Rather than bore you with details of the constant wallpaper scraping and other real-life, highly repetitive, and very zen activities of new home ownership (maybe I should blog about it?!), I’m going to talk about doughnuts instead. AW YEAH. Glazes and sprinkles and yums and AALLLLLL that. Let’s do it.
My bud Ashley from The Edible Perspective is an expert on the subject of doughnut making and even better, she knows her way around some higher vibe doughnut making as well. So she developed, tested and photographed a book’s worth of content about it and the results are so, so great. I had a doughnut pan kind of languishing in the back of a cupboard for a long time. I had bought the cookbook from a very high profile bakery with the hopes of executing their doughnuts at home. So I bought the pan and tried the recipes out. Multiple attempts and totally disappointing results each time. Always such a bummer!
Then Ash sent me a copy of her book. Her combination of flours makes for a pretty wonderful texture, without all the expensive gums that can be ubiquitous in gluten free baking. Her advice and approach comes from a place of experience, warmth and accessibility. I always appreciate her encouraging and authentic voice. The potential for innovative flavour combinations is showcased to the utmost through the pages. There’s doughnut cakes, savoury treats, ice cream, and! She even thought of my sweet pup with a recipe for peanut butter and pumpkin doggie doughnuts. Cute right?
I went with her vegan maple doughnuts and a version of her tahini maple glaze for topping. We were out of tahini so I went for almond butter and a complimentary fat pinch of sea salt to work its magic with the maple. So, so yummy.
Vegan & GF Maple Doughnuts with Salted Almond Butter Glaze
Ingredients
Maple Doughnuts
- ½ cup oat flour
- ½ cup sweet rice flour
- 2 tablespoons natural cane sugar
- 2 tablespoons almond meal
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup unsweetened almond milk
- ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce
- 3 tablespoons neutral oil (like sunflower or grapeseed)
- 2 ½ tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Salted Almond Butter Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons almond butter
- 2-3 tablespoons unsweetened almond milk
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- pinch of cinnamon
- good pinch fine sea salt
- chopped nuts and seeds to garnish, optional
Equipment
- Doughnut Pan
Notes
- From Baked Doughnuts for Everyone by Ashley McLaughlin
- I went in with chopped pecans and pumpkin seeds to top mine (nature’s sprinkles!), but cacao nibs, chopped dried cherries or any other nut/seed would be lovely. Also, you need a donut pan for this recipe!
Instructions
- Grease your doughnut pan and heat your oven to 350 F.
- In a large bowl, combine the oat flour, sweet rice flour, cane sugar, almond meal, coconut flour, ground flax, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Whisk to fully combine.
- In a small bowl, combine the almond milk, applesauce, oil, maple syrup and vanilla. Whisk to fully combine.
- Pour the liquid components into the large bowl with the dry ingredients. Fold it all together with a spatula until just combined (or until you don't see dry flour bits anymore). Spoon the batter into your doughnut pan (or fill a zipper seal bag with the batter, cut off a corner and pipe it into the pan). Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into one of the doughnuts comes out clean. Gently remove the doughnuts from the pan and allow them to cool thoroughly.
- While doughnuts are cooling, mix up the glaze. In a small bowl, whisk together all of the glaze ingredients until you have a smooth mixture.
- Once cool, dip doughnuts into the glaze and return them to your cooling rack so the glaze can harden a bit. Press any chopped nuts/seeds etc into the glaze at this point.
Haven’t been eating donuts since I went gluten free. Used to love me a marble cruller though. This book is exciting. I might have to buy it even if I don’t win!
I find good vegan gf donuts hard to come by, so they’re all my favorites, but I do love a sugar glazed.
I have a weakness for apple fritters!
Pumpkin spice is my fave!
In a box full of beautiful donuts I would always choose the simple Old Fashioned donut with a lovely glaze. I would love to have Ashley’s book and become a donut expert!
Anything with maple – like these! I am a gluten free vegan and havent had a donut in years!
I love either a coconut doughnut or tiger tail.
I love most donuts, but a krispy kreme filled with custard and with a good glaze is always a winner (:
I am not a donut connoisseur by any means, I usually gravitate to a white glaze and nuts. I’m ready to step up my game though…these look amazing.
It is fun to taste new flavors of donuts yet I will always go back to the favorite plain cake doughnut.
I would love to win this book and try all different types of donuts! My favorite is anything with chocolate
A coworker brought in two boxes of dunkin’ doughnuts this morning. They were all smothered and covered in bright orange and black frosting for halloween – eek! Not a single one looked appealing to me but gosh these maple doughnuts have me drooling! What a lovely way to celebrate Ashley’s beautiful book!
My favorite doughnut is the Blood Orange & Hibiscus doughnuts from Dough in Brooklyn!
I don’t eat donuts often unless I make them, but my favorites are pumpkin or chocolate glazed.
definitely chocolate with toasted coconut, yum!
I had a sea salt and caramel doughnut from Ike and Jane’s in Athens that was pretty good, but my favorite all time doughnut is from Sweet Theory Baking Company in Jacksonville, Florida. Oh my word. Their doughnuts are too delicious for their own good.
Classic chocolate glazed from Nutana bakery in Saskatoon. Fresh mini donuts are a close second though! This recipe looks ah.mazing!
boston cream was my absolute fave. powdered or chocolate glazed. second favorite? chocolate cake, chocolate frosting! man, i miss donuts!
