Gluten Free Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
by: claire cary
These gluten free cinnamon sugar donuts are the perfect mid day sweet treat! They're baked, not fried, so they're light, fluffy, buttery and perfectly sweet. Easy to make with pantry staple ingredients!
Equipment
Ingredients
Wet
- ¼ cup oil
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 egg
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Dry
- 1 cup gluten free all purpose baking flour
- 1 ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
Cinnamon Sugar
- ⅓ cup butter melted
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
Instructions
- Generously grease your donut pan and set aside. Preheat the oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together all wet ingredients until smooth.
- Sift the flour into the bowl, then add in the remaining dry ingredients and whisk to combine. The batter will be on the thicker side.
- Spoon into the prepared donut pan, using about 3-4 tablespoons of batter for each donut.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then carefully flip onto a wire rack to finish cooling.
- In a small bowl, melt the butter. In a second bowl, whisk together the sugar and cinnamon.
- Dip both sides of each donut into the butter, let any excess drip off, then coat in the cinnamon sugar. I like to flip it around a few times in the sugar to ensure it's really coated.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
Notes
Since the bake time is so short (only about 10 minutes) be sure to keep a close eye on things. With gluten free baking, if you under bake it will collapse and be gummy, but if you over bake, it will be dry and crumbly. A toothpick should come out clean (with a few moist crumbs) and the top of the donuts should feel bouncy if you lightly press your finger on top.
Serving: 1donut / Calories: 407kcal / Carbohydrates: 53g / Protein: 4g / Fat: 21g / Saturated Fat: 3g / Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g / Monounsaturated Fat: 11g / Trans Fat: 0.04g / Cholesterol: 29mg / Sodium: 324mg / Potassium: 59mg / Fiber: 3g / Sugar: 38g / Vitamin A: 516IU / Vitamin C: 0.1mg / Calcium: 109mg / Iron: 1mg
