Description
Maple bacon donuts are the bomb. They’re low carb, and delicious!
Ingredients
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For the donuts
- 2/3 cup almond flour
- 1/4 cup coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons of Truvia Natural Sweetener (you can add more or less depending on your tastes)
- 1 tablespoon psyllium husk ground
- 1 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup grass-fed butter
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
For the glaze
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Spray your donut pan with non-stick spray.
- In a bowl, whisk together your dry ingredients: almond flour, coconut flour, psyllium husk, salt and xanthan gum. Set aside.
- On Medium high heat, warm up water, butter and granulated sweetener in a heavy bottom pot until it just begins to simmer. Turn the heat off and add in the dry ingredient mixture, mixing with a wooden spoon, or spatula to incorporate. Continue to cook and stir until the dough looks smooth and the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Put the dough ball back in the bowl and let it cool. It dough should still be warm. Use an instant-read thermometer to measure the temp — it should be below 120°F.
- Add in one egg at a time, mixing with an electric mixer at medium/high speed until fully incorporated. If you’re using a stand mixer, you can turn it up to 6, and use your paddle attachment. Be sure to mix the dough for 2 minutes after adding in the last egg. The mixtue will be a light, playdoh-like consistency.
- Mix in vanilla extract.
- Mix in the baking powder.
- Allow the dough to rest until it comes to room temperature (about 15-20 minutes). This will help them stay fluffy.
- Spoon dough into a piping bag or plastic bag (no tip). Pipe out dough onto your greased donut pan,
- Bake for 15 minutes at 425°F
- Lower temperature to 350°F bake for 4-5 minutes until they look golden brown on the top. Take them out.
- Allow the donuts to rest in for 10 minutes before removing them from the pan.
- Dip the tops in the maple bacon glaze, and sprinkle bacon bits on top.
- Enjoy!
Notes
The style of making this dough mimics choux pastry, which uses steam to puff the pastry. Since keto ingredients are notoriously difficult to make rise, this method helps create a light and fluffy pastry.
Choux pastry is finicky, so follow the instructions exactly to get the best rise.
Adjust the sweetness however you feel works best for you. I personally don’t like my desserts to be sticky sweet, so it’s ok to add more sweetness if you can tolerate it.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 donut
- Calories: 252
- Sugar: 1.3 g
- Sodium: 158.9 mg
- Fat: 19.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 12.5 g
- Fiber: 8.9 g
- Protein: 4.7 g
- Cholesterol: 83.2 mg
