Coconut flour is easy to bake with, and if you have a nut allergy, it is a great gluten-free substitute for nut flours like almond flour. It’s low in carbohydrates and high in fiber.
I purchased my latest batch from Tropical Traditions, however coconut flour is showing up all over the place. Bob’s Red Mill also offers organic coconut flour.
I finally received the donut baking pans
About the donut pans Now that I’ve used them for a while, I’ve found that the non-stick surface becomes a bit sticky (I think the non-stick coating wears off after a while). I’ve had to grease the pan before adding the batter (shortening, butter or coconut oil will do the trick), and I also a bit of care in pulling them out – I nudge them from a couple of corners before lifting them out of the pan.
Tip If you use the donut pan that I mention in this post, this recipe makes 6 big donuts, so double this recipe if you have two pans. It also makes 6 slightly smaller donuts if you want to spread the batter out a bit more.
Coconut Flour Donuts
Ingredients (makes 6-8 donuts or cupcakes)
- 1/2 cup of coconut flour
- 1/4 teaspoon of sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
- 6 eggs
- 1/2 cup of honey (or other sweetener)
- 1 tablespoon of vanilla
- 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, melted (coconut oil, or regular oil will work as well)
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Blend all the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
- Using a whisk, or mixer on a low setting, blend in all the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
- Mix until well-blended.
- Fill donut pan circles about 2/3 of the way full with batter.
- Bake for about 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Honey-dipped, toasted coconut topping
Warm a few tablespoons of honey in a saucer (I put it in the microwave for about 10 seconds). Toast some coconut flakes for about 5 minutes at 300 degrees F. Dip each donut in the honey and then in the toasted coconut.
This is the basic recipe I use for Peanut Butter cookies using dry roasted peanuts and organic peanut butter (rather than coconut butter). They make a cake-like breakfast cookie since I make them about baseball sized and cook for 12-15 minutes at 325 degrees.
Delish!
Does coconut flour taste like coconut? I’m not a huge fan of coconut, but wasn’t sure if the flour was similar to almond flour in the sense that it doesn’t really taste like almonds.
Gina, suprisingly it doesn’t taste like coconut. If you use coconut oil or coconut butter though, it will start to taste like coconut. The coconut pancake recipes don’t taste like coconut either (in my opinion).
Good to know! Thanks Erica!
Those look very very scrumptious! I’ll have to look into a donut pan of my own
Can you make these without a donut pan? What modifications can I make so I don’t have to purchase another pan?
Saja, no modifications are necessary. Just put the batter into the mold of your choice. They make great vanilla cupcakes as well.
Erica, Thanks so much for this site! I make your recipes all the time. My husband has Crohn’s disease and started the SCD diet 3 months ago. His health has improved tremendously!! I made the Coconut donuts last night and they are wonderful! Thank you so much!
Hi Michelle! Great news. I’m so happy for both of you. Best wishes.
What a great idea! I have tried other forms of flour, but wasn’t aware of coconut flour. I’ll add it to my pantry. Thanks for the sub of nut flours. We have a toddler so nut flours are not an option for us just now. Cannot wait to try these
YUMMY!! I am in love with all things COCONUT and also I’m in love with your “food philosophy” and enjoy your blog. Thanks for sharing!
Looks lovely! Thanks for sharing and I look forward to reading more of your blog soon!
These donuts are scrumptious! I tweaked the recipe somewhat by using 3 eggs & 3 egg whites in order to reduce the fat and saturated fat content. A definite recipe keeper!
I’m baking today, and was looking for a coconut flour donughnut recipe. I’m making this today, and will let you know.
I am thinking of making a variation of these for my son’s birthday~He is also sensative to eggs… do you think that my current substitute would work? Gelatin in hot water to make a egg like substance…=-)
Hi Melinda. It’s an interesting idea, but I don’t know if it will work. Maybe someone else has tried it and can let us know.
you can use ground flax seeds and water to sub eggs, many recipes for this on the net!
Thanks Nikki!
I am new to your site and really excited to find it!! I made these little treats and they were good. I didn’t have a donut pan but used a mini muffin pan (12 minutes). My only questions was should the butter be melted? I used soften butter and whipped the heck out of it. Oh so tasty!!! Thank you.
Yes – much easier to melt or soften the butter
. Thanks for adding that, and I added it too.
WOW! Now I think I’m going to be obsessed w/doughnuts! I want to try these. Just so you know the link for the baking pans on your choc honey doughnut page didn’t work… nor did the link to print these coconut flour doughnuts. I can obviously print the whole post… not a problem, just wanted to let you know.
Your pictures look fantastic. Do you use an SLR or a semi automatic 35mm camera? Natural lighting or special lights?
Uh. The links work for me. Even the print button? Weird.
thanks! SLR, and mostly natural lighting. Let me know if the links still don’t work – I checked some and fixed some.
Erica,
I made the choc version of these this weekend and had ordered the pans, so used them to good results. You do have to really oil the pans, and it seemed to me that there is a just-enough amount of batter to put in, otherwise the donut shape grows a ridge! Of your 3 donut recipes, which do your kids like the best? The almond flour ones or the coconut flour ones? I have a 13-year-old gluten-free donut lover I’m trying to please.
He liked the choc ones, but didn’t give them raves.
Hi Penny – my favorites are the chocolate coconut flour donuts, but we all vary here. My kids prefer the plain or vanilla coconut donuts. My husband eats all of them. I guess everyone has there favorite.
Have you ever tried to freeze these to store them? Would it work?
Well, I couldn’t wait to try them. They taste amazing!! I’m on SCD and have really been struggling trying to avoid nuts, so this is thrilling! Next time I’m going to try to put some cocoa butter in to sub for some of the butter: chocolate donuts, anyone?
I added a TBspn of cream and then cooked them in mini muffin tray. Then drowned them in choc ganash.
A big hit with the 2yo!!!
haks for the recipe!!!
KL
ooops that should read ‘thanks’
ok, I was wondering if that was an acronym I hadn’t heard of
im really trying to stay away from honey due to the high sugar content. is there something else i could use in its place. btw i love you website! thanks, kapu
Maybe maple syrup, or add additional water with a dry sweetener such as stevia. I haven’t tried it though.
I made this today, thanks! They tasted good. They tasted more like cupcakes than doughnuts, but since I hadn’t had any dessert for a month now, they were great anyway. I whipped some lactose-free sour cream with some honey too, and served them together. Here’s a pic.
Thanks for the picture