Cooking and Serving: 11 minutes | 15 mini donuts
Ingredients
Donut pan or mini electric donut maker | 1 ½ cups (210 g) all purpose gluten free flour blend | ¾ teaspoon xanthan gum, (omit if your blend already contains it)
Description
Prep Time: 3 hours hrs 28 minutes mins | Cook Time: 8 minutes | Total Time: 11 minutes | Servings: 15 mini donuts
Ingredients
Donut pan or mini electric donut maker
1 ½ cups (210 g) all purpose gluten free flour blend
¾ teaspoon xanthan gum, (omit if your blend already contains it)
6 tablespoons (30 g) unsweetened natural cocoa powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
¼ teaspoon kosher salt
½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
⅔ cup (145 g) packed light brown sugar
4 tablespoons (56 g) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
4 tablespoons (55 g) neutral oil, like canola, vegetable, grapeseed, peanut
2 (100 g (weighed out of shell)) eggs, at room temperature, beaten
1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
⅞ cup (7 fluid ounces) heavy cream, at room temperature
1 cup (115 g) confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon (5 g) unsweetened natural cocoa powder
1 teaspoons milk (any kind), plus more as needed
Gluten free sprinkles, for decorating (optional)
Instructions
MAKE THE DONUTS
Preheat your oven to 350° F. Grease a miniature donut pan or muffin tin and.
In a large bowl, place the flour, xanthan gum, 6 tablespoons cocoa powder,.
baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, salt, nutmeg, and brown sugar,.
and whisk to combine well.
Add the butter, oil, eggs, vanilla, and cream, mixing to combine after each.
addition until combined. The batter will be thick.
TO BAKE IN A DONUT PAN
Fill the wells of the donut pan or muffin tin about 2/3 of the way full. For.
perfectly even donuts, transfer the batter to a large piping bag with an open.
tip, and pipe the batter into each well.
Place in the center of the oven and bake for about 8 minutes, or until the.
donuts are just set. Allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before.
transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
TO BAKE IN AN ELECTRIC MINI DONUT MAKER
Instead of preheating your oven, warm the doughnut maker according to the.
manufacturer’s directions.
Fill the bottom of the wells of the machine completely with batter (made.
easier if you place the donut batter in a piping bag fitted with a.
medium-size open piping tip), then close and secure the lid.
Allow to bake for 3 minutes or until the donuts begin to smell fragrant.
Open the doughnut maker, and remove the doughnuts with the remover tool.
included in the package.
Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
MAKE THE GLAZE
In a small bowl, place the confectioner’s sugar, remaining 1 tablespoon cocoa.
powder, and 2 teaspoons milk or buttermilk and mix to combine.
Add more milk or buttermilk pourable liquid.
Working quickly, dip the top of each of the cooled doughnuts in the glaze,.
turn back and forth a bit to coat well, invert the doughnut so the glaze is.
facing up, sprinkle with the optional sprinkles, and place the donut, glazed.
side up, to a piece of parchment paper.
Allow the donut to sit until the glaze is set.
MAKE THE GLAZE
In a small bowl, place the confectioner’s sugar, remaining 1 tablespoon cocoa.
powder, and 2 teaspoons milk or buttermilk and mix to combine.
Add more milk or buttermilk pourable liquid.
Working quickly, dip the top of each of the cooled doughnuts in the glaze,.
turn back and forth a bit to coat well, invert the doughnut so the glaze is.
facing up, sprinkle with the optional sprinkles, and place the donut, glazed.
side up, to a piece of parchment paper.
Allow the donut to sit until the glaze is set.
Notes
Adapted from the Gluten Free Yeast Free Chocolate Donuts in Gluten-Free on a
Shoestring Quick and Easy: 100 Recipes For the Food You Love—Fast!
member of the Perseus Books Group. Copyright (c) 2012.
Originally published on the blog in October 2012. In 2020, photos and text,
video updated, recipe unchanged.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an
image of 3 chocolate cake donuts: batter, glazed on tray, and in a stack
of 3 chocolate cake donuts: batter, glazed on tray, and in a stack