Vegan/Dairy Free Donuts with Cinnamon Sugar
These dairy free donuts with cinnamon sugar are totally vegan and easy to make. Bake them at home and enjoy with your favourite coffee or warm beverage for a sweet treat.
Dairy Free Donuts with Cinnamon Sugar
This one goes out to all of my dairy free/vegan readers!
While I’m not dairy free or vegan myself, I know that there are lots of you out there who are (whether it’s for a health reason, allergy, or personal choice). Whether you’re dairy free, gluten free or plant based, I like to create recipes that can be enjoyed by those with specific dietary restrictions every once in a while.
This donut recipe can be enjoyed by those who are dairy free, vegan, and even gluten free (just swap all-purpose flour for 1:1 gluten free flour!). Enjoy!
Ingredients for Dairy Free Donuts with Cinnamon Sugar:
For the Dairy Free Donuts:
- All-purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Brown sugar
- Salt
- Ground flaxseed
- Almond milk
- Coconut oil (go with refined coconut oil if you don’t like the coconut flavour)
- Ground cinnamon
- Vanilla extract
For the Cinnamon Sugar:
- White sugar
- Ground cinnamon
- Cooking oil spray
How to Make Vegan Baked Donuts:
Step 1: Prep
Preheat your oven to 350F and coat a donut pan with non-stick spray. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed and 3 tablespoons of water to create a “flax egg” and set aside.
Step 2: Combine Ingredients
In a large mixing bowl, combine all of the dry donut ingredients. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together wet donut ingredients (including flax egg). Then, pour the wet mixture into the dry and stir to combine, but don’t over-mix!
Step 3: Divide Into Donut Pan
Divide the donut batter amongst the prepared donut pan evenly. Each section of the pan should be about two thirds full of batter.
Step 4: Bake the Donuts
Place pan in the oven and bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes, until donuts spring back when you press on them. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack until completely cooled.
Step 5: Roll in Cinnamon Sugar
In a shallow bowl, whisk together white sugar and cinnamon. Spray each donut lightly with cooking oil spray, the roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture until coated evenly.
Enjoy!
Substitution Suggestions:
- For all-purpose flour: If you want to make these donuts gluten-free, just swap the flour for 1:1 gluten-free flour.
- For almond milk: You can use whatever plant milk you like. If you’re not dairy free, you can use cow’s milk as well.
- For flax egg: If you’re not vegan, feel free to use a traditional egg.
- For brown sugar: You can use white sugar instead of brown in the donut recipe.
More Dairy Free Recipes You’ll Love:
- Vegan Baked Oatmeal
- Easy Vanilla Chia Pudding
- Vegan Breakfast Cookies
- Cookies & Cream Banana Ice Cream
- One-Bowl Vegan Carrot Muffins
Dairy Free Donuts with Cinnamon Sugar
Ingredients
For the Donuts:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed
- 3/4 cup almond milk
- 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Cinnamon Sugar:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F and coat a donut pan with non-stick spray. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed and 3 tablespoons of water to create a "flax egg" and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all of the dry donut ingredients. In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together wet donut ingredients (including flax egg). Then, pour the wet mixture into the dry and stir to combine, but don't over-mix!
- Divide the donut batter amongst the prepared donut pan evenly. Each section of the pan should be about two thirds full of batter.
- Place pan in the oven and bake at 350F for 10-12 minutes, until donuts spring back when you press on them. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack until completely cooled.
- In a shallow bowl, whisk together white sugar and cinnamon. Spray each donut lightly with cooking oil spray, the roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture until coated evenly.
Notes
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I’ve been looking for a good recipe for vegan donuts for a while and this is definitely my favorite!! They were so good!
Oh I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you for letting me know. 🙂