Tried something a little different for breakfast today. Wanted a hardy sweet breakfast, like donuts, but without the sugar/carb overload for my kids. I saw this recipe for Coconut Flour Cake Donuts from Tastykitchen.com and tweaked it to fit for us.
First, I heated up my coconut oil on my stove. Mixed up my eggs, sweetener, and vanilla in my food processor.
Then added my coconut oil. Blended well. Then added the coconut flour, soda, salt. Blended well.
I rubbed my mini donut molds (that I got at our local Pottery Barn Outlet for $5.98, whoop!) with coconut oil and pressed the dough into the mold. EASY!!!
Baked them to a nice golden brown. They puff up just a little bit.
Aren’t they CUTE??? Let those cool a little!
For the glaze, I added butter, coconut oil, & sweetener with a little vanilla. Then once that had melted up just a little I added some heavy whipping cream.
I took my slightly cooled donuts & dipped them into my vanilla glaze.
Just one side. Then sprinkled nuts on top of some and coconut crunch on top of the others. EASY! Just wish I had more of the mini donut molds. Or maybe bigger ones!
These would be an S breakfast or snack or dessert if you are following the Trim Healthy Mama plan!
Coconut Mini Donuts with Vanilla Glaze
makes 28 to 30 mini donuts
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Ingredients:
Donuts:
I followed the ingredients in this recipe here except added these changes:
3/4 cup of sweetener (I used xylitol) instead of honey
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
Glaze:
1 stick of butter
1/4 cup of coconut oil (melted)
1/2 cup powdered xylitol (you can use truvia, or whatever sweetener you like but grind it fine)
2 tsp vanilla
1-2 tbsp. heavy whipping cream
Directions:
Crack your eggs into your food processor. Add you sweetener and vanilla. Blend well. Add in your melted coconut oil. Blend. Add your coconut flour, soda, & salt. Blend for 30 seconds. Grease your donut molds well with coconut oil or butter. Press your batter into the molds. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees. Take them out and allow them to cool for a little while. In a glass bowl put your butter, coconut oil, powdered sweetener & vanilla. Melt them a little at a time till you get a glaze. You don’t want to melt it completely, just until everything is mixed together smoothly. Add your heavy whipping cream & mix again. Dip your donuts into the glaze and set onto a plate. Sprinkle nuts or coconut or whatever topping you want on top. Makes 28 to 30 mini donuts. Enjoy!
I’d love to try these!! Have you ever tried a donut maker? Wondering if it’d be worth the $. Kids love donuts, and these are wayyyy healthier than Shipley’s!!:)
Oh, I’ve never tried one but they are so cheap now! And you could use them for other things too… like cookies, maybe! lol
I don’t have a food processor…would a blender or hand mixer work?
Yes, that should work… it just might be harder to get out of a blender. 🙂
Hi, I was wanting to make these but can’t seem to find how many eggs you are suppose to use. I am sure I was just reading to fast and missed it or the usual for me is when I am looking for something it is right there in front of me and I keep missing it. Thanks,
If you click on the link for the donut recipe (I provided that in the ingredient list… I adapted this recipe for a THM approved recipe… don’t want to take anyone else’s work) it should say how many eggs. 🙂
i couldnt find the amount of eggs you used.
If you scroll down to the ingredient list you will see a link to the original recipe which will list it. I adapted this recipe to make it THM approved and didn’t want to *steal anyone else’s work so I just linked to it! 🙂
This looks amazing! I will be trying these tonight.