Vegan Gluten Free Apple Cider Donuts

Who doesn't want donuts in the autumn?  Autumn is donut time!  At least that's how I feel when enjoying a freshly baked donut with vegan hot chocolate or steaming apple cider.  Life doesn't get much better folks.

These donuts are gluten free, moist, and fluffy; the cinnamon sugar coating gives alittle sweet crunch.

I don't have to eat gluten free, but I do find if I stay away from wheat flour my psoriasis calms down.  That along with avoiding stress, and eating donuts causes me no stress!

Ingredients for the batter:

Recipe make 12 donuts 

1 1/2 cups gluten free all-purpose flour

1 cup organic pure cane sugar

1 t organic cinnamon 

1/2 xanthan 

1/2 t sea salt

1 1/2 t non-aluminum non-gmo baking powder

1/8 t baking soda 

1/4 cup organic apple sauce

1/2 cup organic apple cider 

2 t organic pure vanilla extract 

Ingredients for the coating:

1 cup organic pure cane sugar 

2 T organic cinnamon

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

Lightly grease donut pan; set-aside.

Mix together dry ingredients in a large bowl; to that, thoroughly mix in the extract, applesauce and apple cider.

Fill each donut mold with 3 T of batter.  Bake 15 minutes or until the edges of the donuts are slightly brown.

While the donuts are baking, mix together the sugar and cinnamon.  Place mixture in a clean paper bag, set-aside.

When donuts are done baking, remove from the pan, and while they are still warm; drop 1 donut at a time into the bag of cinnamon sugar.  Gently shake the bag making sure both sides of the donut are covered with the sugar mixture.