Instead of cake we had donuts…paleo vanilla donuts that can be dressed up or left plain because they taste just as good. Happy Birthday to my wonderful mom! She’s a strong woman with a soft heart and…just the best. I love how she’s not afraid to be silly, and her terribly awesome singing throughout the years.
Terribly Awesome: When something is so bad, and the negative qualities of a subject are so abundant that they somehow make it really really awesome.
Recently with college classes starting up again and work piling on, I need recipes that are really easy and quick. This past weekend for a movie-night-get-together my donut baking pan was put to good use. These bake in 15 minutes, and can be prepared in 5. I am curious to make a bagel version in the future with garlic and topped with sauce (inspired by Diane!). My friend Diane is great at coming up with new twists and ideas for recipes. After a few test drives with these vanilla donuts, I came up with a recipe that keeps them fluffy and moist. It’s light on the ingredients and yummy for the taste buds. So far it’s mom, dad, brother, friend and dog approved.
This is a very simple vanilla flavored cake-like donut. Works well as a base for more fancy versions. (grain, sugar, and nut free)
ingredients:
1/2 cup coconut flour
2 tsp butter (or coconut oil)
stevia (between 1/2 -1 tsp)
pinch of sea salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp Bragg's apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract (alcohol-free)
2 eggs
1 cup water
directions:
- Grease donut pan.
- Sift coconut flour and mix well with the rest of the dry ingredients.
- Cut in butter or oil. (knead in well until butter is in tiny pieces throughout the mixture)
- Add in eggs and ACV. Add in a cup of water and mix well. The dough should be very soft and moist, yet firm enough to be pickup up with your hands.
- Distribute evenly into a 6 mold donut pan.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until firm.
Cheryl March 18, 2013 at 4:22 pm
I just tried to make these. I had just purchased a donut maker. The batter seemed really runny. It did not work well for donuts, I added more flour and it was still runny. I ended up using the batter for pancakes. The ratio of 1/2 C flour to 1 C. water did seem odd. Are you sure you had the recipe written correctly? I did like the flavor.
lauren michelle March 18, 2013 at 7:37 pm
Hi Cheryl. Runny is exactly how it should be. It’s like a pancake batter, and if you bake it in the oven for 10-15 minutes you will see it start to rise and firm up. By avoiding too much coconut flour you also avoid a dry rock hard donut. Even though it looks like it might not work they do and will come out fluffy. Try it out and if it doesn’t work let me know.