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Healthy Pumpkin Cake Donuts - Gluten Free

Makes: 12 donuts
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
These 30 minute baked Healthy Pumpkin Cake Donuts are gluten free, dairy free and super moist and fluffy making them the perfect fall dessert!
Recipe by Dalya Rubin

Ingredients
 

Dry ingredients
  • ¾ cup Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour , (105 grams)
  • ½ cup almond flour, (54 grams)
  • ¼ cup oat flour, (23 grams)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
Wet ingredients
  • ⅓ cup refined coconut oil, at room temperature (not melted) (65 grams)
  • ½ cup packed light brown sugar , (100 grams)
  • ½ cup maple syrup, (140 grams)
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup canned pure pumpkin puree, (230 grams)
  • ¼ cup oat milk, (50 grams)
  • 1 large egg, at room temperature
  • ¼ cup cashew butter, stirred well (65 grams)
Cinnamon-sugar mixture (optional)
  • ⅓ cup cane sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

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Instructions
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 6-count donut pan with cooking spray.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients. Set aside.
  3. In a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or with handheld electric beaters), beat the coconut oil and brown sugar for 1-2 minutes or until creamy.
  4. Add the maple syrup, vanilla, pumpkin puree, oat milk, egg and cashew butter. Beat for 2 minutes, scraping the bowl down as needed.
  5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on medium speed for 1-2 minutes until well combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix again.
  6. Transfer the batter to a large piping bag and cut off the end (or place into a gallon ziplock bag). Pipe half of the batter into the donut pan cavities.
  7. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  8. While the donuts bake, mix together the cinnamon-sugar mixture in a medium shallow bowl.
  9. Transfer the pan of baked donut pan to a wire cooling rack and let cool for 5 minutes before turning the pan over to remove the donuts from the pan. Let donuts cool for 8-10 minutes. When donuts are still a bit warm, dip them into the cinnamon-sugar mixture until evenly coated. Let cool completely.
  10. Fill the now-empty baking pan with the remaining batter and bake as directed above. Repeat with cooling & cinnamon-sugar steps as directed above.

Test Kitchen Notes

  • Note on nutrition calories - I only accounted for 3 tablespoon of the cane sugar in the nutritional information since there will realistically be leftover cinnamon-sugar mixture left in the bowl at the end that doesn't get used. 
  • Oat milk - can swap with almond milk or any other milk of choice. 
  • My donuts baked perfectly at 17 minutes, but every oven is different.
  • Storage - Store donuts in a container or ziplock on the counter for 3-4 days, or freeze in a freezer-safe ziplock for up to 3 months.

Nutrition

Calories: 244kcal, Carbohydrates: 33g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 12g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 0.002g, Cholesterol: 16mg, Sodium: 220mg, Potassium: 135mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 22g, Vitamin A: 3212IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 72mg, Iron: 1mg

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