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Wow, why have I put this off for so long? Food is my passion. Helping people is my passion. Knowledge is power, and I am blessed it's my JOB to do just those things. This blog is designed to give you a glimpse into my life. I have 2 kids ages 5 & 2. A husband who is a Green Beret in the Army (so a lot of times I FEEL like a single mom!). I am a health & fitness coach having the honor of coaching thousands of people to their ultimate goals. I lost 62 lbs in 90 days and it started with organic, clean, whole foods. I am here to share that with you today! I want this to STAY something I LOVE doing and cooking to not become a stressed out chore... so this will be on a "need to share" basis. I can't promise daily post, but I can promise I will share what I can to help you learn! I can't promise my knowledge will be perfect.. I am ALWAYS learning so if you KNOW something I don't.. by all means please share! My goal is to not be perfect... it's to better the things most normal kids want and ask for... instead I offering my kids Organic choices... as much NON-GMO as I can while in Okinawa with the resources we have!

Ingredients you will need:

• 1¾ cups Organic coconut flour (I like Bob Red Mills found in the baking isle at Kadena)
• 1½ teaspoons Organic baking powder (I like Frontier which can be ordered online at Amazon) 
• ½ teaspoon Himalayan salt (I use Rachel Ray's from Amazon) 
• 1½ teaspoon Organic pumpkin pie spice (I like Frontier for this too found on Amazon) 
• 1 teaspoon Organic cinnamon (can buy at the commissary here in Okinawa or order from Frontier) 
• ⅓ cup Organic Coconut oil (Found at any commissary on island) 
• ½ cup Organic Sucanat (replacement for Brown Sugar found on Amazon, I use Frontier) 
• 1 Organic egg (found off base, we will go over how to find them!) 
• 1½ teaspoon Organic vanilla extract ( I use simply Organic found on Amazon) 
• ¾ cup Organic pumpkin (canned) (Found on Amazon, Farmer's Market)
• ½ cup Organic Vanilla coconut milk (Commissary, located in the baby isle at Kadena!) 

For Topping:

I melt 1 bag of Dark Chocolate and Garnish it with the maple frosting at the bottom but you can also do the one below and roll it in the mixture! 

• (Dark chocolate topping & maple for Garnish): Mix in a separate bowl
•  2 cups Organic powdered sugar
•  2 Tablespoons of Organic butter melted
•  2 tablespoons of coconut milk 
•  1 tablespoon of Organic Maple syrup.
• Organic sprinkles, (I use "Let's do sprinkles")

• Mix together until smooth. Drizzle over the donuts by placing it into a zip lock bag and cutting a small tip on the end. 

For choice 2: 

• ½ cup Organic melted butter (I use the Organic Valley found in the butter section, blue box) 
• ⅔ cup Organic sugar (I use wholesome sweeteners from Amazon) 
• 3 tablespoons Organic cinnamon (you will have this from above) 

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, mix together coconut flour, baking powder, salt, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon. Set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, with an electric mixer at medium-high speed, mix together coconut oil, Sucanat, egg, vanilla, pumpkin and milk until combined.
3. Pour dry ingredients into liquid ingredients and mix on low speed until moistened. Do not over mix.
4. Fill each donut reservoir with about 2 tablespoons of batter. (I use the baby cakes donut maker) 
5. Bake about 4 to 5 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into donut comes out clean.
6. FOR TOPPING CHOICE ONE: Melt butter in a small bowl and combine the sugar and cinnamon in a paper bag.
7. While donuts are still hot, dip each one in melted butter, then shake in the cinnamon-sugar mixture to add topping.
8. FOR TOPPING 2: Melt the Dark Chocolate. Let the donuts cool and then dip the tops into the chocolate half way. Mix in a separate bowl, 2 cups Organic powdered sugar, 2 Tablespoons of Organic butter melted, 2 tablespoons of coconut milk and 1 tablespoon of Organic Maple syrup. Mix together until smooth. Drizzle over the donuts by placing it into a zip lock bag and cutting a small tip on the end. 

I let mine completed get hard tops before storing.

Yields approximately 24 mini donuts