Chocolate devils food donut with chocolate frosting. mmmmmmmm!
um, those look amazing! I haven’t tried making donuts yet, but I sure would like to try:)
my fav donut is boring, so unhealthy, and it’s a good thing I don’t like near one…
warm krispy kreme glazed donut. If I see a lit up sign when I’m traveling somewhere, I’m gonna stop… every time!
These look too delicious for words!!!
A BIG YES to baked doughnuts (and maple syrup)! These look so yummy. My favorites are chocolate doughnuts with a chocolate glaze sprinkled with chopped pistachios.
Fantastic post! I can’t wait to make these. Growing up, my donut of choice was definitely the chocolate-glazed twist. These days I love vegan, gf, cinnamon/sugar donuts.
I think the best donut I ever had was a homemade one (duh) that I got at Smorgasburg in Brooklyn. Cinnamon Sugar. Delicious. Other than that, I am a sprinkle or chocolate dip Tim’s girl.
I’m drooling over these donuts! :D My favorite… Pumpkin or anything with Molasses :)
YUM! These look fantastic, I think I gotta get me a doughnut pan. My favourite doughnut is the buttered toast doughnut from Glory Hole in Toronto. It’s butter, on a doughnut, sprinkled with toast. Perfection!
My fave doughnut? I’ll take anything with cinnamon!
THESE. LOOK. AMAZING!!! I can’t wait to invest in Ashley’s book and a donut pan and try my own hand at baked donuts! As a kid, my favorite was boston creme, which shifted to my teenager love for apple fritters and blueberry cake donuts. I have mostly avoided them as an adult, but I think I could get down with Ashley’s approach!
Donuts always remind me of fundraising for charity as a kid, while back then the simple glazed were a my favorite, I am more of a cinnamon sugar kind of person now… simple and sinful. This recipe looks great, cant wait to try it out!
Maple Bacon at Voo Doo Donuts in Portland
Guuuuuh. Ever since the opening of an offbeat little donut shop in my hometown about four or five years ago, donuts have been my #1 guilty pleasure treat. Narrowing favorites down to one is nigh impossible, but let’s go for a tie between their Homer J. (plain cake batter + pink berry frosting + sprinkles) and almost any variety of their strawberry cake batter creations. The ones with chocolate frosting were especially wonderful.
If living in Asia for the time being rules me outta this giveaway, I totally understand. But with a “permanent” address still in the US, I figured it’d be worth a shot ;)
Glazed apple cider donuts! mmmm!
Beautiful! And so creative.
donut plant’s MARZIPAN DONUT. although i have a feeling that when i make your recipe, THEY will be my favorite. (do i get additional entries for sucking up?) NO BUT SERIOUSLY THESE LOOK AMAZING.
I love doughnuts, especially dipped in my coffee. I’m loving the pumpkin spice with maple frosting lately. But you can never go wrong with the simple sugar and cinnamon kind too.
I’m totally making these donuts. Wowza! Also, your Martha comment!! Amazing. I do love a classic donut with chocolate glaze and sprinkles and anything chocolate and coconut.
I feel like I’ve been missing out! I’ve only had boring glazed or chocolate sprinkled doughnuts before. The book sounds fun!
Blueberry doughnuts are my fave!
I’ve never had any that beat cinnamon-sugar mini doughnuts from the farmers market. Along with a cup of hot coffee… I’m drooling. But maybe these could be my new favorite, they look delicious!
I’ve never been a huge fan of doughnuts, but since I got vegan a couple years ago I dicovered that the baked ones are usually ptetty good. With chocolate ganache and pistachios on top, it’s perfect.
LOVE LOVE LOVE your reaction to Martha’s comment on bloggers not being experts. Made me chuckle! My favorite donut is definitely bavarian / custard cream filled which I’ve never been able to master in the kitchen myself. Perhaps that is why it’s so magical?
My favourite doughnut is this slick pretzel and chocolate combo (http://wherejessate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC01883-500×333.jpg) from Glory Hole Doughnuts in Toronto (http://www.gloryholedoughnuts.com/menu/).
I’m glad I don’t live too close… I’d probably turn into a doughnut. :)
I’m a plain jane and just love chocolate cake donuts, but those maple donuts look sick!!!
Hi! You have a beautiful blog and those donuts look amazing! My favourite donuts are the boston creams at Tim Hortons in Canada :).
Salted almond butter glaze, I like that idea. I love the way frosted donuts look, but they taste way too sweet. A glaze much more palatable. YUM.
I usually just go for the chocolate frosted ones, but to be honest I’ve never really tried any creative flavors of doughnuts. Maybe now is the time!!
I like the classics: plain glazed and chocolate cake.
I love donuts as an occasional fun treat, especially cake donuts. This one though sounds heavenly, the frosting and toppings… yum!
Oh I gotta give a shout out to the vegan pumpkin spice doughnut from Revolution Doughnuts in Atlanta!
Gorgeously delightful doughnuts…the salty almond maple taste sounds superamazing, especially at this time of year. I don’t eat doughnuts often and usually it’s just a simple super cinnamony dunkable kind of doughnut (my favorite) if I’m in a hurry or on the road. These maple doughnuts are a completely different indulgence…best savored slowly I think, with a rich mug of coffee and lots of time to enjoy and relax. :)