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Lemon gluten free donuts are the perfect homemade baked donuts to make for breakfast or brunch, and these gluten free lemon donuts are dairy free too! This easy gluten free donuts recipe is.quick; the little lemon donuts are ready to eat in under 20 minutes.

Lemon gluten free donuts are just the snack my kids love when they get home from school. Drizzle icing on top, or eat these lemon gluten free donuts plain. You can even create a delicious dairy free donut glaze by mixing 2 cups of powdered sugar with 1/4 cup of almond milk.

For even more delicious lemon desserts, check out my Top Ten Gluten Free Lemon Desserts roudup!

Gluten Free Lemon Donuts on a table. White icing is drizzled on top and clear sugar sprinkles are on top.

Take a look at this little lemon gluten free donut and you can see how moist and delicious it is! For a comprehensive list of all of my gluten free donut recipes, check out my BEST gluten free donut recipes!

Lemon Desserts

As promised, here is another recipe that will use up some of those lemons. Our tree is still overflowing with lemons and I am working on finding a lot of ways to use them up. My gluten free lemon tart recipe and my gluten-free lemon bundt cake recipes are other great ways to use up those lemons :-).

babycakes donut maker

These moist and delicious gluten-free donuts are so quick and easy to make with my Babycakes Mini Donut Maker. From start to finish we had little lemon donuts in under 20 minutes.

Lemon Gluten Free Donuts Recipe Substitutions

  • You can also bake this easy lemon donut recipe in a donut pan if you don’t have a donut maker. There are a lot of gluten-free baking recipes on my blog. (I have a link below that shows you what my donut pan looks like.)
  • I do suggest spraying the donut pan with coconut oil so the outside of the donut gets a little crispy.
  • The beauty of this recipe is that you can easily customize the flavor. Omit the lemon and you have a delicious vanilla donut.
  • Add white chocolate chips.
  • Add blueberries or raspberries, which would taste delicious with this lemon donut.
  • To make these NUT FREE, instead of the almond flour, add 1/4 extra gluten free flour blend.

A single Gluten Free Lemon Donut with a bite taken out so you can see how light and fluffy the inside is.

I love to make gluten free lemon donut recipes for kids. This easy gluten free donuts recipe is a lot less guilt because I used applesauce to keep these gluten-free doughnuts super moist and to reduce the amount of sugar in this recipe.

Almond meal or almond flour, helps add some protein so there isn’t a big sugar crash after eating one or two of these….(okay, maybe more like four or five. These are hard to resist!) You can read more about the differences between almond meal and almond flour.

Click here to see all of the donut recipes on this blog.

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Tools needed to make this lemon donuts recipe:

  1. Babycakes donut maker. This is my favorite and most used kitchen toy 🙂
  2. Gluten-free flour blend. My favorite blend because it works so well.
  3. A donut pan, just in case you don’t have a donut maker.

How to Make Lemon Gluten Free Donuts:

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Gluten Free Lemon Donuts
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 

Quick and easy gluten free lemon donuts.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 18 donuts
Calories: 166 kcal
Author: Sandi Gaertner
Ingredients
  • 1 1/4 cup gluten free flour blend (*Note, my flour blend has xanthan gum included. If yours doesn't, add 1 teaspoon.)
  • 3/4 cup almond meal
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2/3 cup coconut oil melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup applesauce
  • 2 large eggs
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients and whisk together to blend.
  2. In a medium bowl, add all wet ingredients and whisk.
  3. Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well.
  4. Preheat the Babycakes Mini Donut Maker.
  5. Put a little dough into each section of the donut maker.
  6. Cook for 5 minutes until done.
  7. Remove and put onto cooling rack.
  8. Ice, frost, or eat plain.
Nutrition Facts
Gluten Free Lemon Donuts
Amount Per Serving (18 g)
Calories 166 Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11g 17%
Saturated Fat 7g 35%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 18mg 6%
Sodium 37mg 2%
Potassium 34mg 1%
Total Carbohydrates 16g 5%
Dietary Fiber 1g 4%
Sugars 9g
Protein 2g 4%
Vitamin A 0.5%
Vitamin C 0.5%
Calcium 2.8%
Iron 3.3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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    • Hi Megan, to maintain the moistness of these…I suggest substituting the 3/4 c almond flour with 2/3 cup additional gluten free flour blend and then increase the applesauce by another 1/4 cup. Please let me know how they turn out 🙂

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  4. I’ve always wanted a donut maker. My kids would be in complete donut heaven. I’ve been GF for awhile so these are a great recipe to start with.

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  5. YUM! The texture looks absolutely perfect! Can’t wait to try these. You’re tempting me to plant a lemon tree with all of these delicious recipes 🙂

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  13. These look so good Sandi! We can’t use almond flour either but will sub as you suggested. Will let you know how they turn out.

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  14. Dear Sandi, these are an absolute must-try! Your donuts look perfect and tasty. I am assuming that since I don’t have a donut maker, the oven will do! Have a wonderful weekend dear. xo, Catherine

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  18. Hi. Thank you so much for the post. my daugther has egg white allergy. Can I omit the egg igredient completely?

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  21. Is it 1/4 of a tablespoon plus 1 tablespoon of the lemon juice? I just wanted to clarify it wasn’t 1/4 or something else plus 1 tablespoon before I made them. Thanks!

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  24. Our lime tree has been flourishing this year too, and even after sharing with neighbours we are left with a lot at our disposal. Have never tried a gluten free donut, but would love to give this a try. Thanks for sharing.

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  27. Yum! That looks like quite the neat gadget. I love that the doughnuts are gluten and dairy free. So beautiful with the drizzle over the top and the texture looks perfect.

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  29. Hi Sandi, your recipe looks very interesting. I don’t want to buy a donut maker or a donut pan. Don’t have room for môre gadgets or baking pans. Can I try this with a mini muffin pan. Thanks.

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  30. ooh these donuts look delicious – the perfect yummy bite! Love that you’ve eliminated excess sugar and thank you for all the great lemon recipes! We still have piles of lemons too!

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  31. I love donuts, it’s like I can eat them everyday. It always makes me feel better.
    I’ve never tried to make donuts but omg you also have more 8 yummy donut recipe. That’s awesome!
    I will give them a try soonnn xD

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