Did you grow up with Sunday morning donuts from a bakery? Perhaps you enjoyed snacking on mini donuts. These donuts will satisfy either craving. Recipe testers rated these as being far better than store-bought gluten donuts. Try eating just one.
If you’ve been wondering how to make gluten free donuts, it isn’t any different than making gluten filled ones besides the flour you use. I used my gluten free all-purpose flour blend recipe. The blend calls for superfine white rice flour. If you use it often, you may already have a batch made, making this recipe a breeze. Or you may wish to give this a try with your favorite gluten-free all-purpose baking mix. I like using superfine flour because it provides the closest texture to gluten all-purpose flour. Because superfine flour is more condensed, you may need to use additional flour if substituting it with a different type of gluten free flour. A suggestion would be rice or sorghum blends. Just remember to check if your mix contains xanthan or other type of gum. If you use rice flour it most likely will not turn out gritty, as the dough sits for a couple of hours before frying. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy these donuts. If you prefer healthier, baked gluten free donuts, see the recipe links at the bottom of this page.
To make dairy-free and more, see the Substitution Page.
Amazing gluten free donuts made with buttermilk or a rice milk and vinegar. Your gluten-eating friends will never know they're gluten free!
Ingredients:
Instructions:
Tips
If you do not have a donut cutter, use a similar-size biscuit cutter and a 1-1/8-inch cutter to create a hole. If you have neither, you can create 3/4-inch wide ropes of dough and pinch together to form 2-1/2-inch wide circles. To make cinnamon sugar, combine 1/3 cup granulated sugar and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.
Sifting the flour creates lighter donuts. If you desire a traditional cake donut, do not not sift the dry ingredients, just whisk them.
See the substitutions page for dairy free and more:
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Thanks for this recipe! So far as I can see, the instructions never mention putting in the vanilla that's in the ingredients? (I presume it goes in before the flour)
May I sub unrefined coconut sugar for the regular sugar in the gluten free fried donuts recipe?
Justina,
When using coconut sugar, try melting the sugar in the hot melted butter for about 5 minutes before adding it. This will help melt the course granules so they don't appear so large in the donut's texture. I hope this helps you.
Carla
I am trying these donuts for the 1st time. I mixed all the ingredients but there is no note on how the dough texture should be. I was wondering should it be creamy? mines is more of a cake texture, maybe a little thicker but not much.
Thanks!
Ree,
If you look at the image under Step No. 8, you can see the texture of the dough, definitely not a batter. You must have used some other flour than the one in the ingredients list: http://glutenfreerecipebox.com/gluten-free-all-purpose-flour-blend.
I hope this helps.
Carla
Question from reader,
"I did the donut deep fry , and they didn't raise why?"
Carla's Answer:
"I am assuming that are referring to this recipe: http://glutenfreerecipebox.com/gluten-free-donuts-deep-fried/.
The recipe for Deep-Fried Gluten Free Donuts does not contain yeast and should not rise. However, they should like the ones in the photo. They do puff up a bit when you fry them, though.
Because this recipe calls for my recipe for all-purpose gluten-free flour, which contains “superfine” rice flour, I can only assume you used a different flour. Superfine rice flour bakes up similar to gluten flour, but cannot be substituted cup for cup with regular rice flour. Superfine rice flour is very condensed and fine.
If this is not the case, and you did use superfine rice flour, please let me know, and I can further help you figure out what went wrong."
What a great recipe. thanks