Baked Doughnuts for Everyone {giveaway}
I have this thing with doughnuts. I think it was embedded in my brain as a tiny child; with each passing birthday nana would always come over with a pink doughnut and a birthday candle to sing, “Happy Birthday.” I always was aware of the pure awesomeness that is a fresh doughnut.
It’s one of the many foods I couldn’t wait to introduce to Liv. Conveniently, next to the salon where I get my eyebrows done, a Dunkin’ Donuts appeared from out of nowhere. So of course, every time I have an appointment, I go through the drive-thru to get a few treats for Liv and myself. One of the best mental images ever is of Liv doing the “doughnut dance,” bopping around with a munchkin in her hand. (Ok, I totally do the doughnut dance too.)
While we enjoy them quite a bit, they’re more of a “once in a while” kind of a treat since I haven’t really dabbled in making donuts at home. They’ve always kind of intimidated me, and I think I’ve made one batch using my donut pan. Since then, it’s remained in the storage closet collecting dust. That is, until very recently.
My friend Ashley just released a cookbook with gluten-free donut recipes: Baked Doughnuts for Everyone.
In the beautiful pages of her book, you’ll find anything from sweet to savory recipes, cakes, and twists on the classic faves. When she offered to send me a copy, I knew it would be something I’d love, and something to use for upcoming special occasions.
For my first recipe attempt, I decided to roll with the classic: cake donuts with chocolate glaze.
It was my first time using sweet rice flour:
and while I was mixing the batter, I could tell that Ashley’s creation would yield fluffy, sweet doughnuts.
I had enough for six, and then used some cute Halloween mini muffin liners to make some bites with the extra batter since I only have one donut pan.
The result?
Incredible. The donuts were soft, perfectly sweet with a delicate vanilla flavor — I had to stop Liv and myself from eating all of the little bites before I had a chance to frost them 😉
I took some over to Kyle and Meg’s house when we went to visit Luna, and they couldn’t believe they were gluten-free.
I can’t wait to try more recipes from Baked Doughnuts for Everyone, especially since I love knowing what goes into treats and desserts. There’s something to be said about a decadent treat, homemade with love and whole ingredients. I’m so proud of Ashley, and so excited for her. She has always amazed me with her photography and recipe creations, and has done a truly beautiful job with her book.
Here’s what to expect from Baked Doughnuts for Everyone:
(From Ashley’s sneak peek post)
- Simplicity! Almost every single recipe uses only 2 bowls, a spoon, a whisk, doughnut ingredients, and your doughnut pan.
- Tips & Tricks! This is where I specify the oil + milk I like to use, what tool can help release your doughnuts more easily from the pan, an explanation of coconut cream, a quick tutorial on making your own powdered sugar, and so much more!
- Flour details: Get the skinny on each type of flour I use throughout the book. You’ll even find a substitute for gluten-free oat flour. [pssst! You can sub all-purpose GF flour if you can’t tolerate oat flour!]
- 101 doughnut recipes PLUS a bonus EIGHT vegan + gluten-free recipes at the end of the book.
- In the More Than a Doughnut chapter, you’ll see how to turn doughnuts into an actual meal, how to make doughnut stuffed ice cream [!!!!], how to make doughnuts for your dog, etc. This chapter was such a fun addition to this book!
- 50+ photos – Photographing only doughnuts for a cookbook had its challenges. I tried to get creative and vary the styling, angles, and colors as much as possible. I’m thrilled with how they
She kindly offered a Fitnessista reader a copy of the book, along with some fun measuring spoons!
All you have to do to enter is leave a comment with your favorite donut flavor.
Mine: tie between chocolate cake with chocolate frosting or Boston creme
This contest is open to residents of the US, UK and Canada. It will end Sunday night (10/6) at midnight EST.
Thank you again to Ashley for sending me a copy, and to all of you for entering!
xoxo
Gina
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Plain donuts with chocolate icing and rainbow sprinkles 🙂
Plain GlazzEDDDDDD!!!
I like Boston cream or maple glazed!
glazed!!! and also the seasonal pumpkin ones! then jelly would be my third 🙂
Those donuts look SO delicious. I don’t have donuts very often but my favourite is plain old chocolate dipped. Yum!
Definitely boston creme! Or maybe one covered with shredded coconut!
chocolate glazed!
Strawberry with sprinkles!
vanilla with chocolate glaze and sprinkles!!
I love old fashioned plain and walnut crunch! (can you tell I’m Canadian?) haha
Vanilla long johns!
Boston Cream are my absolute favorites!
Blueberry Cake and maple are my favorites!
Peanut! Growing up, whenever my grandma would come to visit she would stop at the bakery on the way and pick up a dozen donuts. She always made sure to bring a peanut donut just for me, yum!
Glazed with chocolate frosting and sprinkles! Yum-o!
Definitely old-fashioned donuts!
I like vanilla with caramel glaze!
I will literally eat a flavor and love it, but chocolate glazed with sprinkles are the all-time fav!!
Blueberry is my favorite “cake” donut flavor, but being southern… nothing beats a nice fried Krispy Kreme. 🙂
An old fashioned is my fave!
Simple glazed or sugar doughnuts are my favorite! When I was little, I was all over the powdered ones…which aren’t really my thing anymore!
My favorite doughnut flavor is pumpkin!
Tres leche donuts!
I like the vanilla glazed donuts with sprinkles.
Hi! I love apple fritters. Thanks for a fun gveaway!
My favorite doughnut is a three way tie between Jelly, Butternut, and the PB&J doughnut from the Doughnut Plant in NYC.
So hard to choose! Think I have to go with chocolate cake!
bear claw!
Oooh I love cinnamon sugar or apple fritters! Yumm!!
I always liked the maple bars… probably because no one else in elementary school liked them, so I could wait patiently in line when it was a classmate’s birthday and not have to worry about what was left! haha.
I love the plain ones with maple frosting. So yummy in my tummy but not so good for my waistline.
I love the Bismarck donuts. White powdered donut filled with a vanilla cream and strawberry jelly. Way too bad for me to eat though.
I love plain glazed with chocolate frosting!! So yummy!!
Regular cake donut with pink icing and sprinks 🙂
We have an awesome local donut shop that has an amazing cherry cake donut, it’s my fave!
Boston Creme is by far my favorite!
I love glazed old fashions!
*fashioned 🙂
Good ole’ fashioned donut…with glaze. Can’t beat it.
Chocolate glazed twisty, YUM! What a fun book, I’ll have to go check it out, even if I don’t win! 🙂
i like just glazed
Definitely Boston Creme!
I want this book so I can admire her amazing pictures!
I love old fashioned cake donuts.
Sour cream doughnuts!!!
My favourite has got to be boston cream. Anything with a cream filling is a win for me !
When I went to Albuquerque, I went to Rebel Donuts and tried their “Breaking Bad” inspired donut called Blue Sky: vanilla cake with cotton candy frosting and blue rock candy sprinkles. It was great, but I think my favorite one of theirs I sampled was the chai flavored one. Mmm.
nothing is better than a plain glazed donut when it is still fresh and hot! They melt in your mouth and I could probably eat a whole dozen if there was no one there to stop me!
i love, love, love double chocolate donuts with sprinkles, but haven’t had one since i’ve been gluten-free!
My Foavorite are the classic donut hole! You can’t go wrong with a classic! But anything with chocolate is a good one too!
My fave would probably be chocolate salted caramel. Gosh there’s something about that salty-sweet flavour that just blows my taste buds away!
Plain glazed! Thanks for the giveaway, the book sounds amazing!