Don’t have fresh blueberries? Use frozen! Frozen blueberries will work just fine in this recipe.Chocolate chips, blackberries, dried cranberries or lemon zest would all be delicious in this recipe if you prefer something other that the blueberries. You do you! Here are a few fun ideas to add your own twist to these vegan gluten free donuts. I love the pop of the blueberries in this vegan donut recipe, but maybe you don’t have any blueberries on hand! Or maybe you’re craving just a little something extra and want to whip up a glaze to go on top. Psh, that’s easy peasy! You can look for the Whole Grain Stamp on products (including Hodgson Mill products) to find how many whole grains the product contains. Our current nutrition guidelines recommend that half of the grains we eat are whole grains. Whole grains (like oats!) are excellent and affordable sources of fiber. Let’s talk about why oats have superpowers (not really, but maybe)… FIBER! Everyone is so concerned with protein intake, but did you know that the average American eats more protein than necessary and 97% of Americans don’t get enough fiber? It improves our heart and digestive health and feeds the bacteria in our GI tract. I ALWAYS have oats in my kitchen for oatmeal (duh), oat flour, smoothies, savory bowls, and so much more! They’re certified gluten-free in case you have a medical reason to avoid gluten. Guess what? You can make your own oat flour at home! I used Hodgson Mill Gluten Free Thick Cut Rolled Oats. The base of these vegan blueberry donuts is oat flour, which I love using in baked goods not just to make the recipe gluten-free, but also for its chewiness, nuttiness, and slightly sweet flavor. The vanilla flavor works so well with the blueberries and cinnamon. Who doesn’t love a little bit of maple syrup?! If you have a nut allergy, sunflower butter would also be delicious. Since we’re adding two forms of sweetener to this vegan donut recipe already, we don’t need sweetened applesauce. This works as a binder and helps hydrate our donut batter. I always recommend adding a bit of salt to sweet recipes to help balance the flavor. This adds such a nice warming flavor to our vegan blueberry donuts. We are using both in this recipe to make sure our vegan baked donuts are super fluffy.
I personally love the toasty flavor that coconut sugar provides, but regular white granulated sugar also works if that’s what you have on hand! Coconut sugar (or granulated sugar of choice).To keep this recipe gluten-free we’re making our own oat flower by grinding the oats in a blender or food processor. Hodgson Mill Gluten Free Thick Cut Rolled Oats.This is our acid to activate the baking soda that makes these vegan gluten free donuts light and not dense. I recommend an unsweetened, unflavored variety for this recipe. The batter is SO easy to whip up with things I almost 100% guarantee you have in your pantry and fridge already. I haven’t attempted to create that kind of fluffy, fried donut at home yet-maybe one day! For now, I’ll stick to making all kinds of flavors of this baked vegan donut recipe. *Hands up* emoji for all the bomb vegan options available nowadays! Since then, I’ve been able to visit a couple donut shops with vegan options in Austin and Denver (Voodoo Doughnut) and Los Angeles (Donut Friend) that give me that same heavenly feeling like when I would bite into a Mr. Glazed, chocolate, and chocolate with sprinkles were our go-to. We would always buy a few boxes on weekend mornings when my cousins and I would spend the night there. The shop is right down the street from my grandparent’s house, and my grandpa’s name was Ronnie (just a coincidence, but we joked about it). It’s famous with everyone that lives there I’ve never met someone who didn’t love warm Mr. There’s a donut shop in the town I grew up in called Mr.