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This Vegan Glutenfree Donuts recipe features a blend of oat and almond flour and results in super moist and fluffy baked vanilla donuts that taste a bit like Snickerdoodle Cookies. Dipped into cinnamon sugar – the perfect sweet afternoon or breakfast treat!

a plate of glutenfree vanilla donuts with coated with cinnamon sugar

Meet my favorite Glutenfree Donuts Recipe!

This vegan and gluten-free Vanilla Donuts recipe is going to rock your world and your tastebuds. Trust me, these are one of the best baked gf +v donuts I have ever made and they are super simple to throw together, too. WIN!

I love making donuts on a lazy Saturday Morning and these ones are especially great if you want to get the kids involved! They can help to make the batter, and then dip the donuts into the cinnamon sugar mix.

I recommend you make a double batch and freeze some vanilla donuts for quick snacking whenever those afternoon sugar cravings hit.

side view of a plate with glutenfree vanilla donuts with one donut being cut into half

No Yeast!

The donut batter does not use any yeast for rising. We only use baking powder and baking soda. Therefore it can also be baked into regular size muffins or mini vanilla muffins. Hello, Valentines Day Breakfast! You could also use a mini donuts pan but you would have to reduce the baking time.

The secret to gluten-free and vegan baking is adding air to the batter before it even goes into bake. You can do this several ways such as adding some whipped aquafaba , adding in citric acid in the dry ingredients, Or adding in aerated club soda! I like to use club soda these days because living up Aquafaba just takes too much time. Any freshly open fizzy drink makes these really soft and moist.

vegan glutenfree vanilla donuts with cinnamon sugar topping on a white plate

This gluten-free donuts recipe is especially perfect if you are a fan of all things snickerdoodles as they are dipped into cinnamon-sugar after baking. You can go the extra mile and drizzle some icing on top. I will give you the recipes for both.

Gluten-Free Vanilla Doughnuts Vegan

5 from 4 votes
By: Vegan Richa
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 16 minutes
Total: 36 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Breakfast, brunch
Cuisine: American
This Vegan Gluten-free Baked Vanilla Donuts recipe features a blend of oat and almond flour and results in super moist and fluffy baked donuts that taste a bit like Snickerdoodle Cookies. Dipped into cinnamon sugar - the perfect sweet afternoon or breakfast treat! No eggs! #donuts #brunch
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Ingredients 
 

Dry Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup oat flour, use certified Glutenfree if needed.
  • 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1/4 cup potato starch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp baking soda
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup sugar

Wet Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup non-dairy milk
  • 1/4 cup club soda

To Top:

  • Cinnamon and Sugar

Instructions 

  • Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl.  Almond flour tends to clump, if you run into this problem, just use a fork, spoon or hand to break down Ingredients until finely mixed.
  • Next take wet ingredients and incorporate into dry mixture. Again making sure to break up any lumps to get nice smooth consistency.
  • Let your batter sit for 5-7 minutes, it will grow in size and slightly thicken as well.
  • Spoon the batter into a WELL GREASED doughnut pan. This is a very delicate doughnut and if you have to force them out, they will likely break. Ideally you want them to just 'pop' out, so make sure to generously grease the pan!
  • Put into a preheated oven at 375° F for 14-16 minutes.
  • Check at the 14-minute mark, depending on your oven they may cook more quickly.
  • Take out of the oven and let cool for 10-15 minutes before gently removing doughnuts from pan. Make sure they are completely cooled before topping.

For the cinnamon/sugar mixture:

  • Mix 4 tbsp cane sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon in shallow bowl then brush tops of doughnuts with a bit of oil and lightly press doughnuts into the sugar mixture, so the top is thoroughly coated. You can use either this topping or the simple sugar icing below

For the simple sugar icing:

  • Use 1/2 cup powdered sugar and whisk in 1-3 tsp non dairy milk. The amount will vary depending on your preference. Mix until you have a consistency to your liking. Then drizzle over top of doughnuts.

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Notes

Oatfree: to make these without oats, use almond flour. Use 2 tbsp non dairy milk instead of 1/4 cup. 
The nutritional values do not include the cinnamon sugar topping
These should keep nicely in an airtight container on the counter for about a day or in the fridge for up to 5 days. Enjoy

Nutrition

Calories: 170kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 10g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 93mg, Potassium: 121mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 9g, Calcium: 74mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Ingredients for making this Glutenfree Donuts Recipe:

  • almond flour makes these glutenfree donuts super moist and cakey. Don’t make these with almond meal or “natural” almond flour. The texture just won’t be right. You need finely ground, blanched almond flour like Bob’s Red Mill.
  • oat flour makes these more cake-like texture which I love. You don’t need to buy it. Just grind some rolled oats in your spice grinder.
  • potato starch helps to keep them moist and makes the crumb a bit lighter. It is not to be confused with potato flour. Potato flour is the powdered form of whole cooked dehydrated potatoes.
  •  oil for moisture – anything neutral-flavored will do.
  • these would not be vanilla donuts without some vanilla extract. The better the extract, the better the flavor.
  • non-dairy milk is used as a liquid.
  • a combination of baking soda and baking powder gives these the perfect rise.
  • I like adding some club soda to my donut recipes to lighten up the batter and simulate a yeasted batter.
  •  Cinnamon sugar topping – always.

