Donuts are all rage in the blog world right now. How about a gluten free vegan donut for those of us with restrictions? Or if pumpkin is more your jam, my gluten free pumpkin donuts are a crowd pleaser!
Don’t get me wrong…I love me a fresh, hot, fried piece of dough…but health reasons win out: a once a year treat (or less)!
With nutrient dense lunchbox fillers hot on MY mind, I figured these would be a hit. After all…what really gets kids excited about their lunchboxes?
Is it mom’s stellar gourmet cooking with just the right marriage of flavors and textures?
HA! My kids have no clue that mom is a pretty good cook and frankly, could CARE LESS!! In other words:
They want excitement!
They want sprinkles!
They want frosting!!
So it is my job to figure out how to give them these things without feeding them unhealthy foods in the process. These fit the bill in our house.
A bit of novelty and whimsy go a long way in a lunchbox….enter cute little donut shapes the perfect size for little hands! I promptly purchased my own donut pan for $12 on amazon.
This morning, was the pilot…and it was VERY successful! My kids didn’t have to know that I snuck all sorts of goodies into the dough and NO refined sugars (minus the topping). So have fun, I know I did!
Vegan gluten free donuts topping ideas:
- I proved a traditional vanilla glaze used in the pictures in the recipe card below!
- Cinnamon & sugar I also use. Simply dip the top of the baked donut into melted butter or coconut oil and sprinkle with a cinnamon and sugar! We like lots of cinnamon!
- Maple glaze: Simply follow the direction for the vanilla glaze, just replace the milk with maple syrup!
- Maple bar glaze: try the glaze in this recipe!
- Chocolate glaze: just a couple of ingredients!
How do I make these without a donut pan?
These make great little mini muffins, just like baked donut holes! They bake in the oven for about 12-15 minutes.
Additional kid-friendly gluten free breakfast ideas:
- My gluten free zucchini pancakes are made the convenience of your blender and use up some of that zucchini that proliferates in the summer!
- Baked breakfast pizza if so easy to make and incredibly yummy!
- Nutrient dense and satisfying, my paleo oatmeal is a creamy bowl of maple goodness!
- Smoothies can be a rapid fire way to enjoy a healthy and satisfying meal on busy mornings, and my green mango smoothie is a winner!
- Cassava flour pancakes look yumm-o!
- How about some gluten free cinnamon rolls? Or I have an egg free gluten free pumpkin cinnamon roll recipe too!
- How about these adorable Easter donuts?!
Gluten Free Vegan Donuts Recipe:
If you try these donuts, be sure to report back and leave a comment! I love hearing about people trying my recipes!
Gluten Free Vegan Cake Donuts
Ingredients
DRY
- 1 cup almond flour
- 3/4 cup cassava flour
- 1/2 cup tapioca starch
- 1/2 cup collagen optional. Not vegan. Use code 'tessa10' for 10% off any order
- 1/4 cup golden flax meal regular OK too
- 1/2 cup palm sugar or cane sugar, or more if you like them sweeter
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon guar gum or xanthan gum
WET
- 1/2 cup avocado oil coconut oil, or favorite vegan butter
- 1/2 cup vegan yogurt or sour cream. I used So Delicious plain yogurt
- 1/2 cup applesauce or 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
OPTIONAL ADD IN'S
- cinnamon dark chocolate chips
Vanilla Glaze
- 1 cup corn free powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons vegan butter melted, OR butter flavored coconut oil, or any butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch sea salt optional
- 1-2 tablespoons almond milk or any favorite milk.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, lightly grease the donut pan (s).
- Mix all wet ingredients in the bowl of a mixer.
- Add in the dry ingredients together.
- Use a spoon to fill each individual donut shape, or use a 1.5 tablespoon cookie scoop to fill a mini muffin pan. Additionally, you could scrape all the gooey dough in to a Ziploc bag, seal it up, snip a corner off and squeeze the batter thru like a pastry bag.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes for mini muffins until just done. and no longer gooey on top. Mini donuts only take about 8 minutes. Large donuts take 10-12.
- Let cool a couple of minutes and invert on a cooling rack to avoid a soggy bottom.
- Top with powdered sugar, a cinnamon & sugar mix, or the above vanilla glaze. Additional topping options included in post above.
Notes
Nutrition
These were delicious! I used millet flour instead of oat as i’m not sure i can eat oats, and used cinnamon and dried cranberries as add ins and they came out wonderfully! I baked them for around 18 mins as i cooked them in a full-sized donut tray and i wanted to make sure they cooked through.
Very excited to eat these for breakfast for the next week 😀
Thanks Jamila!!So glad you enjoyed them!
My family loved these. I appreciated you sneaking so many good things into the recipe: oat flour, coconut sugar, chia seeds. I used both a donut pan and my muffin top pan. I think next time I will let the batter sit a bit more before forming the donuts; I found that the longer it sat, the easier it was to form them. Thanks!
thanks kelly!
Hey Tessa! These are amazing and I’m going to feature them on Healthy Vegan Friday tomorrow 🙂
Thank you Gabby!!
These look amazing. I got a donut pan, but need to use it more! Now I have a great recipe! YUM Thanks for linking up at our Gluten Free Fridays recipe party! I have tweeted and pinned your entry to our Gluten Free Fridays board on Pinterest! 🙂 We are building a great set of gluten free recipes so far! Its making my meal planning easy 🙂 How about yours? See you next Friday! Cindy from vegetarianmamma.com
@Julie: definitely not! the gums help mimic the texture of gluten when there is none, you can enjoy all that lovely texture with wheat flour alone! I would recommend whole wheat pastry flour!
if you use wheat flour do you need the guar gum? Thanks. Looks like a great recipe!
Iana…I misspelled your name, sorry!
Iiana, I would use more chia or flax meal, or 2 tablespoons more flour of your choice! Good luck!
Could I use something else than almond meal. My son is allergic to nuts. I would love to make these for him.
Thanks for coming to the party! These donuts are generating a lot of views… everyone seems to be in a sweet mood this week 🙂