Gluten Free Coconut Doughnuts

Gluten Free Coconut Doughnuts Recipe

Every once in a while I do gluten free cooking or baking classes and last week I had two scheduled back to back. They were based on a basic quick baking mix recipe in my latest cookbook Simply Gluten Free Quick Meals.

The idea is that you whip up a basic mix and from there you can make pancakes, muffins, quick breads, biscuits, dumplings, etc. The beauty of this basic recipe is that you can customize the end product any way you like – if you are dairy-free, you can use a non-dairy liquid, sugar-free, use the sweetener of your choice, that sort of thing.

As I was preparing samples to take to the class I decided at the last minute to use basic mix to whip up some coconut doughnuts – maybe it is not the smartest thing to bake something you have never made before for a hundred strangers but I tell people all the time they need to

Gluten Free Dairy Free S'Mores Doughnuts

Gluten Free Dairy Free S’Mores Doughnuts Recipe

I have heard it said that all obsessions stem from some sort of deprivation early on in life; people obsessed with power often felt powerless, those obsessed with accumulating riches suffered poverty and so on. If this is true then I obviously was the victim of a severe lack of S ‘Mores growing up. I have made gluten free recipes for S ’Mores Cupcakes, Whoopie Pies, Tarts, Cheesecake and now Doughnuts.

Maybe my obsessive behavior would be better served (and my bank account fuller) if I had grown up in a

Gluten Free Sugar Free Donut

Gluten Free Cereal and Milk Donuts Recipe

Oh yes, you can eat donuts and still keep to your diet! Plus a few of my favorite weight loss tips!

Gluten Free Zeppole Recipe

Gluten Free Dairy Free Apple Cinnamon Zeppole Recipe

Almost every culture and region has a version of sweetened, fried dough; they are called doughnuts, fritters or zeppole. I call them happy pills. It is simply impossible to be downhearted or depressed when eating these crispy little nuggets of apple laced goodness topped with glistening cinnamon sugar.

Who needs Prozac when the simple act of biting into these gluten and dairy free apple zeppole can transport you to

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