Tips & Substitutions:

  • For this recipe, I recommend a non-stick donut pan to release the donuts effortlessly. So, it’s really important to use a very good non-stick pan, and a hard one works better than silicone.
  • Grease the donut dish really well paying special attention to the sides and edges.  Ideally, you want them to just ‘pop’ out, so make sure to generously grease the pan!
  • Fill the donut pan about 3/4 way. If you fill it too much, the batter will overflow. If you don’t put in enough, you’ll end up with flat donuts.
  • the color of your pan makes a difference in the baking time. The darker the pan, the quicker they will be ready.
  • Oatfree: use all almond flour and use 2 tbsp non dairy milk instead of 1/4 cup

ingredients needed for making glutenfree vanilla donuts recipe

How to make this Gluten-free Donuts recipe:

dry mix for making glutenfree vanilla donuts in a white bowl

Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl.  Almond flour tends to clump, if you run into this problem, just use a fork or spoon to break down ingredients until finely mixed.

wet ingredients being stirred into dry donut ingredients in a white bowl

Next, take wet ingredients and incorporate them into the dry mixture. Again making sure to break up any lumps to get a nice smooth consistency.

glutenfree donuts batter in a white bowl

Let your batter sit for 5-7 minutes, it will grow in size and slightly thicken as well.

glutenfree almond flour donuts batter being filled into donuts pan

Spoon the batter into a WELL GREASED doughnut pan. This is a very delicate doughnut and if you have to force them out, they will likely break- Ideally you want them to just ‘pop’ out, so make sure to generously grease the pan!

freshly baked glutenfree donuts in a baking pan

Bake the donuts in a preheated oven at 375° F for 14-16 minutes. Check them at the 14-minute mark. Depending on your oven they may cook more quickly.
Take the vanilla donuts out of the oven and let them cool for 10-15 minutes before gently removing doughnuts from pan. Make sure they are completely cooled before topping.

overhead shot of a white plate with glutenfree donuts on a marble kitchen table

For the cinnamon/sugar mixture:

Mix 4 tbsp cane sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon in a shallow bowl then brush tops of doughnuts with a bit of oil and lightly press doughnuts into sugar mixture, so the top is thoroughly coated.

For the simple sugar icing:

Use 1/2 cup powdered sugar and whisk in the non-dairy milk – the amount will vary depending on your preference. Mix until you have a consistency you enjoy. Then drizzle over top of the doughnuts.

freshly baked glutenfree vanilla donuts on a white plate

How to store gluten-free Vanilla Donuts

These should keep nicely in an airtight container on the counter for about a day or in the fridge for up to 5 days. Enjoy

a plate with glutenfree donuts coated in cinnamon sugar

About Richa

Hi, I'm Richa! I create flavorful plant based recipes that are inspired by my Indian upbringing, including many gluten-free, soy-free, and oil-free options.

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44 Comments

  1. Briana Greig says:

    Hi,
    Could you sub out oat flour for chickpea flour? Also, if I wanted to make these protein donuts, how would you incorporate protein powder?

    1. Vegan Richa Support says:

      Using chickpea flour would change the texture. You would add the protein powder to the flour.

  2. Beth Ann says:

    Thank you, Richa, for all of your amazing recipes!
    These donuts were a HUGE hit!
    We substituted Equal for the sugar (type 1 diabetic), rice flour for the oats (celiac), and I didn’t have any club soda so I used more milk and added a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar. I love how your recipes can fit so many different food needs/preferences and are so versatile!
    We made a batch of vanilla last night and made lemon poppyseed and blueberry this morning!!!
    SUPER easy to make and our new favorite dessert!
    You are amazing!!!

    1. Vegan Richa Support says:

      Awesome!! Do leave a rating too if you feel like it! 👋👋👋

  3. Jamie says:

    Do you know if this recipe would work air fried? I’m having a hard time finding any good, healthy donut recipes for our air fry oven. Thank you!

    1. Vegan Richa Support says:

      I haven’t tried but I think that it could totally work! go for it and let me know how it turns out

  4. sam says:

    Hello. Could you use coconut sugar instead of can sugar?

    1. sam says:

      cane*

    2. Richa says:

      Yes

  5. andrea says:

    5 stars
    I doubled this recipe and it made 11 perfectly tasting donuts! I was impressed by how doughy they were, like a real donut! Every other recipe I have tried (not yours) have come out more cake like. We decided to melt chocolate and top with that. SO good! Thank you!

    1. Richa says:

      Yay!

  6. Shraddha says:

    Hi Richa,
    To make gluten free mango cupcake with how much quantity do we substitute
    Mango cupcake has 1 1/2 cups flour and 1 tbsp starch
    The donut recipe says – 1/2 cup almond flour,1/2 cup oat flour and 1/4 cup starch.
    Will the bs and be remain same in mango recipie.
    Also the mango purée do we reduce the quantity ?please can you give measurements

    Thank you

    1. Richa says:

      You can double the flour ingredients for the gf mix. Then from that mix use 1.5 cups flour. Reduce mango purée to 1 cup. Add 1/4 cup or more club soda. Keep adding a tbsp at a time until the batter is just slightly thick.

      1. Paweu says:

        Hi Richa, if i were to substitute almond flour in this recipe, what would work best instead? Would, for example, tapioca flour grant same effects?

        1. Vegan Richa Support says:

          No almond flour can’t be subbed, it will completely change the texture.

  7. Bonnie says:

    Would all oat flour work? Husband allergic to nuts.

    1. Richa says:

      They will be much dryer with just oat flour. If you are accustomed to the texture from just oat flour then you might find them ok. Add lots of frosting

  8. Niti says:

    Hi, I tried making them in my mini donut pan, they turned out to be crusty on the outside and cakey on the inside. What would be the measurement for the mini donut pan please?

    1. Richa says:

      They seem like they got over baked. Jn the mini donut they need just 10 mins bake time