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Donuts: 3 creator recipes compared

Most use egg, olive oil and cinnamon. Some add white flour or donut dough.

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Times are estimated preparation and cooking; chilling or resting is extra. Updated 6 November 2026.

Healthier Apple and Chocolate Donuts by Recetas, a frame from the Instagram video

Make this one first.

We put the most-saved version first: Recetas’s. Apple‑infused donuts are naturally sweetened by fruit and topped with a glossy dark‑chocolate glaze. Moist, juicy, and lightly spiced with cinnamon, they make a healthier treat for breakfast or an afternoon snack.

Healthier Apple and Chocolate Donuts from Recetas’s Instagram video

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Healthier Apple and Chocolate Donuts

Recipe from Recetas, from their Instagram videoWritten down by ReelsMeals from the caption and voiceover.

  • 35 min
  • Serves 8
  • 9 ingredients
  • Oven

The only one of the 3 with apples, oat flour, baking powder and unsweetened dark chocolate.

Ingredients

  • 2eggs
  • 2apples
  • 3 tbspolive oil or melted coconut oil
  • 70 goat flour
  • 1/2baking powder
  • 1/2 tspcinnamon
  • a pinchsalt
  • unsweetened dark chocolate
  • chopped nuts

How it goes

  1. Peel and dice the apples, place them in a microwave‑safe bowl, cover and microwave for about 10 minutes until soft; then mash and let cool.

  2. Combine the apple puree with the eggs and the oil (melt the coconut oil first if using).

  3. Stir in the oat flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt, mixing until just incorporated.

  4. Spoon the batter into donut molds and bake for 20 minutes at 180 °C in a pre‑heated oven. Cool before removing from the molds.

  5. Melt the dark chocolate, dip the top of each donut in the chocolate, and sprinkle with chopped nuts. Let the coating set on a rack.

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From each creator’s recipe as we saved it. Time is the estimated preparation and cooking time; chilling is extra where they say so. Ingredient counts include everything on the list.

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3 donuts recipes compared by estimated time, servings, ingredients, method and what only that version uses. Recetas’s, the one to make first, is highlighted.
VersionTime (est.)ServesIngredientsMethodOnly this one uses
Healthier Apple and Chocolate DonutsRecetas · make this one first35 min89Oven, Microwaveapples, oat flour, baking powder and unsweetened dark chocolate
Healthy Breakfast Blueberry DonutsJamie Oliver35 min413Simmered, Blenderwhite flour, wholemeal flour, almonds and medjool dates
DonutsFemale Foodie1 hr 30 min123Not clear from the stepsdonut dough and glaze

What they share.

  • 2 of 3use egg. Female Foodie’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use olive oil. Female Foodie’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use cinnamon. Female Foodie’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use nuts. Jamie Oliver’s version leaves it out.

Counted from each version’s ingredient list. Salt, pepper, oil and water are left out, and names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken.

Where they differ.

  • How they cook it

    Only Recetas uses the oven. Only Recetas uses the microwave. Only Jamie Oliver simmers, poaches or braises. Only Jamie Oliver uses a blender.

  • Something only one of them uses

    Recetas is the only one to use apples, oat flour, baking powder and unsweetened dark chocolate. Jamie Oliver is the only one to use white flour, wholemeal flour, almonds and medjool dates. Female Foodie is the only one to use donut dough and glaze.

  • Time and list length

    Recetas takes the least time (35 min); Female Foodie the most (1 hr 30 min). Female Foodie uses the shortest ingredient list (3); Jamie Oliver the longest (13).

All 3, with their videos.

Each one opens as a full recipe with the creator credited and the original video linked.

How this comparison works.

Every recipe here comes from a creator’s own video. ReelsMeals writes it down from the caption and the voiceover, and publishes it with the creator named and the original linked. When three or more versions of a dish from at least two creators are saved, the dish gets a page like this one. Reposts and the same video saved twice count once.

Times and servings come from the saved recipe cards and may be estimated. Ingredient names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken. We don’t rank them by taste: the version shown first is the one ReelsMeals cooks have saved most. Last updated 6 November 2026.

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