These soft BAKED homemade almond butter donuts are completely vegan and oil free!
I am suddenly so obsessed with donuts.
Chocolate donuts, glazed donuts, or these Blueberry Baked Donuts…
Other flavors I’ve tried recently include toasted coconut, chocolate frosted, and cookies & cream!
It’s been a month filled with company – parents, relatives, and friends from out of town—and homemade donuts are one of my go-to easy breakfast recipes to make for company. They’re super fancy and fun, with very little prep work required.
Also Try These Dairy Free Applesauce Muffins
Above – watch the video how to make almond butter donuts
I’m not sure if anyone has said donuts are the new cupcakes, but seriously, donuts are way better than cupcakes.
If you need a donut pan, they’re easy to find – I like this donut pan on Amazon.
I’ve also seen them available at Target, Walmart, in craft stores like Michaels, in grocery stores, some department stores, or at World Market or Bed Bath Beyond (where I always have a zillion coupons).
Or the almond butter donut recipe can also be made without a donut pan if you’d prefer.
I used a mini donut pan for the donuts in the photos and a regular-sized pan for the ones in the video below.
Both ways were delicious!!!
Almond Butter Donuts
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp milk of choice
- 1 1/2 tsp white or apple cider vinegar
- 3 1/2 tbsp almond butter or allergy-friendly sub
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup, honey, or agave
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup spelt, white, gf ap, or oat flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips, optional
Instructions
- If you want to glaze them with Almond Butter Glaze: Stir together 1/2 cup powdered sugar or sugar free powdered sugar, 1 tbsp almond butter, 2 tbsp milk of choice, 1/8 tsp pure vanilla extract, and a tiny pinch salt. Glaze makes enough for all the donuts with a little left over.For the donuts: Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease a donut pan, mini donut pan, or mini muffin pan. If not easily stir-able, gently heat almond butter until soft. Stir together first five ingredients, being sure to completely break up the nut butter so there are no clumps. Stir in dry to form a batter, spread into pan, and bake 8 minutes. Let sit a few minutes before going around the sides with a knife and popping out. Glaze if desired, refrigerate, then drizzle melted chocolate on top if desired. Store loosely covered out overnight – The flavor is even better the next day! Leftover donuts can also be frozen.View Nutrition Facts
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Notes
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No words, these really look too good to be true!
xo,
Em
Hi, Katie,
When you say “store loosely covered out overnight” (after the refrigeration period), do you mean they should not go back in the refrigerator? I need to make a dessert on Friday that will not be eaten until Saturday. 🙂
Thanks!
Oh they are completely fine to make a day in advance 🙂
I often do that and store loosely covered the first night (just with cling wrap over the top, leaving an opening so the air can escape). After a day, I like to refrigerate leftovers for freshness but would recommend gently warming leftovers that had been in the fridge.
Great! Thank you for responding.
Oh Katie, have you not had your donut leftovers from the fridge? They are super delicious even cold right out of the fridge! Thank you for the great recipe!! 🙂
Ummmm… leftovers? What leftovers? They’re gone in a day at my house, lol!
I love donuts too! I think cupcakes had their reign, now it is time for them to share the light with donuts. Mmm, these look so good! I have a little donut maker but not a a pan, I think I need to invest in one.
girrrrrrrl you never cease to amaze me!!! i’m so with you, as much as i love cupcakes, donuts are SO much better! can’t wait to try these – been meaning to make a batch of donuts for awhile now 🙂
These donuts look amazing Katie!
Paige
I am making these this weekend. They look and sound fantastic. I like your video, too.
Gorgeous, and stunningly simple. Spelt usually isn’t a go-to flour when I’m crafting desserts, but I definitely want to give it a try now.
hi katie
is there anything i can use instead of vinegar?
thanks
lemon juice
These donuts look absolutely amazing! I would totally love to dig into one of these donuts–actually, make that three. LOL! 😀 All jokes aside, you’ve done amazingly with this recipe once again!
Hi! Could I replace the almond butter with peanut butter? Would I need to tinker with any of the other ingredients? Thanks so much!
I used 1/1 HD flour with peanut butter and honey – I didnt melt them first though so I added extra almond milk to get the consistency that was in the video. I took them out after 9 min. still moist inside – lol ate them anyway ‘ so good! How should they look on the inside – like a cake but a little heavier?