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Overhead look at chocolate and vanilla glazed donuts piled up on a plate.

Keto Donuts with Vanilla or Chocolate Glaze

Delightfully sweet and just as delicious as the traditional donuts you remember, with only 1g net carb per donut.
Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 45 minutes
Cool 10 minutes
Total: 1 hour 10 minutes
Yield:12 donuts

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Donut pan
  • spray cooking oil or butter, to grease donut pan
  • Flour sifter
  • large mixing bowl
  • 2 whisks
  • Cookie scoop or measuring cup (¼ cup)
  • wire cooling rack
  • medium mixing bowl
  • Microwave safe bowl for chocolate glaze
  • parchment paper optional

Ingredients

For the Keto Donuts

  • 2 cups almond flour
  • ½ cup granular Swerve or granulated keto sweetener of choice
  • 1 teaspoon fresh baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon table salt
  • 2 large eggs at room temperature
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

For the Vanilla Glaze

  • 1 cup Swerve Confectioners or powdered keto sweetener of choice
  • 2-3 tablespoons whole milk or keto-friendly milk of choice, at room temperature
  • ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

For the Chocolate Glaze

  • 1 cup keto chocolate chips Lily's, ChocZero, etc.
  • 1 teaspoon refined coconut oil

Instructions

For the Keto Donuts

  • Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit. Adjust oven racks as needed so donuts bake in center of oven. Grease donut pan with cooking spray or butter, making sure to coat sides and edges well. Set pan aside.
  • Add almond flour, granular Swerve, baking powder, and salt to large mixing bowl. Whisk until dry ingredients are well-blended.
    Dry ingredients for keto doughnut batter in a large pink mixing bowl.
  • Crack eggs directly into mixing bowl with dry ingredients, then add melted butter, whole milk, and vanilla extract. Whisk until ingredients are fully combined and donut batter forms.
    Keto donut batter in a large pink mixing bowl with a pour spout. A lime green silicone spatula with a wooden handle rests in the batter.
  • Pour or scoop approximately ¼ cup of donut batter into each cavity of grease donut pan, being careful not to overfill cavities.
  • Place filled donut pan in preheated oven. Bake 10 minutes, then begin checking doneness of donuts. Continue baking, checking every few minutes, until donuts are deep golden-brown in color.
  • Once donuts are ready, carefully remove donut pan from oven and set aside. Let donuts cool in pan 10 minutes.
  • After 10 minutes, run butter knife around inner and outer edges of donuts as needed, then carefully remove donuts from pan and transfer to wire cooling rack. Let donuts cool completely. While donuts cool, prepare vanilla or chocolate glaze (or both).
    Keto donuts, fully baked and golden, resting on a wire cooling rack as they cool completely.

For the Vanilla or Chocolate Glaze

  • For vanilla glaze, add all ingredients to medium mixing bowl. Whisk well until ingredients are fully combined and glaze is smooth.
  • For chocolate glaze, add chocolate chips and coconut oil to medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at 50% power in 30-second increments, stirring well between each burst, until chocolate is almost completely melted. Remove bowl from microwave and stir until chocolate is melted and ingredients are fully incorporated.
    Overhead view of keto donut glazes (vanilla and chocolate) in mixing bowls.
  • To glaze donuts, simply turn donuts over and dip, top down, into glaze, covering donut only halfway. Lift donut out of glaze and hold upside down over bowl, letting any excess glaze drip back into bowl. Return donut to cooling rack and let glaze set 5 to 10 minutes. Repeat until all donuts have been glazed.
    Glazed keto donuts resting on a wire cooling rack.
  • Once glaze is fully set, serve donuts or transfer donuts to airtight container until ready to serve.

Notes

  • For the glazes, you may need to mix additional vanilla glaze or melt the chocolate glaze again depending on how much glaze you use per donut and how quickly you glaze the donuts.
  • The donuts must be at room temperature when you glaze them. If they're hot, the glaze will melt off. If they're cold, the glaze will seize and won't stick properly.

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1donut with vanilla glaze | Calories: 155kcal | Protein: 5g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 127mg | Potassium: 157mg | Total Carbs: 28g | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 2g | Erythritol: 24g | Net Carbs: 1g | Vitamin A: 167IU | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 2mg
Recipe By:Sam Guarnieri