Baked Red Velvet Donuts with cream cheese glaze are over the top delicious! These healthy gluten free donuts are incredibly moist with a tender grain free crumb – and are naturally sweetened with no refined sugars. A paleo-ish friendly donut for breakfast, snack, or a treat!
Red Velvet Donuts
Coming in RED HOT with these delicious grain free Red Velvet Donuts! Nothing say’s Valentine’s like a sexy red velvet donut! These healthy baked gluten free red velvet donuts are made with grain free flours, are naturally sweetened with no refined sugars, and topped with a sweet smooth cream cheese glaze. So incredibly simple to make. All you need is one bowl for the batter, another for the glaze, and you will have these bright beauties whipped up in no time!
Tips for Gluten Free Red Velvet Donuts
- When preparing your donut pan for this gluten free donut recipe you want to make sure you heavily grease your donut cavities. The donut crumb is very tender and they will stick to the pan and break if you don’t.
- Make sure not to over fill your donut pan with the batter. This can be problematic when it comes to the donuts releasing from the pan.
- Lastly, make sure to refrigerate the donuts for at least an hour before you dip them into the glaze. This helps them to set and keeps them from breaking off into the glaze. You can also freeze them for 20 minutes if you don’t want to wait an hour.
Ingredients To Make Red Velvet Donuts
- 1 1/4 cup super fine almond flour
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 cup potato starch
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup unsweetened cashew milk ( I use silk brand )
- 3 tsp. red food coloring. ( You can sub for 3 tbsp. beet powder but FYI – it will alter the taste. )
Cream Cheese Glaze
- 1 – 8 oz. cream cheese ( softened ) or for dairy free I like wayfare brand and tofutti brand cream cheese.
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp. Earth Balance Butter ( softened )
- 1 1/2 cups Wholesome Brand Powdered Sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cashew milk ( silk brand )
How To Make Red Velvet Donuts
To make these gluten free donuts you will first make sure you have pre-heated your oven to 350 degrees. Next you will want to set out your donut pan and grease it generously. In a large bowl you will combine your grain free flours, baking soda, and cocoa powder ( and beet powder if your not using red food coloring ). I mix those really good together – breaking up all the little flour clumps. Now you will make a well in the center of your flour mix and add your wet ingredients. Mix really well with a whisk … no need to blend.
Once you have your gluten free donut batter completely mixed, you will use a large cookie scoop and scoop the batter into the greased donut cavities. Bake the donuts for 15 minutes. Oven temperatures can vary so make sure to keep an eye on them.
Now that they are done baking you will need to let them cool for 15 minutes then place in the fridge for an hour to set. You can also freeze them for 20 minutes if you don’t want to wait an hour. Once they are done cooling and are set , you can glaze them.
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Red Velvet Donuts
- Total Time: 40
- Yield: 12 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Moist, Tender + Delicious Red Velvet Donuts! These healthy gluten free donuts are super easy to make and are the perfect healthy breakfast for Valentine’s Day! Made with grain free flours, and sweetened with honey. No guilty pleasures here!
Ingredients
Gluten Free Red Velvet Donuts
- 1 1/4 cup super fine almond flour
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 cup potato starch
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 cup honey
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup unsweetened cashew milk ( I use silk brand )
- 3 tsp. red food coloring. ( You can sub for 3 tbsp. beet powder but FYI – it will alter the taste. )
Cream Cheese Glaze
- 1 – 8 oz. cream cheese ( softened ) or for dairy free I like wayfare brand and tofutti brand cream cheese.
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp. Earth Balance Butter ( softened )
- 1 1/2 cups Wholesome Brand Powdered Sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cashew milk ( silk brand )
Instructions
Gluten Free Red Velvet Donuts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease heavily a donut baking pan.
- In a large bowl add and mix together almond flour, coconut flour, potato starch, baking soda, and cocoa powder.
- Make a well in the center of the flour mix and add oil, honey, vanilla, eggs, milk, and red food coloring- and or beet powder.
- Whisk together until completely combined and no clumps. Batter should be nice and smooth.
- Using a large cookie scoop, scoop batter into heavily greased donut baking pan. * Do not over fill the donut cavity.
- Place donut baking pan into your pre-heated oven and bake for approximately 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven when done baking and let cool on the counter for about 15 minutes.
- Now place pan in the fridge for an hour. Remove and frost immediately. *See notes above for a tip to quick cool.
Cream Cheese Glaze
- In a large baking bowl add your softened cream cheese and blend until nice and smooth.
- Add vanilla extract, butter, and blend again.
- Next add in your powdered sugar and blend again.
- Now add in your cashew milk and blend one more time.
- Dip tops of donuts into your glaze and set donuts on parchment paper to set.
- Enjoy!!
Notes
*These donuts are extremely tender so refrigerating them helps them to set and keeps them from breaking apart when dipping them into the glaze.
- Prep Time: 25
- Cook Time: 15
- Category: american
- Method: bake
- Cuisine: dessert
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Catherine says
These donuts look SO scrumptious, that texture is perfection! On the top of my list for Valentine’s Day!
Natalie says
You are the sweetest!! Thank you Catherine!