Keto Maple Glazed Baked Donuts

These baked keto maple glazed pumpkin donuts are perfect for fall! The fluffy grain-free donut base is a tender pumpkin cake that’s flecked with the perfect amount of vanilla and pumpkin pie spices. You can use ready-made or even make your own pumpkin pie spice mix — it's super simple!

The glaze? Well, it’s perfectly silky and sugar-free. We’re using maple flavoring so there’s no need for sugary maple syrup to get that delicious maple flavor we all love so much. It's not too sweet like the classic donut icing you may be used to but you could always add a tablespoon or two of powdered low-carb sweetener or a few drops of stevia or monk fruit if you like your icing really sweet. If you don't want the icing to be too sweet, you can skip the sweetener altogether and you'll be left with a subtle sweetness from coconut.

Can I Make Nut-Free Keto Donuts?

Sure! If you can't eat nuts, you can substitute the almond flour with the equivalent amount of ground sunflower seeds.

Coconut flour could also be used instead of almond flour. How much coconut flour to replace almond flour? The rule of thumb is to use ¹/₃ cup of coconut flour for every 1 cup of almond flour, plus add one more large egg. In our recipe to make 6 donuts this translates to ¹/₂ cup of coconut flour plus 1 ¹/₂ large egg (or 2 small eggs or 1 jumbo egg). Enjoy!

Step-by-step

1. Preheat oven to 175 °C/ 350 °F (conventional), or 155 °C/ 310 °F (fan assisted) and grease a donut pan. In a large bowl mix together all of the ingredients for the donuts.

   

2. Transfer the batter to a piping bag and fill the donut mold evenly.

3. Transfer the pan to the oven and bake 15 to 20 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a donut comes out clean.

   

4. In a small vessel mix together the glaze ingredients, microwave for 30 seconds until smooth then dip each donut into the glaze.

   

5. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

   

Recipe

Keto Maple Glazed Baked Donuts

★★★★★4.7 (120 ratings)

These fluffy low-carb pumpkin donuts are baked instead of fried and then covered in delicious sugar-free maple ...

Hands on

10m

Overall

30m

Servings

6

5.4 g

Net carbs

9.3 g

Protein

24.3 g

Fat

282

kcal

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Ingredients makes 6 donuts

• Donuts:
• 1 ¹/₂ cups almond flour (150 g/ 5.3 oz)
• ¹/₂ cup granulated Swerve or Erythritol (100 g/ 3.5 oz)
• 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice (5.5 g/ 0.2 oz) - you can make your own pumpkin pie spice mix
• 2 tsp gluten-free baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract or ¹/₄ tsp vanilla bean powder
• ¹/₄ tsp sea salt
• 3 large eggs
• ¹/₄ cup unsweetened pumpkin puree (50 g/ 1.8 oz)
• Maple glaze:
• ¹/₄ cup coconut cream (60 g/ 2.1 oz)
• 3 tbsp confectioners Swerve or powdered Erythritol (30 g/ 1.1 oz)
• 2 tbsp coconut butter or blanched almond butter (32 g/ 1.1 oz)
• 1 tbsp virgin coconut oil
• 2 tsp sugar-free maple extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 175 °C/ 350 °F (conventional), or 155 °C/ 310 °F (fan assisted) and grease a donut pan. In a large bowl mix together all of the ingredients for the donuts.

2. Transfer the batter to a piping bag and fill the donut mold evenly.

3. Transfer the pan to the oven and bake 15 to 20 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the middle of a donut comes out clean.

4. In a small vessel mix together the glaze ingredients, microwave for 30 seconds until smooth then dip each donut into the glaze.

5. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

Nutrition per donut

Carbs 8%Protein 13%Fat 79% of calories

Net carbs

5.4 g

Total carbs

30.3 g

Fiber

4.3 g

Sugars

3 g

Protein

9.3 g

Fat

24.3 g

Saturated fat

9.3 g

Calories

282 kcal

Sodium

336 mg · 14.6% RDA

Magnesium

78 mg · 19.5% RDA

Potassium

275 mg · 13.8% EMR

Nutrition by ingredient

Per donut	Net carbs	Protein	Fat	kcal
Almond flour (blanched ground almonds, almond meal)	2.2 g	5.4 g	13.1 g	148
Swerve, natural sweetener (Erythritol and chicory inulin based)	0.8 g	0 g	0 g	3
Pumpkin spice mix, or gingerbread spice mix (cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, allspice)	0.3 g	0.1 g	0 g	2
Baking powder, gluten-free	0.3 g	0 g	0 g	2
Vanilla extract, sugar-free, alcohol-based	0 g	0 g	0 g	2
Salt, sea salt	0 g	0 g	0 g	0
Egg, whole, fresh, raw (free-range or organic eggs)	0.2 g	3.1 g	2.4 g	36
Pumpkin purée, unsweetened, canned or homemade	0.4 g	0.1 g	0 g	3
Coconut cream, creamed coconut milk (organic, unsweetened)	0.4 g	0.4 g	3.5 g	33
Swerve, natural sweetener (Erythritol and chicory inulin based)	0.3 g	0 g	0 g	1
Coconut butter, organic, unsweetened	0.3 g	0.3 g	2.9 g	30
Coconut oil, extra virgin	0 g	0 g	2.2 g	20
Natural extract, sugar-free (maple, peppermint, almond, orange, lemon, coconut, cherry, etc.)	0 g	0 g	0.1 g	4
Total	5.4 g	9.3 g	24.3 g	282

Serving size donut

• Gluten free
• Dairy free
• Nut free
• Nightshade free
• Pork free
• Avocado free
• Fish free
• Shellfish free
• Beef free
• Pescatarian
• Vegetarian