Coconut lovers! These ones are for you! š š“ Our Coconut Doughnuts are golden coconutty delights. This recipe only uses 1/2 a pack of our Low Carb Vanilla Cupcake Mix, so you have mix left for another batch of deliciousness.
Coconut lovers! These ones are for you! š š“ Our Coconut Doughnuts are golden coconutty delights. This recipe only uses 1/2 a pack of our Low Carb Vanilla Cupcake Mix, so you have mix left for another batch of deliciousness.
Ingredients
- Ā 1/3 cup desiccated coconut (30g)
- Ā 2 heaped Tablespoons coconut yoghurt (120g)
- Ā 2 Tablespoons of coconut oil (40g)
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Ā 1 egg or 1 "egg" made withĀ Egg Replacer
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Coconut Icing
- (35g)Ā 2 heaped Tablespoons of coconut yoghurt (120g)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 180 deg and spray well a small doughnut tray with oil.

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In a large bowl combine the cupcake mix, coconut & baking powder well.
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In a separate bowl whisk together the yoghurt, egg & coconut oil. Microwave this bowl of yoghurt/egg/oil for 20 seconds so it stays nice and runny (if you don't the coconut oil will set hard and make your batter very hard to work with

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Pour the yoghurt mixture over dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- Using a teaspoon portion batter into the well oiled doughnut ring tray.

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Bake at 180 deg for 15-18 minutes until golden brown.

- Remove tray from the oven, and twist the doughnuts in tray to loosen (watch your fingers as they will be still warm).
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Let cool in tray 10 minutes after loosening. Then gently tip out donuts onto cooling rack.
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Chill before icing.
To make the coconut icing
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Combine the yoghurt and icing in a bowl and whisk to combine well.
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Drizzle over your chilled doughnuts, if its too thick, you can a teaspoon of water to loosen it a bit.

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Decorate with shredded coconut, and add some silver balls if you wish to make for Christmas.

Recipe Note
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Storage
1. Doughnuts will keep in fridge for 5 days, but best served at room temp.
2. Un-iced Donuts can be frozen for 3 months.
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You can use butter in place of coconut oil.
Or for a vegan-friendly version - substitute the egg for egg replacer.
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Nutrition
Serving SizeĀ 66
CaloriesĀ 241,Ā ProteinĀ 5.5 grams,Ā FatĀ 21.2 grams,Ā Saturated FatĀ 16.7 grams,Ā CarbsĀ 5.4 grams,Ā SugarĀ 1.4 grams,Ā SodiumĀ 173 milligrams