Deliciously Healthy Donuts (gluten-free, sugar-free, dairy-free)
Oh-so-delicious healthy, unrefined, sugar-free, gluten-free & dairy-free donuts that can be made in just 20 minutes. Choose between a heavenly chocolate glaze or a creamy vanilla-banana frosting for your donuts. Simple, delicious & nutritious!
Ingredients (donuts: makes 6-8):
-1/2 cup almond flour
-1/2 cup coconut oil
-1/2 cup stone ground, organic millet flour
-1 ripe banana
-2 fresh, free range eggs
-1/4 cup agave syrup
-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
-1 teaspoon raw ground vanilla
-pinch of sea salt
Ingredients (chocolate glaze):
-1/4 cup coconut oil
-4 tablespoons cacao powder (raw cocoa)
-3 tablespoons 100% pure maple syrup
-1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
-1/2 teaspoon raw ground vanilla
-pinch sea salt
Ingredients (vanilla-banana frosting):
-50g cacao butter (raw, cold-pressed cocoa butter)
-1/2 ripe banana
-2 tablespoons 100% pure maple syrup
-1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
-1/4 teaspoon raw ground vanilla
-pinch sea salt
Instructions (donuts):
-Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius/ 360 degrees Fahrenheit
-melt the coconut oil
-mash or blend the banana til smooth
-mix the coconut oil and banana in a bowl with the almond flour, millet flour, eggs, agave, sea salt, vanilla and cinnamon.
-once mixed, pour the mixture into a donut pan or mold (like a muffin pan, but for donuts)
-place into the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes
-remove from oven
-remove donuts from molds and leave them to cool while you prepare the icing
Instructions (chocolate glaze):
-melt the coconut oil so that it is soft and not liquid
-mix the coconut oil with the cacao powder, maple syrup, cinnamon, vanilla and sea salt
-mix til smooth
-spread onto the cooled donuts with a blunt butter knife
-add desired sprinkles (coconut flakes, cacao nibs, chopped nuts, etc.)
-place in fridge to set
-serve, eat and enjoy
Instructions (vanilla-banana frosting):
-melt the cacao butter
-mash or blend the banana until smooth (no lumps)
-mix the cacao butter and the banana with the maple syrup, cinnamon, vanilla and sea salt
-dip the donuts into the frosting (face down)
-repeat dipping 2-3 times for each donut
-add desired sprinkles (unsweetened dried blueberries, cinnamon, coconut flakes, pistachio nuts, etc.)
-place in fridge to set
-serve, eat and enjoy
