Dairy Free Donuts

5 from 19 votes

Make homemade Dairy Free Donuts in your very own kitchen! Top with your favorite donut toppings for a fun and easy breakfast or dessert.

Prep Time25

Cook Time10

Rising time2

Course: Breakfast, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: dairy free donuts, fried donuts

Servings: donuts

Calories: 188kcal

2 cups powdered sugar use more as needed if making chocolate and vanilla glaze
2 tablespoons cocoa powder leave it out for vanilla glaze, or split in half and use 1-2 tablespoons for half chocolate
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons full fat oat milk more or less as needed, you can also use water for the chocolate glaze
sprinkles optional

Warm the 1 1/8 cups of oat milk to about 90-105 degrees F and place it into a large mixing bowl.
Add 2 1/4 teaspoons of active dry yeast and 1 teaspoon of sugar. Let it sit until the mixture is foamy, about 5 minutes.
Add in the vanilla extract, eggs, safflower oil, sugar, and flour. Combine using a wooden spoon, Danish whisk, or dough whisk in a mixer until mixed. Then add the flour and combine until dough forms and pulls away easily from the bowl. Add more flour if needed, a tablespoon at a time.
Transfer the dough to a bowl that's greased with a little bit of oil. Cover with a clean kitchen cloth and allow the dough to rise for at least an hour so it can double in size.
Place the dough onto a floured surface. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough until it's around 1/4-inch in thickness. Use a floured-dusted donut cutter or biscuit cutter to make your donuts.
Place the shaped donuts onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and let them rise covered with a clean kitchen towel for about an hour. They should puff up nicely.
Around 45 minutes into the rising time, add the oil to a pot and bring the oil to 360-375 degrees F.
Using a mesh skimmer, carefully drop the doughnuts into the hot oil. Fry the donuts for 2 minutes per side. Place the cooked donuts onto a cooling rack with a paper towel on a baking sheet and then top with your desired donut glaze or toppings.

In a bowl, combine the glaze ingredients and mix until combined.
If it's too thick, add one teaspoon of milk or water until it reaches the desired consistency.
Add cocoa powder to make chocolate, and you can make half and have, if desired, with the same amount.

Nutrition info does not include the oil for frying as we cannot measure the amount absorbed while frying the donuts.