Grain Free Holiday Donuts

Grain Free Holiday Donuts

Bob's Red Mill sent me some of their flours and asked me to bake something holiday-inspired, so I dusted off the ol' donut pan and got to work. I love their almond flour and use it all the time in my kitchen--I love that it's naturally gluten free and low in carbs, which is especially great when you plan to dip your finished product in chocolate and then dust everything with crushed candy canes like these grain free holiday donuts. Balance, right? Recipe courtesy of Megan from Freckled Italian.
Servings
8 servings
Prep time
25 minutes
Cook time
20 minutes
Passive time
30 minutes

Ingredients

Donuts
  • 3/4 cup Butter softened
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Milk I kept it dairy-free with the coconut creamer I sometimes put in my coffee
  • 1 1/2 cups Almond Flour
  • 1/2 cup Organic Coconut Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder
  • Salt
  • 1/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 1 tsp Peppermint Extract
White Chocolate Glaze and Toppings
  • 12 oz White Chocolate Chips
  • 1 tsp Peppermint Extract
  • 6-8 oz Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
  • 1-2 Candy Canes crushed
  • Red and/or Green Sprinkles optional

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing each until it's combined. Add milk.
  3. In a separate bowl, mix the almond flour, coconut flour, baking powder and salt together.
  4. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ones. Mix until incorporated. Add the cocoa powder and peppermint extract.
  5. Pipe batter into a donut pan and bake for about 20 minutes, or until you can poke one of the donuts with a knife and it comes out clean. (If you don't have a piping bag you can easily use a plastic freezer bag. To keep the batter from getting all over my hands, I like to put the bag in a big glass, then fold the edges over the side of glass before spooning the batter into the bag. Remove the bag, twist the top to secure the batter, and use a pair of scissors to cut the corner off the bag and voila! A homemade piping bag.)
  6. When the donuts are done baking, remove from oven and allow to cool. Sometimes they pop right out of the donut pan, other times they need to cool completely, then you can transfer them to a cooling rack.
  7. To make the white chocolate glaze, melt the white chocolate chips on low in a small saucepan. Add peppermint extract and continually stir until liquid. While that's going, you can melt semi-sweet chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave.
  8. Remove the white chocolate from heat and working quickly, dip one side of each donut in the melted white chocolate. Drizzle with semi-sweet chocolate, if desired, and top with crushed candy canes and/or sprinkles.

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