The other day, I made allergen-free vegan donuts (gluten and dairy free) for the first time. To my surprise, it tasted really good!! π
These are baked donuts. Not raw donuts, although I generally prefer raw food desserts. I just like to experiment. Since it was my first time baking vegan donuts, I was a bit nervous about binding the dough, so I kind of used a few different binders in the mix. As usual, a banana (for both as a sweetener and binder), flax egg and xanthan gum. Also used a bit of baking powder for fluffing the dough. BUT, after the experiment, I would just use the banana, and skip the rest. Not necessary. If you want to fluff it up, perhaps, the use of baking powder and baking soda, but I would prefer sticking to a banana only. I'm assuming that you could get the ideal consistency of the dough by adjusting the grams of the banana when mixing it.
Ingredients:
Oat flour --- about 1 cup
Almond flour --- about 1/4 cup
Coconut flour --- about 1/4 cup
(The ratio of almond flour and coconut flour, to my liking, is usually more almond flour and less coconut flour.)
1 Ripe banana
Flax egg (Optional) --- 1 tbsp Ground flax seeds mixed in 1.5 tbsp filtered water. Mix and let it sit for a few min.
Xanthan Gum (Optional) --- 2/3 tsp.
Orange zest --- I used 3 organic mandarin orange peels, and grated them.
Cacao Powder --- 2 tbsp.
Vanila Extract (non-alcohol) --- 3/4 tsp
Cinnamon powder --- sprinkles
Dark chocolate bar --- I used the Lindt 90% cocoa (for glazing and drizzling the donuts). This one has 2g added sugar which is a small amount, so it's not too bad. I usually make my own chocolate sauce with no added sugar, but this time I skipped that process. I'm wondering where the 4g protein comes from, though.
Hemp milk (unsweetened) --- 1/4 + cup.
Baking powder --- 1/4 tsp
Coconut oil --- 1.5 tbsp (melted)
Cooking gear:
Silicon donut molds and a baking pan.
DIRECTION:
Grate the orange peels (organic orange)
Make flax egg (optional)
Melt coconut oil
Blend the ingredients (Oat flour, Coconut flour, Almond flour, 1 ripe banana, sprinkles of cinnamon powder, vanilla extract, hemp milk, flax egg-optional, xanthan gum-optional, baking powder-optional, Cacao powder and orange zest).
Fill the silicone molds with the donut dough. I filled just 2/3 of the way into the molds, but next time I'd just fill the molds all the way, since I wouldn't be using baking powder. If you use baking powder (or any fluffing agent), you'd probably need a little space for the donut to fluff up.
After baking for 15-20 minutes at 350 °F
Since I used very little amount of baking powder, the dough didn't expand much. Banana made it a bit moist and chewy. That's OK for me. Fluffing agents can interfere with a detox diet, so I try to use less of them.
Tasted deliciousπ Texture worked for me.π
Baked. Cool off. (Easy to removed the donuts from the silicone molds.)
Melt dark chocolate bar in boiling hot water saucepan.
(Some coconut oil was left in the measuring cup, so I mixed it with the chocolate.)
I also don't like to use a microwave, and it's better for the chocolate to gradually melt in the hot water rather than heating it up directly in the pan.
This is the chocolate bar I used this time. Lindt brand. Next time, I hope I'll have the time to make from scratch, but in a pinch, I use something like this.
Delicious dark chocolate-drizzled vegan donuts! π±
Dark chocolate-dipped donuts tasted yummy, too!
LOVE the bitter-sweet taste!! π
Just like life.
Blessingsπ
