Gluten-Free Tuesday: Vegan Apple Doughnuts

Name: Gluten-Free Tuesday: Vegan Apple Doughnuts
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 296 milliliters natural apple juice or apple cider; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 532 milliliters 11.25 ounces brown rice flour; 2 Tbsps vegetable, corn or canola oil; 118 milliliters ounces dark brown sugar; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 3 Tbsps ground flax seeds; 12 servings Oil, for deep frying; 118 milliliters ounces potato starch; 1 teaspoon salt; 118 milliliters ounces tapioca starch; 59 milliliters very hot water; 1 teaspoons xanthan gum

Gluten-Free Tuesday: Vegan Apple Doughnuts might be just the morn meal you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. Watching your figure? This gluten free and vegan recipe has 238 calories, 3g of protein, and 5g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up brown sugar, baking powder, salt, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

In large mixing bowl, combine brown rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, dark brown sugar, baking powder, ground cinnamon, salt, xanthan gum, and ground nutmeg.

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Brown Rice Flour

Dark Brown Sugar

Ground Cinnamon

Xanthan Gum

Nutmeg

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Whisk to combine.

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Whisk

In small bowl, combine ground flax seeds and hot water. Stir. Allow tostand for 30 seconds.

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Ground Flaxseed

Water

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Bowl

Add ground flax, apple juice, and oil to dryingredients.

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Apple Juice

Flaxseed

Cooking Oil

Mix until a dough forms. Dough will be slightly sticky.

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Dough

Generously white rice flour counter.

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White Rice Flour

Transfer dough to counter. Generously white rice flour top of dough. Pat dough into 1/2 inch thick rectangle.

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White Rice Flour

Dough

Line baking sheet with paper towels and place granulated sugar in bowl. Set both aside.

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Granulated Sugar

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Baking Sheet

Paper Towels

Bowl

Add enough oil to Dutch oven to measure depth of about 1 1/2 inches.

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Cooking Oil

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Dutch Oven

Heat oil to 375°F.

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Cooking Oil

Dip 2 1/2-inch cutter into white rice flour.

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White Rice Flour

Dip

Cut dough into rounds. Dip 3/4-inch cutter into white rice flour.

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White Rice Flour

Dough

Dip

Cut centers into doughnuts with small cutter.

Gently place doughnuts into hot oil. Fry until doughnuts rise to the top of the oil, about two minutes. Using the handles of two wooden spoons, carefully flip doughnuts. (If after two minutes doughnuts do not rise to top of oil, flip anyway.) Fry doughnuts an additional minute.

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Cooking Oil

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Wooden Spoon

Using a spider (Chinese skimmer), remove doughnuts from hot oil.

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Cooking Oil

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Skimmer

Drain for a few seconds on paper towels.

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Paper Towels

Transfer to granulated sugar. You want to coat the doughnuts in sugar while the doughnuts are still hot or the sugar won’t stick. Repeat with remaining dough.

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Sugar

Dough

Nuts