52 Gluten-Free Donuts: A Gathering of Recipes for National Doughnut Day

In celebration of National Doughnut Day, I’ve gathered gluten-free donut recipes from my own recipe collection as well as recipes from food writers around the web.  52 Gluten-Free Donuts.  Can you imagine?

I hope you can imagine 52 gluten-free donuts.  My site started as a blog about visiting 52 donut shops in a year, one each week.  Mid-way, I had to part ways with gluten at the urging of my doctor. I can remember thinking there would never be good donuts again.  Sure, there were frozen chunks of something that resembled a donut in the “special” section of the grocery store, but it was unusual to find a gluten-free donut that soothed the craving for a yeasty ring of dough or a fruit-laden fritter redolent with sugar glaze. Those days are thankfully gone. Now there are many gluten-free donut options every bit as good as any out there. Today, in honor of National Doughnut Day, I’m sharing 52 recipes that fit the bill.

Quite a few of the donuts in this gathering of recipes are baked.  A donut pan will come in handy.  They come in two sizes, regular and mini. I like having two of the regular pans so I can bake a full dozen at a time. There is one more donut pan, the twist or bar pan. It is used in only one recipe in this post, my lemon pistachio donuts. I like this pan for making donuts that look like a twist or that require a filling, like a fancy long john.

Please be sure to click through to visit each of the talented food writers who shared their recipes in this gathering of deliciousness. We must support these folks so they can keep developing recipes that make holidays like National Doughnut Day a possibility for all of us!

Donut and Doughnut are used interchangeably in this post. I have used the spelling preferred by each recipe’s creator. All recipes are gluten free. I have added in additional notations to help you find recipes that work for you. DF = dairy free. EF = egg free. RSF = refined sugar free. V = vegan. 

How about we start with chocolate?  You like chocolate donuts, right?

• Baked & Glazed Chocolate Chocolate Chip Doughnuts from Keeley McGuire (top 8 allergy free)
• Baked Chocolate Glazed Doughnuts from Gluten-Free Palate
• Baked Double Chocolate Donuts from What The Fork
• Grain-Free Chocolate Chip Doughnuts with Chocolate Glaze from Allergy Free Alaska
• Chocolate Fudge Doughnuts with Peanut Butter Glaze from The Baking Beauties
• Chocolate Mint Doughnuts from The Baking Beauties
• Baked Chocolate Doughnuts from The Baking Beauties
• Triple Chocolate Doughnuts from Strength & Sunshine (vegan and Paleo)
• Dark Chocolate Banana Doughnuts with coconut from Raia’s Recipes (DF, EF, Vegan)

Perhaps you prefer a classic donut?  Whether that means a fried yeast doughnut to you or an old fashioned, we’ve got you covered there, too!

•  Gluten-Free Yeast Doughnuts from Frugal Farmwife
• Cinnamon Sugar Baked Doughnuts from My Gluten-Free Kitchen
• Baked Vanilla Doughnuts from The Baking Beauties
• Old Fashioned Doughnuts from The Baking Beauties
• Cinnamon Spice Doughnuts from Raia’s Recipes (EF, DF)
• Powdered Sugar Doughnuts from Frannycakes (DF, EF option)
• Traditional Fried Doughnuts from GF Jules
• Doughnut Holes from GF Jules (DF option)
• Beignets from GF Jules (DF option)
• Vegan Baked Mini Donuts from Fork and Beans (DF, EF)

Do the flavors of Autumn speak to you?  Apple cider? Pumpkin? Read on…

• Apple Cider Donuts from What the Fork
• Pumpkin Mini Doughnut Muffins from The Baking Beauties
• Baked Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Doughnuts from The Baking Beauties
• Pumpkin Spice Doughnut Holes from The Baking Beauties
• Mini Cinnamon Pumpkin Doughnuts from Raia’s Recipes (DF, EF, RSF)
• Ginger Pumpkin Doughnuts from Frannycakes
• Pumpkin Spice Doughnut Bites from Flippin’ Delicious
• Pumpkin Pie Donuts from GF Jules (DF option, EF option)
• Apple Fritter Bites from In Johnna’s Kitchen (DF)

Maybe you are looking for a healthy donut options? That’s a thing, you know, healthy donuts. 

• Healthy Breakfast Donuts from Fearless Dining (DF)
• No-Bake Donut Holes from In Johnna’s Kitchen (DF, EF, V, RSF, Grain Free)
• Cherry Chocolate No-Bake Donut Holes from In Johnna’s Kitchen (DF, EF, V, RSF, Grain Free)
• Homemade Krispy Kreme Doughnuts–the healthy version from Chocolate Covered Katie (DF, EF, RSF option)
• Paleo Breakfast Cookie Dough Donut Holes from The Big Man’s World (DF, EF, V, RSF, Grain Free)

Are you a lemon fan? I’ve got a few recipes just for you…

• Baked Lemon Doughnuts from The Baking Beauties
• Lemon Pistachio Twist Donuts from In Johnna’s Kitchen (DF, EF)
• Lemon Blueberry Doughnut Holes from The Baking Beauties
• Lemon Donuts from Fearless Dining (DF)

Do you prefer a fun twist on classic flavors?  Something beyond the basics? How about these? 

• Peppermint Mocha Coffee Donuts from Keeley McGuire (top 8 allergy free)
• Banana Nut Butter Donuts from Intoxicated on Life (DF, Grain free, RSF)
• Blueberry Cake Doughnuts from Flippin’ Delicious
• Maple Walnut Doughnuts from The Baking Beauties
• Peppermint Mocha Donuts from What the Fork
• Raspberries and Cream Doughnuts from Frannycakes
• Chai Spice Doughnuts from Frannycakes (EF, DF option)

Some of my favorite donuts are those that are a play on a classic, like a banana bread donut or a red velvet donut or even a chocolate doughnut beverage…

• Chocolate Doughnut Hot Chocolate from Gluten Free Easily (DF, EF, V)
• Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins from In Johnna’s Kitchen (DF, EF, V, RSF)
• Red Velvet Doughnuts from The Baking Beauties
• Banana Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts from Flippin’ Delicious
• Banana Bread Doughnuts from Raia’s Recipes (DF, EF, RSF)
• Gingerbread Doughnuts from Strength & Sunshine (Paleo, DF, EF, V)
• Carrot Cake Doughnuts from Raia’s Recipes (DF, EF)
• Banana Bread Doughnuts with Caramel Glaze from The Baking Beauties

I hope you’ve found your favorite donut here and will join us in celebrating National Doughnut Day.  A BIG thanks to all of the fabulously talented food writers who have shared their recipes in this collection.  Please be sure to visit them for more goodness beyond donuts.

If you are a Pinterest fan, you’ll also find each of these recipes in my Pinterest board, National Gluten-Free Doughnut Day 2015. Just click the image below and then follow the board.

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