November 19, 2013

Gingerbread Donuts with Vanilla Bean Frosting

Name: Gingerbread Donuts with Vanilla Bean Frosting
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 2 cups almond flour; 1/4 cup Swerve Sweetener; 1/4 cup egg white powder or whey protein powder (unflavoured); 2 tsp baking powder; 2 tsp ground ginger; 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon; 1/4 tsp ground cloves; 1/4 tsp salt; 2 oz dairy-free cream cheese (softened (can also use regular)); 2 large eggs (room temperature); 2 tbsp Kelapo or other extra virgin coconut oil; 2 tsp molasses; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/4 tsp liquid stevia extract; 1/3 cup almond milk (unsweetened); 4 oz dairy-free cream cheese (softened (can also use regular)); 6 tbsp powdered Swerve Sweetener; 1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; Seeds of one vanilla bean

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Baked low carb gingerbread donuts with a sweet vanilla cream cheese glaze. This post is sponsored by GO Veggie! and Kitchen PLAY.

I receive a lot of questions about possible substitutions in my baked goods. Sometimes it’s about convenience, because the reader doesn’t have exactly the right ingredients on hand. Sometimes it’s about personal preference and taste. But oftentimes, it’s about dietary intolerances. Dairy intolerance can go hand in hand with wheat or gluten intolerance, making it tough for some readers to follow my recipes to the letter. I am more than happy to make suggestions on dairy-free substitutions when I can. It’s fairly easy to recommend almond milk in place of regular milk or coconut milk in place of heavy cream. And coconut oil is always a great sub for butter. But there are some places where it’s trickier and I am less confident in my suggestions. Cream cheese is one of those areas.

I was invited to take part in the GO Veggie! Spread the Holiday Cheer campaign on Kitchen PLAY, and I knew it was a great chance to try out a dairy-free cream cheese alternative. At first I considered making an appetizer or vegetable side dish, but that would have been too easy, and I wouldn’t have gotten a true feel for the product. The majority of questions I receive about substitutions are geared toward my baked goods. And as I had been thinking about Gingerbread Donuts for quite some time, it was the ideal recipe on which to experiment. I could put some of the cream cheese both in the donuts themselves, and then frost them with a cream cheese glaze. And Gingerbread Donuts…now that just screams holiday brunch, doesn’t it?

The GO Veggie! Dairy Free, Vegan Cream Cheese Alternative worked perfectly for both the donut batter and the glaze. It beat in smoothly and combined well with the other low carb, gluten-free ingredients. And the donuts were delicious, as evidenced by the happy grins on my kids’ faces. My feisty four-year old is often a tough sell, as she doesn’t like anything unfamiliar and won’t hesitate for a second to tell you if she doesn’t like something. These donuts? She didn’t even bat an eyelash as she gobbled hers down. Success!

Gingerbread Donuts with Vanilla Bean Frosting

Baked low carb gingerbread donuts with a sweet vanilla cream cheese glaze. Dairy-free and gluten-free.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Breakfast

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Servings donuts

Ingredients

Donuts:

2 cups almond flour
1/4 cup Swerve Sweetener
1/4 cup egg white powder or whey protein powder unflavoured
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground ginger
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp salt
2 oz dairy-free cream cheese softened (can also use regular)
2 large eggs room temperature
2 tbsp Kelapo or other extra virgin coconut oil
2 tsp molasses
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp liquid stevia extract
1/3 cup almond milk unsweetened

Glaze:

4 oz dairy-free cream cheese softened (can also use regular)
6 tbsp powdered Swerve Sweetener
1/4 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Seeds of one vanilla bean

Instructions

For the donuts, preheat oven to 325F and grease a standard-sized donut tin well.
In a medium bowl, whisk together almond flour, sweetener, protein powder, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon cloves and salt.
In a large bowl, beat together GO Veggie! Vegan cream cheese, eggs and coconut oil. Beat in molasses, vanilla and stevia until smooth.
Beat in almond flour mixture in two additions, alternating with almond milk. Fill donut tin cavities 2/3 full (you will need to do 2 batches) and bake 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown and donuts are firm to the touch.
Remove and let cool in pan 5 minutes, then flip out onto a wire rack to cool completely. Re-grease donut tin and repeat with remaining batter.
For the glaze, beat GO Veggie! Dairy Free Vegan cream cheese with sweetener until well combined. Beat in almond milk, vanilla extract and vanilla seeds until smooth. Spread over cooled donuts.

Notes

Serves 12. Each serving has 6g of carbs and 2g of fiber. Total NET CARBS = 4g.

205 Calories; 18g Fat (74.1% calories from fat); 8g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 55mg Cholesterol; 193mg Sodium.

Nutrition

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by GO Veggie! and Kitchen PLAY. As always, all thoughts, opinions, words, ideas, random tangents and incoherent ramblings are my own.

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