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Gluten Free Apple Donuts :: Gluten, Dairy, Nut, & Egg Free!

Author: Renee Kohley - Raising Generation Nourished

Ingredients

For the Apple Donuts:

For the Cinnamon Sugar Coating ::

Instructions

For the Apple Donuts:

  • Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. This recipe makes about 9 donuts in my silcone donut pan. I do not spray the pan before baking - if you are using a different kind of donut pan, you may need to spray the pan with avocado oil spray to prevent sticking. My popped right out of the silicone donut pan.
  • Whisk the flour, coconut sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a medium mixing bowl.
  • Add the applesauce, coconut milk, avocado oil, vanilla extract, and apple cider vinegar, and mix to combine.
  • Snip the tip of a piping bag or Zip Top bag to make a thick circle for the batter to come out of. Scoop the batter into the piping bag, and pipe the batter into the donut pan. I filled my silicone molds up to the top.
  • Bake the donuts at 350 degrees for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean and the tops are golden.
  • Let the donuts cool for a few minutes before turning them out onto a cooling rack to cool completely before coating in the cinnamon sugar.

For the Cinnamon Sugar Coating:

  • Whisk the sugar and cinnamon in a wide dish or bowl. You won't use all of this cinnamon sugar, but this amount makes rolling the donuts in the mixture easier.
  • Put the melted butter in a wide bowl
  • Quickly dunk an apple donut in the butter on both sides, then roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture bowl. You can use your fingers or a spoon to pour the cinnamon sugar on the donuts. Set the donut back on the wire rack to dry.
  • Continue coating all the donuts. I have found that a second coating of cinnamon sugar looks the best - you don't need to do a second butter coating. Just take the already coated donut and sprinkle a bit more of the cinnamon sugar on the top.

Notes

  • I tried turbinado sugar and coconut sugar for the cinnamon sugar coating. I do think the regular cane sugar looks the prettiest, but both of those options work if you need to use those. If you have really little ones at home, I'd either leave them plan, or you could do a quick drizzle of honey and sprinkle of cinnamon too. They really don't know any different at this age!