Quest Samoa-Inspired Protein Donuts
Makes 10 mini donuts.
Servings: 10 mini donuts
Calories: 80kcal
Ingredients
Donut base:
- ½ cup vanilla Quest protein powder 36g
- ½ teaspoon baking powder 2.5ml
- 1 teaspoon alcohol-free vanilla extract 5ml
- 2 large egg whites 66g
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil melted (14g or 15ml)
Caramel layer:
- ½ Coconut Cashew Quest Bar
- 1 medjool date pitted and soaked in filtered water to soften (24g)
- 1 tablespoon of date water water used to soak the date (15ml)
Coconut topping:
- 1 large egg white 33g
- ½ teaspoon alcohol-free vanilla extract 2.5ml
- 1 ½ tablespoons vanilla Quest protein powder 7g
- 1 teaspoon confectioners style erythritol 5ml
- ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut 30g
Chocolate drizzle:
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil melted (14g or 15ml)
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder 6g
- ½ teaspoon confectioners style erythritol 2.5ml
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F (163C).
- Start to make the donut base by mixing together the protein and baking powders.
- Add vanilla, egg whites, and coconut oil. Mix well.
- Pour batter into a ziplock bag, seal the bag, and cut a corner off. Pipe batter into a silicone mini donut pan. (This will be cleaner than trying to spoon the batter into the pan.) Set pan aside.
- Heat the caramel layer ingredients over a low flame. Continue to stir until the Quest bar has melted, and the date has broken up. Turn off flame, and set aside.
- Begin the coconut topping by beating the egg white until stiff.
- Gently whisk in the vanilla, protein powder, and sweetener.
- Fold in the shredded coconut.
- Spoon this mixture into another ziplock, cut off the corner, and set aside.
- Gently spoon the caramel layer over the donut batter.
- Pipe the coconut topping over the caramel layer.
- Bake for 10 minutes, and check to see if the donut base is cooked (stick a toothpick in the base layer from the side) and the coconut topping begins to brown. If not ready, check every 1-2 minutes.
- Remove from oven, and let cool.
- Mix chocolate ingredients, and drizzle over cooled donuts.
- Enjoy!
Notes
A note about substitutions: The Quest powder is a whey/casein blend, and casein bakes very differently than whey. If you want to replace this in the donut base with all whey, you'll need to add about 2 tablespoons coconut flour or 3-4 tablespoons oat flour. In the coconut topping you'd need to add 1 teaspoon coconut flour or 2 teaspoons oat flour.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 80kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 4g | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g