Nearly every year, we travel back East to visit family for the holidays. While there, we enjoy the fun tradition of visiting a local apple farm to pick-up some fresh-pressed cider and the most amazing apple cider donuts!
Since going gluten-free, I’ve been missing those tasty holiday donuts. So I finally decided it was high time to transform this family favorite into an irresistible grain-free, dairy-free treat that everyone can enjoy whether they’re GF or not!
Of course, traditional apple cider donuts call for using spiced apple cider to add that characteristic fall flavor. However, you may be surprised to discover that I save the cider for sipping.
Instead, this tasty grain-free twist, calls for creating your own apple pie spice mix and blending it with my favorite homemade applesauce and pure canned coconut milk. This simple combination ensures that these scrumptious donuts bake-up with a light cake-like texture, and taste just like their namesake.
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Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups blanched almond flour
- 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp fine ground sea salt
- 1/4 cup pure coconut milk
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce (we love homemade)
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil, melted
- 1 large egg, plus 1 egg white
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp coconut flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Generously grease a 6-cavity donut pan with palm shortening or coconut oil; set aside.
- In a small bowl, stir together the blanched almond flour, spices, baking soda and salt; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the coconut milk, applesauce, maple syrup, melted coconut oil, egg, egg white, vanilla and coconut flour until well combined.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and use a spoon to thoroughly combine. Then, carefully spoon the donut batter into the prepared donut pan just shy of the fill line. Use your finger or back of spoon to even out the top of the batter.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes, until donut springs back when touched.
- Remove from oven and allow the donuts to cool in the pan for 1-2 minutes. Then turn them out onto a sheet of parchment paper. Dust with a little organic powdered sugar, if desired. Then, transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling – if you can wait that long! Yum!
