A quick Gluten Free Powdered Donut recipe that is baked, not fried. Are you gluten free and look longingly at donuts? Well, look no further. The soft and delicious of your favorite donut is now gluten free and ready for you to make!
If you are on a gluten free diet, you know that one of the hardest things is watching others eat donuts. Our last vacation, I can testify to that. Until I found a place that served gluten free donuts. It was wonderful!
I wanted to come up with a gluten free powdered donut recipe to share with all of you because I know there are others out there that miss them as much as I do. These powdered donuts are baked not fried and are made in a donut pan. These donuts are also dairy free as well! Delicious!
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Ingredients
- Gluten Free Measure For Measure Flour - I use a local brand, however Walmart version works well.
- Sugar
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Almond Milk - or use regular milk
- Eggs
- Vanilla - my absolute favorite vanilla
- Oil
- Powdered Sugar
The ingredients are like cake ingredients. These gluten free donuts are more of cake donut than a yeast donut. Yeast donuts are typically fried in oil.
Gluten free baked goods usually have a different texture than regular flour. Same with sugar free items. These sugar free blueberry muffins are delicious, but you have to expect a different texture than regular blueberry muffins.
How to make gluten free powdered sugar donuts
The ingredients are mixed together in a large mixing bowl. Be sure to not over mix or the donut may become tough.
The dough is placed in a greased donut pan, about ½ full. The dough will need to be spread out evenly and smoothed out with the back of a spoon or by using a spatula. This will help the dough to have an even appearance when baking.
Baking
Bake at 350 degrees F for about 12-14 minutes or until they turn a light golden brown and the toothpick comes out clean.
Powdered sugar
When the donuts are done baking, they will need to rest for about 10 minutes, like what you would do with cake. Then they can be removed from the pan.
It is best to let the donuts cool another 10 minutes, then put the powdered sugar on. I used a paper sack to shake the powdered sugar on and the mess stays contained.
Tips
- Make sure to store the donuts in an airtight container.
- I find the gluten free donuts don't last overly long. I do recommend eating them within 24-36 hours.
- Let the donuts cool completely before storing them.
- You can use regular all purpose flour and regular whole milk.
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📖 Recipe
Gluten Free Powdered Donuts
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Ingredients
- 2 cups gluten free flour measure for measure
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup almond milk vanilla
- 2 eggs beaten
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup oil
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- Spray the donut pan evenly with cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Mix well.
- Add in the beaten eggs, almond milk, vanilla and oil.
- Mix until combined. Do not over mix.
- Using a spoon, scoop batter in the wells of the donut pan, ½ way full.
- Use the back of a spoon or a spatula to smooth the top of the dough.
- Bake for 14-16 minutes or until turning lightly golden or toothpick inserted into the donut comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and let rest on the counter for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, using a knife, gently remove the donuts from the pan.
- Set on a cooling rack. Let cool for another 10 minutes. Place powdered sugar in a paper bag or large gallon sized bag. Place one donut in the powdered sugar, close the bag and shake. Remove donut and continue until all donuts are coated with powdered sugar.
- Serve.
Katie says
I am new to gluten free journey and these were so delicious! They were easy to make and my kids loved them. How long do they store for?
Kim Strawn says
I am so glad you enjoyed them! I haven't been gluten free that long as well so I am trying to come up with delicious recipes. They don't store super long, only about a couple of days. Keep them in an airtight container out of the direct sunlight and that will help!