These baked donuts are light and not too sweet; the glaze helps them feel more like a treat. I've made them two ways. The first time using ⅓ cup melted coconut oil and ⅓ cup pure maple syrup. The second time I was running very low on coconut oil and was out of maple syrup so I tried ½ cup organic palm shortening and ¼ cup honey. My oldest daughter said that she liked the second batch better. She gave some to her friends who said that they tasted like real donuts! Since I don't remember what a "real" donut tastes like, this was good news! You can decide which version to try!
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
3 cups
blanched almond flour
(gently packed)
1 cups
arrowroot powder
(or tapioca flour)
2 teaspoons
baking powder
¾ teaspoons
baking soda
½ teaspoons
sea salt
Wet Ingredients
½ cups
organic palm shortening
1½ cups
mashed
bananas
¼ cups
raw honey
4 large
eggs
2 teaspoons
vanilla extract
Date Glaze
6
pitted
medjool dates
6 tablespoons
boiling
water
4 tablespoons
coconut oil
3 tablespoons
raw cashew butter
½ teaspoons
vanilla extract
1 pinches
sea salt