Vegan Double Frosted Donuts

Who doesn't love donuts?!  When I first became vegan, my donut intake decreased to nil.  I learned to live without them and found other desserts to fill the void.  Even to this day, I cannot find a vegan donut, although cupcakes, cakes and muffins abound.  But where are the donuts?

Well, I took matters into my own hands and started to bake my own donuts. I am happy to say donuts are back in my life again.

Donut making at home is one of the easiest desserts to make, but you will need a donut pan to make these baked donuts for yourself.

I have given the traditional donut a little makeover by slicing the donut in half and spreading one half with a thick frosting.  Sounds good doesn't it? Just imagine sinking your teeth into a moist donut then experiencing a mouthful of sweet frosting.  Yum!!



Ingredients for donut batter:

1 cup organic unbleached flour
1 teaspoon organic baking soda
1 teaspoon non-GMO, non-aluminum baking powder
1 Tablespoon organic cinnamon
1/2 cup unsweetened organic coconut milk
1/3 cup unsweetened organic non-dairy creamer
1/2 cup organic unsweetened applesauce
1/2 teaspoon organic pure vanilla extract
Non-dairy butter (melted) to grease the donut pan

Ingredients for frosting:

1 1/2 cups non-dairy butter
3 cups organic confectioners sugar
2 Tablespoons organic pure vanilla extract
Organic sprinkles (optional)

Method for donuts batter:

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees; grease each donut well with melted butter, set aside.

In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon.  Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together the coconut milk, creamer, applesauce, and vanilla.  Fold flour mixture into the wet ingredients and gently combine until moist.

Add 1 1/2 tablespoons of batter to each donut well.  Make sure to leave the center peg visible.

Bake for 10 minutes.  Remove from oven, let stand for 2 minutes.  Remove donuts, let cool before frosting.


Method for frosting:

In a large bowl, cream butter with hand mixer, add sugar and vanilla; mix until frosting is thick and smooth.


Method for assembling donuts:

Carefully slice each donut in half; using a pastry bag or a frosting spatula, frost the bottom half of each donut.  Place the top halves of each donut back on the bottoms.  Frost the tops and dip in sprinkles if using.