Yes, you can indulge in vegan donut holes! This gluten free donut hole recipe is one you are going to love if you can't eat gluten.
You know those times when you really just want a donut? Sometimes that craving can be almost overpowering. I have a recipe that is perfect for those times! These donut holes are perfect! They are gluten-free and vegan. They taste every bit as delicious as conventional donuts. But they don't have any ingredients you won't like.
If you are a huge breakfast fan, I would suggest that you also check out our gluten free vegan cinnamon roll muffins and our gluten free mushroom quiche.
Vegan Donut Holes
I have been searching for an easy no-fry recipe for doughnut holes! I found everything I wanted in this recipe! Homemade Baked Doughnut Holes will be your favorite too!
These doughnut holes are light and full of crunchy flavor! I would suggest tripling the batch! Not that you will eat the entire bunch in one sitting. But you'll want to. And as soon as your family smells them, they will be gone!
We ate these up so quick and needed more! I adapted the recipe from here.
How to Make Vegan and Gluten-Free Donut Holes
The secret to making crispy donut holes is to use crispy gluten-free cereal for the outer coating. Oh and use plenty of sugar.
Ingredients
These are the ingredients you will need:
- Vegan butter
- Sugar
- Cinnamon
- Gluten-Free Flour
- Crispy Gluten-Free Cereal
- Baking Powder
- Salt
- Vegetable Shortening
- Non-Dairy Milk
Baked Not Fried
These crispy treats are baked in the oven at 425 degrees for less than 20 minutes. When they come out, they will be super hot and perfectly crispy! If you want them a little crisper, just bake them a few more minutes.
How to make these baked donut holes:
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In a small pan, melt butter. Pour butter into its own bowl. In a new bowl combine sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
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In a bowl mix flour, cereal, sugar, baking powder and salt. Fold in shortening.
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Stir until mixture crumbly. Stir in milk.
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Roll mixture into 1 inch balls with your hands.
- Oven Directions: Place donut balls onto a baking sheet with parchment paper. Bake at 425F for 12 minutes.
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Air Fryer Directions:Place donut holes into the air fryer. Air Fryer at 380 degrees F for 6 minutes. At the 3 minute mark, give the air fryer basket a quick shake.
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When donut holes are done cooking, carefully remove the air fryer donut holes. Carefully (they will be hot) dip each ball into "coating mixture".
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Vegan Donuts
Ingredients
- Coating for donut holes:
- ½ cup melted vegan butter (or dairy butter)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 T cinnamon
- Doughnut Ingredients:
- 1 ⅓ cup gluten free flour (or AP flour)
- 1 cup crispy gluten free cereal (or rice krispies)
- 2 T sugar
- 1 T baking powder
- ½ t salt
- ¼ cup vegetable shortening
- ½ cup non dairy milk (or dairy milk)
Instructions
- In a small pan, melt butter. Pour butter into its own bowl. In a new bowl combine sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a bowl mix flour, cereal, sugar, baking powder and salt. Fold in shortening.
- Stir until mixture crumbly. Stir in milk.
- Roll mixture into 1 inch balls with your hands.
- Place donut holes on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 425F for 12 minutes.
- When the vegan donuts are done baking, remove from oven.. Carefully (they will be hot) dip each ball into the melted butter, then into the cinnamon/sugar mixture.
- ENJOY!
Notes
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Place donut holes into the air fryer. Air Fryer at 380 degrees F for 6 minutes. At the 3 minute mark, give the air fryer basket a quick shake.
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When donut holes are done cooking, carefully remove the air fryer donut holes. Carefully (they will be hot) dip each ball into "coating mixture".
Nutrition
More Gluten-Free Desserts
Want some more ways to satiate your sweet tooth? Here are some of my favorite gluten-free dessert recipes.
- Gluten-Free Cookie Bars
- Soft and Chewy Air Fryer Cookies
- Gluten-Free Brownie Trifle
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oh yum those look fantastic! my hubby is GF so thank you for this recipe!
Very welcome! We have lots of GF recipes, take a look, see if any more catch your eye 🙂 Happy to have you!
I recently won an entire case of some Butler's Soy Curls and I came by wanting to know if you had any recipes on your blog that used them. But this one stopped me in my tracks!!! LOL! 🙂
Hi Meg, I haven't used those. I actually hadn't heard of them until you wrote. Just googled them. Very cool!
Sounds yummy and easy too! 🙂
Very easy and very tasty! YUM
Crunchy doughnuts? Okay, I'm giving this a try!
The outside has a crunch and the inside is soft. YUMMO!
OOHHH!! Those look really good!
They are! I hope you get to make some!
love the ideal that they are baked not fried
Yes, the baked is what hooked me too!
Thank you for the recipe, my boyfriend loves doughnuts
Welcome! I hope he enjoys them!
Oh these look amazing!
Thanks Danielle! We loved them!
These look ao yummy I am going to try the recipe. Thanks!!
Thanks! Let me know how they turn out! Thanks for stopping by!
Yum! Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Very welcome! I hope that you enjoy!
This recipe sounds delicious. I have family members who are allergic to gluten and this would work great for them.
Thanks Sara! This recipe is very easy to make and has great taste! They will love it!
Thanks for the recipe, it sounds delicious and I love that they're baked instead of fried!
Yes, that is what I love too! Thanks for stopping by!
I've never made homemade donuts so this would be an interesting endevour for me. I can't wait to try to make them.
Great, stop back by and let me know how they turned out! 🙂 I'd love to have your feedback!
These look SO delicious!!
Thanks Carrie! Heading over to your blog now! 🙂
that looks so good
They are SUPER! Thanks for stopping by today!
think im going to the kitchen baby!
Awesome, hope they turned out great for you!
Sounds easy and something my boys will love!
Happy Wednesday!
Happy Wednesday! My boys loved it! It was easy and yummmy! 🙂
OMG This is definitely a pinner!
Thanks for following me on Pinterest and pinning this! I really appreciate it!
These look delicious. I'm going to try them
Great, please come back and let me know how they were!
Wonderful! Let me know how they turn out for you! 🙂
Thank you for sharing this recipe. I'm hungry for some Doughnut Holes now! Yummy 🙂
I just had some this morning, they are SSOOOO good 🙂
This look yummy! Always looking for new recipes, thanks!
Very welcome, enjoy!
A quick question about the "crispy cereal". Is this the same kind of cereal you use for crisped rice treats? Do you crush the cereal or use it whole? This recipe sounds so good, I really hope you answer my questions so I can give it a try. 🙂 Thank you so very much!
Sorry for the delay in my response we were out for the weekend. I use Erewhons crispy cereal which is just like rice krispies. I keep them whole but you could crush them 🙂 here is the link to the cereal I use: http://www.attunefoods.com/products/Erewhon/erewhon-crispy-brown-rice-gluten-free-cereals Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
I made them the other night and it came out pretty good thanks
Great! Thanks for stopping back by and letting me know! 🙂
Those look really good! I've been looking for a healthier doughnut recipe.
Great, glad you found this one! We made them again this morning! YUM