Oh yes, I did! You thought it would never happen. It did! Don’t wait, just bake!
If you’re not paleo, a gluten-free maple and bacon donut might seem a bit bizarre. Just think of it this way: pancakes, maple syrup, and bacon. All breakfast flavors you love, right? Well, here they are together in one glorious glazed donut!
But here’s the deal. We’re not allowed to have a lot of sweets on the paleo plan. That’s just how it goes. But if you’re like me and my hubby, we’ve stuck pretty close to the paleo rulebook for awhile – going on 8 months now. We believe we’re entitled to a little treat every now and then. How about you?
Or maybe you’re not paleo at all, and just want to enjoy treats that are gluten-free and contain no processed sugars. Well, you’ve hit the jackpot with this recipe!
Obviously, this is not a nutritious breakfast recipe. This is definitely a dessert that’s gluten-free and paleo-friendly.
So here’s a little backstory on the donuts… I lived in the Northwest for a long time. If you’re a northwesterner too, you’ve probably heard of VooDoo Doughnuts in Portland, Oregon. They serve crazy, awesome, full-on, wheat and refined sugar donuts.
In fact, they’re so good, the minute they open the doors to their hole-in-the-wall on 3rd Avenue, a line forms around the block.
One of their bestsellers is a maple bar with bacon. Seriously? What could be better than that?
So that’s where I got my inspiration. I wanted to make a paleo version of VooDoo’s popular treat. I admit I stepped outside the box with this one, but I can honestly say, I love it!
What’s special about these donuts? There are actually little bits of bacon inside the donut. You take a bite, taste the sweet cake along with a little salty-smokey flavor from the bacon.
Oh my goodness…I think you’ll go hog-wild over the flavor of these.
And if that wasn’t enough, I used a little more bacon as sprinkles on top of the sweet maple glaze! Boom!
There you have it! The perfect paleo-friendly, maple bacon donut…completely gluten-free and refined sugar-free!
Keep in mind you will need a donut baking pan of some kind to pull these off. There are steel, aluminum and silicone donut baking pans out there. Here’s our affiliate link to one brand on Amazon.com.
Hope you enjoy this donut recipe!
Paleo-Friendly and Gluten-Free Glazed Maple & Bacon Donuts
Equipment
- donut baking pan
Ingredients
Donut Ingredients
- 4 eggs – whisked
- 1 3/4 cups almond flour
- 2 tbs coconut flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup raw maple syrup
- 1/4 cup coconut oil – melted
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup bacon bits about 6-8 pieces, fried and crumbled
Glaze Ingredients
- 1/4 cup raw maple syrup
- 1/4 cup coconut butter
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 3 tbsp raw honey
- 2 tbsp plus 1 tsp of palm shortening
- About 6 pieces of bacon crumbled for bacon “sprinkles” on top of donuts
Instructions
Donut Instructions (see separate glaze instructions below)
- Preheat oven to 350º F
- Grease donut pan
- In a medium bowl mix dry ingredients. almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt
- In another bowl, mix all the wet ingredients: eggs, maple syrup, coconut oil and vanilla
- Pour the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients, and stir thoroughly to combine
- Gently stir in bacon bits
- Get a large Ziplock bag and pour the batter into it. Release the air and seal the bag.
- Cut off a corner and pipe the donut batter into the donut pan. Fill each mold about 2/3 full
- Tap the pan on the counter to make sure the top is even
- Bake for about 20 min or until a toothpick comes out clean (oven cooking times vary)
- Allow to cool, then remove donuts and place on wire rack until you’re ready to glaze
Glaze Instructions
- In a bullet or a good blender combine all the glaze ingredients
- It should be the consistency of a thick glaze – like you’d normally find on a donut
- Make sure the donuts have completely cooled before glazing
- Dip one side of the donuts in the glaze and return to the wire rack.
- Sprinkle with bacon crumbles
- Makes somewhere between 6-8 glazed maple-bacon donuts