Quick & Easy Cinnamon Sugar Vegan Donuts (Gluten Free!)

These super easy baked cinnamon sugar vegan donuts taste just like a bakery with a hint of nutmeg and full of sweet cinnamon! Easily made gluten free and refined sugar free, these healthier baked vegan donuts are perfect for a fall breakfast or treat!

The perfect secretly healthy baked vegan donut recipe:

Forget the bakery donuts for a moment- you need to try these easy cinnamon sugar vegan donuts STAT.

Not only are these baked vegan donuts incredibly easy and quick to make, but they actually taste like they’ve come from a bakery, thanks to a dash of nutmeg. They’re the perfect sweet vegan breakfast treat to enjoy with a homemade vegan pumpkin spice latte.

These vegan donuts are full of cinnamon, deliciously sweet, naturally dairy free, eggless, and easily refined sugar free. And just like my vegan chocolate donuts, you can make them in just one bowl and in 20 minutes!

An added bonus? Your kitchen is going to smell like a fall bakery all morning, thanks to these easy donuts!

They’re perfect for brunch, breakfast, or even something more special, like Thanksgiving morning or Christmas morning! Pair these donuts with a side of vegan chickpea scramble or vegan quiche (or check out over 40 more vegan breakfast ideas to serve or my vegan baking cookbook for other baked breakfast treats!) for the perfect morning.

Let’s get to making these easy baked vegan cinnamon sugar donuts in under 30 minutes!

Ingredients & substitutions for vegan cinnamon sugar donuts:

What I love most about these baked vegan cinnamon sugar donuts is that they’re made with some of the simplest ingredients yet taste absolutely decadent and heavenly.

Plus, we have some tested & verified ingredient subs that work great, making these baked vegan donuts easily customizable for your dietary preferences.

For these vegan donuts, you’ll need:

• Flour: You can make these either just healthier baked vegan cinnamon sugar donuts or gluten free vegan cinnamon donuts. If doing gluten free, I highly recommend Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1:1 baking flour (in a blue bag) here. This is actually different than Bob’s Red Mill Gluten free flour (in the red bag).
• Ground cinnamon: for a pumpkin spice flair, you can sub in an equal amount of pumpkin spice blend!
  Nutmeg: literally the key to making homemade donuts taste like they’re from the bakery
• Coconut sugar: you can also use organic granulated sugar if you don’t need refined sugar free, or a mix of both. If using granulated sugar, please be sure that the sugar is truly vegan if you are following a vegan diet.
• Vegan butter: you can also use coconut oil. For less of a coconut taste, use triple refined.
• Dairy free milk with Apple Cider vinegar: or ACV for short, this creates the vegan buttermilk that goes into gluten free vegan donuts and makes them cakey. You can use soy milk, almond milk, or even oat milk or coconut milk.

For the cinnamon sugar coating:

• Cinnamon (of course!)
• Coconut sugar: or organic granulated sugar, for a more classic look
• Vegan butter: or coconut oil!

Easy enough, right? Now let’s go over the best pan to use for these gluten free cinnamon sugar donuts!

What’s the best donut pan?

I’ve made these baked vegan donuts in both a large silicone mold (what’s pictured) and smaller metal donut pans. The smaller donut pan is truly small, but you get more donuts out of it, and the donuts do brown a bit better, giving them that “fried” look.

However, for larger donuts, definitely use the silicone mold!

How to make baked vegan cinnamon sugar donuts (overview)

For the full written instructions and ingredient measurements, see the bottom of this post in the recipe card. You can also hit the “jump to recipe” button at the top of this post! Here, we’ll go over a brief overview of the steps, along with providing visuals for a better understanding of the recipe.

As mentioned above, these baked vegan donuts are just so easy to make. With only 5 minutes of prep work and 22-26 minutes in the oven, you’ll have an easy and delicious cinnamon sugar donut recipe ready to enjoy in no time.

To make these vegan cinnamon sugar donuts, first start by making the vegan donuts:

Whisk together the dry ingredients. This is the flour, coconut sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and leavening agents. Be sure not to leave out the nutmeg, as this is what gives these donuts that “bakery” flavor.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients. This is the vegan buttermilk, applesauce, melted vegan butter, and vanilla extract.

Add in the dry ingredients to the wet, and whisk together. Be careful not to over-mix, even with gluten-free flour.

Spoon the batter into a piping bag. This step is technically optional, but it will help get the batter into the donut molds much more easily. Simply cut the tip of the bag once full and pipe the batter into the donut pans, filling each about 3/4 fo the way full.

Bake the vegan donuts. Once baked, you’ll allow the donuts to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool further.

Now we’ll make the cinnamon sugar coating!

This next step is very easy. Simply brush the tops and bottoms of the donuts with melted vegan butter, dip into sugar and cinnamon whisked together, and enjoy!

You are just going to love these easy baked vegan cinnamon donuts!

These cinnamon sugar donuts are the definition of fall. They are:

• Perfectly moist, fluffy, and soft
• Sweet and full of cinnamon
• Taste like a bakery donut, thanks to the nutmeg
• Healthier thanks to being baked
• Much easier than yeast-risen donuts!
• Taste just like autumn
• Perfect with a cup of coffee or homemade pumpkin spice latte
• A wonderful brunch for Thanksgiving or holiday breakfast!

I can’t wait for you to try these healthier baked donuts!

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