In the cold and rainy months of winter, it's easy to get a little bored with our food choices. Root veggies and broccoli can only cheer us up so much, right? Enter, the shining star of winter produce: CITRUS! When Cara Cara, Valencia, and Blood Oranges flood the market, it's time to celebrate! Today we're celebrating with gluten free donuts. Gluten Free Blood Orange Donuts, to be exact!
The ingredients and method are fairly simple here. The only special equipment we need is a zester (or microplane), electric hand mixer, and donut pan!
The Best Gluten Free Flour
To make the gluten free donuts, we're using our
Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour, a cup for cup replacement for white flour. We truly think it's the best gluten free flour blend. If you're new to gluten free and have a bunch of favorite wheat-based recipes, all you need to do it sub in our Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour.
Change the flour, not your recipes :)
How to make Gluten Free Donuts
To make the donuts, cream together sugar, butter, and the fresh zest of a blood orange. Add in a single egg (or sub our
Gluten Free Egg Replacer, a
chia egg or a
flax egg!). Next, whisk in dry ingredients and greek yogurt for moisture. Finally, bake in a donut pan for just 15 minutes then dip in a glaze of powdered sugar and fresh blood orange juice.
Gluten Free Blood Orange Donuts
Ingredients
For the donuts
For the glaze
- 2 ½ cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 tbsp fresh Blood Orange Juice
Method
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a donut pan with oil.
- Zest blood orange, slice in half, squeeze and reserve juice.
- In a large bowl cream together sugars, room temperature butter, and orange zest with electric mixer until light and creamy, 3-4 minutes.
- Add egg to sugar mixture and mix until thoroughly combined.
- In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Whisk to combine.
- Alternately add and mix the flour and yogurt into the sugar mixture until thoroughly combined.
- Portion half of the donut mix into the prepared donut pan, filling molds 3/4 of the way.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Whisk together powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and orange juice until smooth.
- Remove donuts from pan and allow to cool slightly. Dip in orange glaze and optionally top with sprinkles. Enjoy!
Makes 1 dozen gluten free donuts
Baking Substitutes
No Blood Oranges? Sub in Cara Cara, Valencia, or Navel Oranges.
No Eggs? Sub in our
Gluten Free Egg Replacer, a
chia egg or a
flax egg.
No Greek Yogurt or looking for a dairy-free option? Use Coconut Yogurt or (for a slightly less-cakey donut) sub in your favorite alt-milk mixed with 2 tsp of Apple Cider Vinegar.
Need more recipe inspiration?
We think citrus goes great with these gluten free donuts,
Gluten Free Upside-Down Orange Cake,
Lemon Meringue Pie, and
Winter Citrus Bars!
The ingredients and method are fairly simple here. The only special equipment we need is a zester (or microplane), electric hand mixer, and donut pan!
