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Hazelnut Chocolate Healthy Doughnuts

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Donut worry… the weekend is almost here and I’ve got a Hazelnut Chocolate Healthy Doughnuts recipe to LIVE FOR!!

These are gluten free, vegan doughnut that are also low-sugar and ah- mazing!! These are all-natural, made with great ingredients and a treat you can feel good about having! Yessss!! Who’s excited?

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Ever since publishing my book Cut the Sugar, I get a some confusion around what stance I have on sugar and what it really means to cut the sugar…

It’s a topic I have so much to say about… and love sharing bits and pieces of how to cut back and adapt healthier sugar habits. Like in this recipe, for example – I used bananas as a sweetener and a low-glycemic sugar which makes them quite healthy for a dessert.

That’s another thing, this is a treat! These are obviously doughnuts and doughnuts are dessert! But doughnuts are fun and delicious and you shouldn’t have any guilt with eating the foods you enjoy! :)

However, if you’re used to buying a doughnut with your cup of coffee once or twice a day at a coffee shop, and possibly having it with a double double – well, that’s where you’re doing it wrong… it’s too much sugar in one go, that doughnut is not an occasional treat but a snack, it’s bad sugar and probably has more bad ingredients in there and zero nutritional value!

 

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That’s why I’m able to indulge in doughnuts once in a because it’s A. once in a while and B. I use great sweeteners and ingredients that are actually good for you!

You know what? I don’t even actually crave sugar anymore (unlike before when I was a sugar monster), but I occasionally enjoy a little sweet something… I just don’t go mad over it – and I think that’s the secret! That’s the relationship you want to have with sugar – so you control it versus it controlling you!! Makes sense?

And if I can call these HEALTHY doughnuts? I will! Because they are really made with a great ingredient list and that’s something exciting and delicious!

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HAZELNUT CHOCOLATE HEALTHY DOUGHNUTS RECIPE :

Healthy doughnuts are almost unheard of! This recipe is naturally gluten free, dairy free, egg free/ vegan and all natural. These are also refined sugar free doughnuts that are sweetened with bananas and a low-glycemic sugar.
Ingredients:
  • 2 tablespoons ground flax seeds
  • 6 tablespoons warm water
  • 1 cup all-purpose gluten-free flour or light spelt flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1½ teaspoons baking powder, aluminum free
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa powder (doesn’t have to be raw cacao powder)
  • ¼ teaspoon of fine sea salt
  • ½ cup coconut palm sugar
  • ½ cup coconut oil, melted but not hot (or grape seed oil)
  • 2 very ripe bananas (total of 1 cup smashed)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts or other nuts, divided

Ingredients for the Chocolate Sauce:

  • 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
  • 2 tablespoons cacao powder
  • 2 tablespoons liquid sweetener such as coconut nectar or maple syrup work great
 Directions:
  1. Preheat oven to 325F and grease a doughnut pan with oil. Set aside.
  2. In a medium bowl, mix ground flax seeds with warm water and set aside.
  3. In a large mixing bowl, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, cacao powder and salt.
  4. Back in the bowl with the flax seeds; smash the bananas into the flax seeds, add sugar, oil, vanilla extract and mix well.
  5. Add the wet ingredients into the dry and mix well.
  6. Add 1/2 of the chopped hazelnuts into the batter (if desired) and stir to combine.
  7. Scoop into the doughnut pan evenly.
  8. Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until sides appear darker and the doughnuts look dry on top.
  9. Allow to cool for about 2 minutes in the pan, then flip out onto a cooling rack to cool completely for about 20-30 minutes.
  10. Dip each doughnut in the chocolate sauce, then dip into a bowl with chopped nuts. Let the chocolate set (or not) before eating! 
  11. Enjoy!

 

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I hope you’ll enjoy these soon… they are really a delicious and easy recipe. I know the ingredient list may seem a bit long but I’d bet you already have most of these ingredients in your pantry. These are our favourite treat around here as of late and I hope you’ll agree that they are SO delicious!! :)

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Ella Leché is a cookbook author (‘Cut the Sugar‘), recipe developer, and photographer/stylist behind Pure Ella; where she shares delicious and healthy recipes. Eating PURE is clean ingredients, whole foods, plant-based nourishment and delicious desserts – with quality ingredients and sweeteners so they’re treats with benefits so you won’t have to feel deprived or restricted to eat healthier.
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