Paleo Maple Bacon Mini Donuts Recipes

PALEO-FRIENDLY AND GLUTEN-FREE GLAZED MAPLE & BACON DONUTS

Steps:

• 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
• 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

MINI MAPLE-GLAZED DOUGHNUTS WITH COCONUT "BACON"

Steps:

• For the coconut "bacon": Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix together the coconut chips, soy sauce, liquid smoke and maple syrup in a medium bowl. Spread in a single layer on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake, stirring halfway through, until the coconut is golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Set aside to cool. The "bacon" will crisp up as it cools.
• For the doughnuts: Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the almond milk and coconut oil. Remove from the heat and set aside.
• Pour the peanut or canola oil halfway up the sides of a cast-iron skillet and heat to 350 degrees F.
• Whisk together the flour, cane sugar, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. Make a well in the center and pour the hot milk mixture in the well. Mix until a thick dough forms. Roll portions of dough into 12 balls and use your thumb to make holes in the centers.
• Fry the doughnuts, in batches, until golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes on each side. Let drain on paper towels.
• Meanwhile, make the maple glaze: Stir together the confectioners' sugar, maple syrup, maple extract and salt in a small bowl. Dip the doughnuts in the glaze and sprinkle with the coconut "bacon" before serving.

MAPLE BACON DONUTS - MINI DONUT RECIPE

Steps:

• Start by creaming together the eggs and sugar. Add in the melted butter and mix well. Add baking powder and spices.
• Mix in the flour and milk alternating between the two to make mixing easier. Start filling mini donut molds in your method of choice - recommend piping bag method.
• While your maple bacon mini donuts are baking you need to start making some icing. And you need to fry up some bacon! I used bacon bits because then the work of chopping up the bacon is already done for me.
• Let your mini donuts and bacon bits cool down before you start dipping them into the frosting so that it doesn't just runoff.
• Give it a minute to set and then add some chopped-up bacon onto your mini donuts.