Ingredients
Scale
- 2 small/medium pre-cooked red beets, I used plain cooked beets from LoveBeets
- ⅓ cup non-dairy milk of choice
- 1 cup (96g) blanched almond flour
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- ½ cup cacao powder
- ⅓ cup (37g) tapioca flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- ¼ cup coconut oil, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the glaze/frosting
- ½ cup coconut butter
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup or honey
- 2 tablespoons beet juice, I used the juice from a package of LoveBeets
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350ºF and lightly grease a donut pan with coconut oil.
- Place the beets in a blender along with the non-dairy milk (I used cashew milk). Blend until smooth and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the almond flour, coconut sugar, cacao powder, tapioca flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Whisk all dry ingredients together.
- In a separate mixing bowl, whisk the eggs, coconut oil and vanilla extract together. Whisk in the pureed beet mixture.
- Pour the wet ingredients into the mixing bowl with the dry ingredients and stir until combined.
- Use a spoon to put the batter in the prepared donut pan, or put it in a piping bag/ziplock bag with the tip cut off and pipe the batter into the pan. Bake for 10-12 minutes – 11 minutes was perfect for me. Bake for 7 minutes for mini donuts. Let cool completely before carefully removing from the pan. Repeat with remaining batter.
- For the glaze, combine all of the ingredients for the glaze in a bowl and whisk to combine. If you want the topping to be more glaze-like, you can warm the ingredients slightly and pour it over the donuts. If you want the topping more frosting-like (as pictured), let the ingredients thicken slightly and whisk to your desired consistency. Don’t let it get too hard or it will be hard to spread.
- Store donuts tightly sealed in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for longer term storage.
Notes
If you don’t have a donut pan, you can bake these in a muffin or mini muffin pan. Adjust baking time as necessary.