Lunch: Sour Cream Doughnuts Recipe | MyRecipes

Recipe by Sidney Fry, MS, RD The doughnut pan is a must. This $10 investment is worth a lifetime of healthier, oven-baked doughnuts. Find them at various kitchen stores or at amazon.com.

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Cinnamon

Health benefits of Sour Cream Doughnuts Recipe | MyRecipes

Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060).

Ingredients

1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 large egg
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon light sour cream, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5.6 ounces whole-wheat pastry flour (about 1 1/4 cups)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Baking spray with flour
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
2 tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 °.
Place brown sugar, granulated sugar, and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 3 minutes). Add egg, beating well. Beat in 1/2 cup sour cream and vanilla. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon, stirring well with a whisk. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat at low speed just until combined.
Spoon batter into a large zip-top plastic bag. Snip a small hole in 1 bottom corner of bag; pipe batter evenly into 10 doughnut cups coated with baking spray, filling about two-thirds full. Bake at 375 ° for 14 to 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
Combine powdered sugar and remaining 1 tablespoon sour cream in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk until smooth. Drizzle evenly over doughnuts. Sprinkle evenly with nuts.