You’ve Got to Try Amazing Almond Flour Keto Donuts

By Libby Jenkinson Nov 3, 2021· Modified: Nov 3, 2021· May contain affiliate links.

Almond flour keto donuts (4g net carbs) with a sugar-free chocolate glaze are a quick and easy treat your family will LOVE.

The easy one-bowl recipe is gluten-free, sugar-free, low-carb, and keto-friendly.

Donuts are popular grab-and-go treats that are eaten all year long. In more recent years you’ll find traditional birthday cakes swapped out for donut cakes.

Well, if you are on a keto or low carb diet, may not be so fun to watch everyone eat Dunkin Donuts or Krispy Kreme without you…until now, that is with these sugar-free grain-free donuts!

This was inspired by my almond flour breakfast recipes on this site. One all-time favorite is my Low-Carb Almond Flour Pancakes.

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Ingredients you need

This keto donut recipe uses simple pantry staples you likely already have on hand or are easy to find in the grocery store.

One ingredient for the donuts recipe you may have trouble finding is a powdered sweetener. You can blend some regular sweetener for several seconds in my food processor or coffee grinder until it is a fine powder.

• almond flour – almond meal or ground almonds will also work.
• heavy cream – if you want to make this a dairy-free donut, you can replace heavy cream with coconut cream.
• baking powder – do not get confused with baking soda.
• sweetener – use your favourite granulated and powdered sugar replacement. The most popular sweeteners are erythritol, xylitol, allulose, and monk fruit sweetener.
• vanilla extract – or vanilla essence.
• cocoa powder – check for added sugars and avoid drinking cocoa.
• eggs – fresh eggs are preferred.
• melted butter – salted butter or unsalted butter will work. Adjust the slat when you taste the donut batter before baking.
• salt – adjust seasoning to your taste. A little extra salt actually helps bring out the sweet flavours.

See the donut recipe card below for quantities.

Instructions

To make your donuts recipe start by preheating the oven to 180C/350F. While your oven is heating up mix your donut batter together in a large mixing bowl.

STEP 1: Make the cake batter.

Mix all the dry ingredients together. Add the wet ingredients. Mix gently until all the donut ingredients are well mixed. This will ensure your donuts rise evenly when baking.

STEP 2: Pour and bake.

Once your batter is ready you will want to spoon your donut batter into your prepared donut pan that has been brushed with melted butter or sprayed with oil.

Fill each donut-shaped cup is ¾ full. These donuts recipe will rise so you don’t want to overfill your donut pans.

Finally, bake your donuts in the oven on the middle rack for 15-17 minutes.

STEP 3: Cool and glaze.

Remove the cooked donuts from the oven. Always allow the donuts to cool for at least 10 minutes in the pan before removing and placing on a wire cooling rack to completely cool before adding the sugar-free chocolate glaze.

While your donuts are cooling you can mix together the ingredients for your chocolate icing (sugar-free chocolate glaze) and dip the top of the cooled donuts into the chocolate icing. Let them rest on a wire cooling rack until the icing sets.

Expert tip: Dips your keto donuts in the icing twice for smoother coverage.

Substitutions

Have an allergy, dietary restriction, or just missing one of the ingredients needed to make these almond flour donuts? Below you find a few recommendations for easy substitutions.

• Cocoa Powder – The cocoa powder in the icing can be completely omitted to make vanilla icing.
• Butter – use melted coconut oil instead of butter.
• Heavy Cream – Coconut cream can be used in place of cream. I would not recommend coconut or almond milk as the fat content is very different.

Variations

What flavors of keto donuts can you make? This keto donut recipe is a base almond flour keto donut. It is so easy to dress up and make different variations. You will love all the options!

• Pumpkin Spice – Mix some pumpkin pie spice seasoning into your batter for that tasty fall flavor. Don’t be tempted to add a spoonful of pumpkin puree, it’s not needed and will make the donut mixture too wet.
• Cinnamon sugar – give this keto donut recipe a zesty twist with a coating of cinnamon sugar instead of chocolate icing. Of course, use granulated sweetener instead of sugar to keep carbs low.
• Glazed keto donuts – make a simple glaze instead of icing. Glaze ingredients are simple: powdered sweetener, heavy cream, and pure vanilla extract.
• Chocolate Chip – add a few sugar-free chocolate chips to your batter or into the donut pan before baking.
• White Chocolate Chip – sprinkle in a few sugar-free white chocolate chips to the keto donuts batter.

See these chocolate chip waffles and coconut flour chocolate chip cookies if you love chocolate chips!

Equipment

You will need a donut pan to bake these keto donuts. The batter is much like a cake batter and cannot be formed into a donut shape.

You can easily order a donut pan online that you can use for years to come. They are available in metal, which is what I have, as well as a silicone donut pan.

These donuts were baked in an oven on the center rack. You might find frying your donuts a little difficult because of the batter. However, you can drop scoops of batter into the oil to fry donut holes!

Storage

Almond flour keto donuts can be stored on the counter in an airtight container for up to 3 days. If you need to store them longer they will need to be refrigerated.

This low-carb donuts recipe also freezes well! Unfrosted keto donuts can be frozen for up to 6 months. Be sure to tightly wrap them and store them in a zipped freezer bag to prevent frostbite.

Top tip

The first time I baked these keto donuts I forgot to adjust my oven rack and baked them on the very top slot of my oven. Needless to say, they burnt quickly.

To ensure your donuts bake evenly and golden on the top make sure you bake them using the middle oven rack. Your donuts will turn out perfect!

Enjoy your guilt-free keto donuts!

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