These donuts are either saving me or wrecking me. I’m a self-pronounced donut lover. It’s the one food I can’t seem to say no to. Donuts get to me.
I’ve wanted to create a donut I can enjoy without the guilt. I didn’t want to sacrifice in flavor though. If you’ve read some of my previous posts, you know how important flavor is to me. I am not willing to eat healthy the rest of my life if that means no more donuts- ever.
I teamed up with Anthony’s Goods to use their flours in this recipe. The brown rice flour and the almond flour both are just as fine as regular flour. The advantage here is these donuts don’t have that grainy nutty texture I’m so used with other almond flours. It’s more like a smooth “cakey” texture-just what I was hoping for!
Be prepared to want to eat all the donuts once you try these. My mom tried these yesterday and after one bite said, “I want to eat five more!” Thankfully, this is a great cheat if you have a sweet tooth.
So without further ado, here’s the recipe. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Anthony's Goods brown rice flour
- 1/2 cup Anthony's Goods almond flour
- 2 T tapioca starch
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 T butter, softened
- 1/3 cup coconut sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375° and grease a doughnut pan.
- Using a medium mixing bowl, stir together your dry ingredients first. That would be the brown rice flour, the almond flour, the baking powder, the salt, the cinnamon, the nutmeg, and the tapioca starch.
- Add in the butter, vanilla, maple syrup and egg.
- Once mixed in well, scoop your batter into piping bad, or a sandwich ziplock bag. If you use the sandwich bag, cut a hole in the bottom corner.
- Pipe the batter into the doughnut pan.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- While they cook, make the frosting. Add all ingredients to a small bowl and stir with a spatula until completely smooth. It should be slightly thick.
- Allow to cool completely before frosting the doughnut.
**These are not strict paleo because they call for brown rice flour. You can definitely enjoy these after a 30 day challenge though!
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