Cinnamon-Sugar Apple Cider Donuts
These fluffy little gluten-free Apple Cider Donuts are a delicious Fall treat to enjoy with your morning coffee or a tall glass of plant based milk! Just because you eat well doesn’t mean you can’t eat WELL.
Making our favorite Holiday delights out of whole foods ingredients has become a bit of a passion of mine. When my daughter was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in 2016 I began to clean up our diets. Resulting in a decrease of inflammation for her and a loss of 125 pounds for me.
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I was a serial dieter who had the hardest time sticking to an eating plan. Until I decided to throw all the plans out the window. I decided to just eat real food in more modest portion sizes. I stopped restricting and started living and have never felt better.
Just because you’re trying to lose weight doesn’t mean you can’t still have a donut, pizza or a burger and fries. The key is paying attention to nutritional value of your food. Keep it simple, keep it real, and keep it yummy!
This holiday season I hope you are able to replace a few of your old favorite treats with some healthier new ones! You might also like my Grain-Free Pumpkin Pie, No-refined Sugar Sugar Cookies, and my Gluten-Free Banana Streusel Muffins!
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Cinnamon-Sugar Apple Cider Donuts
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- 1/3 cup 100% pure maple syrup
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 medium to large gala apple, cored and quartered
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup tightly packed superfine blanched almond flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/4 cup raw cane sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a standard donut pan with cooking oil spray.
- In a high-powdered blender, combine the eggs, maple syrup, applesauce, vanilla extract, vinegar, apple, oats, almond flour, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. Blend on high until well combined, about 60 seconds.
- Carefully spoon the mixture into the prepared donut pan, filling the cups three-quarters of the way full.
- In a small-wide mouth bowl, combine the remaining 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon and sugar. One at a time, place each donut in the bowl and rotate until all of the sides are coated in cinnamon sugar. Serve.
Made these tonight and they are delicious! My daughter said they were a 10/10! Will for sure make again.
Love these! Texture is similar to a muffin. Very easy to make. I did have trouble getting the cinnamon sugar to stick to the outside. Not sure how to fix that. But will definitely make these again.
Try lightly brushing the donut with melted butter, then sprinkle or dip in cinnamon sugar.
Yummmm
These r one of my favorites! Delicious!