red Meat Free • Crustacean Free • Celery Free • Mustard Free • Sesame Free • Lupine Free • Mollusk Free • Alcohol Free • No Sugar Added • Kosher