Doughnuts are my weakness but luckily I’ve found a lot of gluten-free dairy-free doughnuts along the way. Last year I found the ultimate convenient snack – frozen glazed doughnuts that can be reheated in under a minute and maintain all the characteristics of a sweet, fluffy doughnut.
While these store-bought doughnuts were my favourite find of 2024, they came at $10 per half dozen. I knew I could make them homemade for a lot cheaper. What I didn’t know was how easy they would be to make. These doughnuts take less than 15 minutes to bake, so you can make yourself a snack in a pinch.
This peanut butter icing is very moreish and together it reminds me of a satisfying version of PB on toast. Give this one a go, especially if you or someone you know doesn’t like icing that’s too sweet.
Peanut Butter Iced Doughnuts
Equipment
- 1 doughnut pan if you don't have a doughnut pan, use a muffin pan and line with cases
Ingredients
Baked Doughnuts
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil (any other neutral flavoured oil will work)
- ¼ cup almond milk (use any dairy-free milk you like)
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 cup gluten-free flour
- ½ tsp xanthum gum (only add if your flour doesn't contain xanthum gum)
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ⅓ cup caster sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
Peanut Butter Icing
- ½ cup icing sugar mixture
- 1 tbsp smooth peanut butter
- ½ tsp vanilla essence
- ½ tbsp almond milk
- pinch salt (optional) (add if your peanut butter doesn't contain salt)
Instructions
Baked Doughnuts
- Preheat the oven to 180℃ or the air fryer to 160℃ and spray doughnut pan with oil.
- Whisk egg, almond milk, oil and vanilla essence in a bowl until well combined.
- Sift flour, xanthum gum (if using), baking powder and cinnamon in a bowl. Combine with sugar and salt.
- Whisk the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients until just combined. There may be some small clumps of sugar in the mixture. Be careful not to over mix.
- Spoon mixture into a piping bag or ziplock bag, and snip the bag so there's a 1cm opening. Carefully pipe the mixture into the doughnut pan until each mould is ¾ full.
- Bake doughnuts for 12 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
Peanut Butter Icing
- Mix icing sugar mixture, smooth peanut butter, vanilla essence, almond milk and salt together in a bowl then heat the ingredients in the microwave for 30 seconds to combine well.
- Once the icing is room temperature, cover the top of each doughnut.
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