These scrumptious Sugar-Free Paleo Maple Tea Donuts are nut free, dairy free, gluten free, grain free and even keto and low carb!
Low Carb Donuts
Fall is a special time of year for our family and always provides some wonderful opportunities for spending quality time together. Apple picking, corn mazes and pumpkin carving are a tradition for us every fall and often ends in sitting around the table together to enjoy a meal or snack.
Donuts were often a special weekend treat my parents would get for us growing up. Now that I don't eat those carb filled sugar filled donuts and don't want my kids eating them either, creating a low carb but nut free version was important to me. Dairy free became a necessity for my daughter recently so she could also enjoy these. With a perfect combination of coconut and sesame flours as the flavor of brewed tea, these maple tea donuts have all the warm fall flavors and amazing soft spongey texture.
As a mother of 3 I try my best to create special memories my kids will cherish when they become adults and have children. Being a sugar-free food blogger, I am constantly reinventing traditional recipes to make them healthier for myself and my family. My kids are getting accustomed to what unique twist I will make from a classic recipe and today's recipe is no different.
I doubt there are many kids who've never been to a donut shop and haven't tried a traditional donut so the taste of one is probably something they've enjoyed. Taking a comfort kind of food like this and reimagining it into a guilt free one is most likely not something kids might be too excited about. Except of course, once they taste them. Then their minds will be blown!
My kids were super surprised and thrilled with these donuts and were almost in shock at how good they were! Reinventing a carb laden donut with a gluten, grain, and sugar free one might not get you too excited, but if you've been following my blog long enough, you know this is how I work.
Don't need a dairy free donut recipe? Maybe a pumpkin flavored donut might be more what you're looking for! Try these Pumpkin Spice Donuts for a nice treat and they also have a paleo option as well!
Even the optional frosting glaze is sugar free and dairy free! The BEST part about these donuts is using Lipton Cold Brew! No boiling needed, just steep a few minutes and the rest just goes in the mixer! It's quick and easy and your family will most certainly thank you!
Other Maple Recipes you might enjoy:
Sugar-Free Keto Paleo Maple Tea Donuts
Sugar-Free Paleo Maple Tea Donuts
Ingredients
- ¾ cup cold water
- 1 cold brew tea bag
- ½ cup coconut flour or 52 grams
- ½ cup sesame flour or 52 grams
- ½ cup Swerve brown sugar substitute
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 eggs
- 2 tablespoon avocado oil
- 2 teaspoon maple extract
- 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon liquid stevia
Optional Glaze:
- 4 ounces canned coconut milk chilled
- ¼ cup Lakanto Maple syrup
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Steep the tea bag in water for 5 minutes.
- While the tea is steeping, whisk the coconut flour, sesame flour, sugar sub, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt together.
- In a stand mixer, add the eggs, oil, maple extract and liquid stevia.
- Squeeze out the tea bag and discard then pour the tea into the mixer.
- Blend on high until combined then add in the dry ingredients and blend until incorporated.
- Grease 2 donut pans and spread the batter evenly to make 8 donuts.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Cool slightly then remove from pan to finish cooling.
- Mix the optional glaze together in a bowl and spread over each donut if desired.
- Best if kept refrigerated.
Notes
Nutrition
About Brenda
Brenda Bennett is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified Sugar Detox Coach, certified Keto Coach and certified Life Coach. She has been Sugar Free & Refined carb free for 17 years and has written 2 cookbooks, Sugar-Free Mom, and Naturally Keto and her 3rd book The 30-Day Sugar Elimination Diet, is a four part program to help you detox from sugar, eliminate cravings, balance blood sugar and lose weight all while eating a delicious, nutrient dense whole foods. Meal plan offers two tracks to follow, low carb or keto. She is the founder of the Sugar Free Fresh Start course and Sugar Free Tribe weight loss membership. Learn more.
achy Shake
Is there another flour i could sub for sesame flour?
Brenda
You could swap almond flour bit you may need a but more than the sesame if your batter is really wet.
Margaret
Not sure about the ingredients for the glaze. Coconut milk and maple syrup? Isn’t there something needed to thicken this? Otherwise it would be too runny to be a glaze 🤷♀️
Brenda
What you see for glaze in my pictures is exactly what I used in the written recipe.
Piya
Where can i find cocnut spray Branda?
I stay in Gujarat India.
Anonymous
What can i use as a replacement for Swerve? I can't find it in Canada, and I'm not going to spend nearly $30.00 for it on Amazon. Thanks.
Brenda
You can really choose any sweetener you like.Swerve is about 70% less sweet than sugar. Monk fruit sweetener is about the same in sweetness to regular sugar.
Brenda
Monk fruit sweetener is great! I like the Lakanto brand.
Elena
Just made sugar free donuts and they taste awesome. Its all becoz of you. Thanks for the tips.
Brenda
Thank you!
Roshni
sounds good Brenda Thanks For combination and recipe
Debbi
What do you use to grease your pans? Coconut oil?
Brenda
Yes coconut oil spray
Pat
What can you use instead of the vanilla Stevia? I have the plain. Also instead of the cold brew could I use a regular tea bag cooled? I have some Almond Vanilla tea.
Brenda
You could use plain stevia sure. If you don't have the cold brew that idea would work too.
Cheryl
Theses smell amazing, can't wait till they cool. I tried to make the glaze but it came out watery. I followed the instructins so not sure what happened. But I'm sure they will be awesome by themselves !
Angie | Big Bear's Wife
I always love the healthy twist that you put on recipes like this!!
Kirsten/ComfortablyDomestic
Wow! These look fantastic! I'd never guess that the donuts were sugar free with all of that gooey glaze.
Jennifer Farley
I love that these are infused with tea! Such a unique doughnut idea.
Brenda
Thanks so much Jenn!
Kimberly @ The Daring Gourmet
These sound great and such a terrific idea to use coconut milk for the glaze!
Brenda
Thanks Kim!
Alyssa | EverydayMaven
This flavor combo sounds so good!
Brenda
Thank you!
robin
Is there any sub for the sesame flour? I have allergies to sesame seeds.
Brenda
I would use almond flour. Sesame is what I use to replace almond since my youngest has a tree nut allergy.
Stephanie
These look and sound amazing!
Brenda
thank you!