Paleo-Friendly and Gluten-Free Glazed Maple & Bacon Donuts
You can easily bake your own maple-flavored glazed donuts with bacon inside and sprinkled on top -- this one's amazing!
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