These Gluten Free Vanilla Baked Donuts with Raspberry Glaze are such a treat for that special someone. These are soft, fluffy and light with a sweet raspberry glaze. Hard to believe they are gluten free!
These Gluten Free Baked Vanilla Donuts with Raspberry Glaze have my heart! They are so easy to make and the perfect treat for that special someone.
Know anyone who would love a box of these babies on Valentine's Day?
I can tell you without hesitation that my kids flipped for them. They came home from school on a cold Monday afternoon to these donuts and all homework and practice worries went out the door.
Mom of the Year right here!
These donuts have a cake like consistency and you can't tell they are gluten free. I used Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Gluten Free Flour because it is the best and easiest replacement for white flour.
There are plenty of times when I bake with almond and coconut flours but I find when I'm making a treat like this and I want it fluffy this is the BEST flour to use. Plus, my kids like it.
I didn't want to use food coloring in the glaze so I used raspberry juice. I put 1 cup frozen raspberries in a bowl and let them thaw in the freezer for a few hours. They make the most beautiful red juice as they thaw and they are packed with flavor.
The glaze is simply powdered sugar, milk and raspberry juice. You really have to tweak it to your liking. If you want a thin glaze add more milk and for a thicker glaze add less. I kept mine thick for these pink ones.
I think you are going to flip for these Baked Vanilla Donuts with Raspberry Glaze {Gluten Free} because they are...
- easy to make in a donut pan
- light, fluffy and cake-like
- uses pantry staples
- covered in a sweet glaze
- gluten free
- guaranteed to make your kids smile
Baked Gluten Free Vanilla Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Gluten Free Flour (I use Bob's Red Mill)
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ tsp cream of tartar
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 8 tablespoon (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk (I used coconut)
Raspberry Glaze
- 1 ¼ cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoon raspberry juice (see recipe notes)
- 1 tablespoon milk
- ½ teaspoon almond flavor (or vanilla)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray your donut pans with non-stick spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the first seven dry ingredients, flour through sugar
- In another small bowl whisk together the melted and cooled butter, vanilla, eggs, and milk. Make a well in the center of dry ingredients and pour in. Mix gently.
- Transfer mixture to a Ziploc bag and cut the corner tip off. This makes it easy to pipe into the donut pan.
- Fill each well ¾ full without covering the middle section. If you do, your doughnuts won't have a hole.
- Cook for about 10-12 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely before glazing.
Raspberry Glaze
- Add sugar, almond flavoring and raspberry juice to a stand mixer and blitz. I like to add a little more milk at a time until I get the consistency I desire.
- Pour the glaze over cooled donuts with a spoon. Don't dip them bc they become over saturated.
Notes
Nutrition
Adapted from my Gluten Free Doughnuts (Krispy Kreme Copycat)
Chris
Oh my, you had me at raspberry glaze! And then came the GORGEOUS photos. drooling.
Karen Kelly
Thanks Chris!
Emily
These donuts look amazing! I love that they are gluten free!
Traci
I recently passed up the opportunity to purchase a donut pan. I kind of kicked myself, but then realized that it might be the most dangerous piece of bakeware I own LOL. But daaaaang I'd love to be making your recipe right about now! Bookmarking and sharing, of course 🙂
Andrea @ Cooking with Mamma C
I love that these are baked and colored with raspberry juice! My kids would enjoy these too. I really need to get a doughnut pan.
Karen Kelly
You do Andrea! It's so much fun.
Rebecca | Let's Eat Cake
I definitely would love one of these for Valentine's Day! They look and sound absolutely delicious!
Christine
These doughnuts look so yummy and perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Karen Kelly
Thanks sweetie!
Phi @ The SweetPhi blog
Absolutely love this recipe!!! I have a donut pan that does not get enough use, these would be perfect for upcoming valentines day, totally adding them to my weekend baking list!
Karen Kelly
Get that baby out Phi!
Michele
I am planning on making these tomorrow morning. Just had my son run out to buy me donut pans lol my question is.. do I put xanthan gum in the mix? I do not have the 1 to 1 GF flour. I will be using Bob's red Mill all purpose GF flour..
Karen Kelly
Hi Michelle! Yay, glad you are trying them. Yes that flour should work great. The one I used is Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour. http://amzn.to/2EkWNs0
No need for xantham gum. Do not overfill the donut pan or the donuts will lose their holes. If they do cook over the hole I use an apple corer to recut them. Enjoy!
LaLa
Three out of six in my family are gluten free and I feel so guilty when my GF twins have to watch others eat delicious doughnuts! SO I bought two doughnut pans months ago and forgot about them during our move. After just "re" finding them, I wanted to find an EASY recipe that didn't require ingredients that I don't usually have on hand. I started searching on Pinterest and pinned this recipe. Wanting to surprise my kiddos on V-day with a yummy breakfast, I whipped up a batch of these at 10p 🙂 They were SO easy and SO delish! I rolled some in cinnamon and sugar and topped some with plain glaze and sprinkled them with chopped peanuts. I have been GF for almost 4 years and haven't had a doughnut is soo long and I am very happy with the outcome and going to bed with a sugar rush ;-). I will definitely add this to my recipe box, thanks for sharing!
Karen Kelly
Wow, thanks so much for coming back to tell me this. That makes me so happy that your twins enjoyed the donuts! Happy Valentine's Day to you!
Amanda
Wow! Those look great and I can't wait to try them. I was wondering if you could substitute strawberries for the raspberries since I have family that doesn't like raspberries.
Karen Kelly
Hi Amanda, yes I think you could do that. Just make sure to use frozen strawberries bc the juice is what colors the icing pink. Let me know how it goes for you!
Charity
Taste amazing, wouldn’t even guess they are gluten free. They are more like mini cakes but still awesome.
Karen Kelly
Yes they do taste like cakes since they aren't deep fried donuts. So glad you liked them.