Cinnamon Bacon Doughnuts
Slightly sweet, slightly savory, hugely tasty, these baked Cinnamon Bacon Doughnuts also happen to be gluten-free and are perfect for breakfast or even a party snack!
Today happens to be a pretty special day!
Today, we are having a party! A surprise-virtual party which I am so stinking excited to be a part of!
Today, Chris @ Shared Appetite rallied 21 of us bloggers together to throw a surprise virtual manly baby shower for a fellow food blogger, my dear friend, and mentor, and member of the dude-food-blogger “wolfpack” – David @ Spiced! David and his wife, Laura are expecting their first baby in November, and well – SURPRISE Mr. & Mrs. Spiced!!!
So, for this party I decided to show up baring these Cinnamon Bacon Doughnuts.
These baked, gluten free, doughnuts were inspired by the powdered sugar doughnuts David posted earlier this year. I had given up making doughnuts till I stumbled on his recipe and – the cliche is true – the rest was history! Now doughnuts are a part of our monthly weekend ritual!
One weekend, I made some cinnamon doughnuts which my daughter and I decided to have with a side of bacon when my daughter suggested I should just bake the cinnamon doughnuts with the bacon inside them.
This is what leads to these, slightly sweet, slightly savory, hugely tasty, Cinnamon Bacon Doughnuts with a cinnamon drizzle and bacon crumbles!
Congrats David and Laura – all the cliches out there about babies are true – the joy that little Spiced is going to bring to y’alls home is indescribable! Wishing you both a safe and healthy pregnancy and delivery. I am so excited for you all and cannot wait to meet Baby Spiced!
And, Chris @ Shared Appetite – thanks so very much for rallying us together and hosting this fabulous virtual-baby shower for David!

Ingredients
DOUGHNUTS
- 1 1/4 cup gluten Free All Purpose flour I used Bob’s Red Mill
- 1/2 cup coconut palm sugar or brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 lg egg
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons butter melted
- 2 pieces cooked bacon – crumbled
DRIZZLE
- 2/3 cup confectioners sugar
- 2 tablespoons coconut milk or milk of your choice
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 piece cooked bacon crumbled up
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Lightly grease a doughnut baking tray (I used coconut oil to grease it)
- Mix the all-purpose four, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon together
- Make a well in the dry mixture and add the egg, melted butter, milk, and vanilla extract, and mix well with the dry mix
- Fold in the bacon crumbles
- Spoon into Doughnut baking tray and bake for 10 minutes
- Make the drizzle by combining milk, confectioners sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla together
- Drizzle on top of doughnuts – and sprinkle bacon crumbles on top and enjoy!
Nutrition
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These are so fun Shashi! What a fun surprise! Plus, bacon and doughnuts ;D
Wait, bacon IN the doughnuts AND on top?? You’ve got me there. I need these doughnuts to magically appear in my kitchen. Lil Shashi totally knows what she is doing. Thank you so much for this post, Shashi. You really did surprise me, and I am totally humbled and amazed by all of these posts. You made my week…for real! 🙂
These look amazing Shashi! Yes to all things cinnamon!
Gah, bacon and doughnuts are meant to be together. Food soul mates. These look amazing!
These donuts look ridiculously delicious! I mean bacon AND cinnamon in donuts – YES! But these are also baked AND gluten free? OMG, I could eat these daily!! Such a fantastic way to celebrate David and Laura! Pinned! Cheers, lovely!
I love how you come up with these sinfully delicious sounding treats and just casually throw in there…it’s gluten free…and semi-healthy. You’re the best!! These donuts are definitely no exception! I wouldn’t mind waking up to these tomorrow!
wow..bacon in sweet donuts…must be really amazing with this combo of flavour, Shashi.
awwww yeah! Perfect come of sweet and salty! Pinned!
Yummmm!!!! I love the combination of sweet and salty, so bacon and donuts sounds like the perfect match Shashi! Great recipe!
Well slap me across the face and call me Sally Jo…..
Cinnamon and bacon in doughnut form? Count me in!
I’m so glad you didn’t ruin these bad boys with beets 😉
These donuts sound like perfection!!! I love the bacon in them, especially with the cinnamon flavor. Yum!
Yummy donuts and such a wonderful occasion. Amazing!!!
Sweet & Savory.. I”m all over it! These look yummy 🙂
wow, i saw these on Armans post and immediately swooned. Yep, bacon and donuts and AMAZINGNESS! yay for showers!
I can totally get on board with cinnamon bacon donuts. These look awesome. Now I just need a donut pan!! Congrats to David and Laura!