Chocolate and Vanilla Gluten-Free Donuts
Gluten-free cake-style donuts with your choice of chocolate with chocolate icing, or classic vanilla with vanilla icing. A quick, easy, and fun kid-friendly dessert recipe!
Prep: 10 minutes minutes
Cook: 15 minutes minutes
Total: 18 minutes minutes
Yield:12 donuts
For the Vanilla Donuts
- 2 cups gluten-free all purpose flour see Notes
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- ¼ cup butter melted
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the Chocolate Donuts
Preheat oven to 425° Fahrenheit. Lightly grease donut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
In large bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, sugar, brown sugar, and baking powder until ingredients are thoroughly incorporated.
In small bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, melted butter, and vanilla extract until ingredients are fully combined.
Slowly pour egg mixture into flour mixture, whisking constantly until all ingredients are combined to form donut batter.
Carefully spoon donut batter into greased donut pan, making sure molds are filled equally and batter is evenly divided. Place filled donut pan in preheated oven and bake 7 to 9 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into one donut comes out clean or with very few crumbs.
Remove donuts from oven and transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely. Remove baked donuts from oven and carefully transfer from donut pan to wire cooling rack. Let
Once donuts are completely cool, prepare chocolate icing by whisking together all icing ingredients in large bowl until icing is completely smooth. Drizzle prepared icing over cooled donuts, or dip top half of donuts in icing directly. Top with sprinkles if desired and serve.
For the Vanilla Donuts
Preheat oven to 425° Fahrenheit. Lightly grease donut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and baking powder until ingredients are thoroughly incorporated.
In small bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, melted butter, and vanilla extract until ingredients are fully combined.
Slowly pour egg mixture into flour mixture, whisking constantly until all ingredients are combined to form donut batter.
Carefully spoon donut batter into greased donut pan, making sure molds are filled equally and batter is evenly divided. Place filled donut pan in preheated oven and bake 7 to 9 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into one donut comes out clean or with very few crumbs.
Remove donuts from oven and transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely. Remove baked donuts from oven and carefully transfer from donut pan to wire cooling rack. Let
Once donuts are completely cool, prepare vanilla icing by whisking together all icing ingredients in large bowl until icing is completely smooth. Drizzle prepared icing over cooled donuts, or dip top half of donuts in icing directly. Top with sprinkles if desired and serve.
- Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour: Use a gluten-free all purpose flour that contains xanthan gum. If your flour does not contain xanthan gum, add ½ teaspoon of xanthan gum into the flour mixture.
- Make it Dairy Free: Use almond milk and non-dairy melted butter.
- Make it Added-Sugar Free: Use powdered Swerve and Brown Swerve.
Serving Size: 1vanilla donut | Calories: 252cal | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 132mg | Potassium: 49mg | Total Carbs: 49g | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 33g | Net Carbs: 48g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Calcium: 120mg | Iron: 2mg