Grain-Free Chocolate Covered Cherry Doughnuts
So I opened Facebook last Friday, saw my newsfeed, and said – out loud – “Oh, it’s National Doughnut Day today”.
And the kids heard me, and it was all “Doughnuts? Doughnuts, doughnuts, DOUGHNUTS!!!” after that.
Not that it’s hard to talk about me not making doughnuts. I LOVE making doughnuts ever since Gabe’s cousin gave him an electric doughnut iron. It’s just. So. Easy. And fast – as you know, if you’ve ever made gluten-free banana chocolate doughnuts or blueberry-lemon baked doughnuts.
I’ve been wanting to try making grain-free doughnuts with coconut flour for a while, but Garrett had had eggs removed from his diet for a while, and I couldn’t figure out a way to make them both grain-free and egg-free. Luckily for him, National Doughnut Day coincided with the day we let Garrett have a bit of egg.
So why not let him have the egg in a doughnut?
Made sense to me. And I couldn’t be happier with the result.
Making Grain Free Doughnuts
I love using coconut flour in baked goods because it gives them a delightful lightness, and unlike a lot of gluten-free baked goods, they’re just as yummy cold as fresh.
And these doughnuts did not disappoint! The slightly tart cherry flavor and the chocolate work together seamlessly to make one of the most delicious treats you will ever make!
A few notes about this recipe
I used coconut oil in the icing so it would firm up when chilled and be thin enough to dip doughnuts in, making the icing process super easy.
If you don’t care for the taste of coconut in your chocolate, feel free to use expeller pressed coconut oil, which is tasteless, instead of virgin oil.
PrintGrain-Free Chocolate Covered Cherry Doughnuts
These grain-free chocolate covered cherry doughnuts are a delicious breakfast treat, and very simple to make.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup light olive oil or melted coconut oil
- 1/3 cup sugar (I used evaporated cane sugar)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- 3 Tablerons puréed cherries
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Icing ingredients:
- 1 cup confectioners sugar (make your own)
- 1 Tablespoon hot water
- 1 Tablespoon melted coconut oil
- 1 Tablespoon cocoa powder
Instructions
- Preheat doughnut iron, or oven (to 350º)
- Whisk oil sugar, salt, vanilla, eggs, and cherrie purée.
- Mix coconut flour and baking powder.
- Add flour mixture to egg mixture, and stir to combine well.
- Spoon batter into a quart-sized ziplock bags.
- If baking, grease a mini doughnut pan
- Cut corner off of ziplock bag, and squeeze batter into each doughnut form of either your
- Make sure to fill each form to the top so that they will rise nice and round on top.
- Bake the doughnuts on the center rack of the oven for 15-18 minutes, until the edges begin to brown, or in the iron for up to five minutes.
- Remove doughnuts from oven/iron.
- Let cool on a wire rack.
- Cool completely before icing
- While doughnuts are cooling, mix icing ingredients together.
- Dip the top of each doughnut in the icing, and place back on the rack.
- Chill doughnuts until icing has set.
- Enjoy!
If you liked this recipe, be sure to try one of these other options:
- Gluten Free Yeast Doughnuts
- Gluten Free Blueberry Banana Muffins
- Gluten Free Blueberry Baked Doughnuts with Lemon Glaze
