Description
These grain free Cinnamon Salted Caramel Donuts are inspired by Italian Bomboloni Donuts. They’re AIP, paleo and dairy free, rolled in maple sugar and stuffed with a decadent salted caramel filling. Did I mention they’re delicious?
Ingredients
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- 3 cups Lovebird Honey cereal
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 1/2 cup cassava flour
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 3 TBSP maple sugar or coconut sugar (plus more for making powdered sugar to dust donuts)
- 1/4 cup palm shortening
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 TBSP apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup full fat, additive free coconut milk
- salted caramel sauce
Instructions
- Begin by placing your Lovebird Honey Cereal into a food processor or high powered blender and pulse until a fine powder is created.
- To the food processor add sea salt, coconut flour, cassava flour, cinnamon, maple or coconut sugar, palm shortening, vanilla extract, baking soda, apple cider vinegar and full fat coconut milk.
- Pulse until all ingredients have combined into a soft, smooth, pliable dough.
- Roll the dough into 6-7 round donut balls of even size.
- Preheat the air fryer to 375F. Place donuts into air fryer basket and fry for 3.5 mins per side.
- Toss the donuts with “powdered sugar” and allow to cool before filling.*
- To fill donuts, insert a butter knife into the side of each donut and wiggle it to make a small incision through the donut.
- Fill a piping bag with the salted caramel and pipe it into the donuts.
Notes
*To make powdered sugar, place at least 1 cup maple or coconut sugar into a high powered blender or Vitamix and pulse until it becomes a powdered form.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Desserts