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Classic Baked Donuts

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COOK TIME
10 min
TOTAL TIME
20 min
SERVINGS
12-16 donuts

Donuts make me think of friday mornings. Someone is always bringing donuts to school or work on a friday. It’s like a celebration of getting through another week. These donuts are the baked variety, not deep fried so your house doesn’t have to smell like a grease pit and you don’t have to feel as bad about eating them. I’m not claiming these are healthy, but at least a little better for you. We both know the deep fried donut version can’t be beat, but these are so incredibly easy and taste amazing. Plus sprinkles make everything better.

Is it donut or doughnut? Or both? I’m confused. Going with donut, I’m a rebel. 

Truth note- I have made this recipe dozens of times, but for some reason when I was pregnant and first made these, my brain decided I needed to include 1/4 cup brown sugar in this batch. However, I think they turned out better than usual so I’m sticking with it. I love happy accidents. 

You do not need a mixer for these donuts and it took me about 10 minutes to make the dough. The best part is you can take this basic recipe and make so many varieties and do all kinds of different toppings. I wanted to share the classic donut today, nothing but glaze and sprinkles. Can’t beat the classic.

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Classic Baked Donuts

Baked donuts, full of nutmeg and vanilla flavor plus a vanilla glaze. Don’t forget the sprinkles.

Prep time: 10 min  |  Cook time: 10 min  |  Total: 20 min

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Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup milk

1/4 cup greek yogurt

1 large egg

1/4 cup brown sugar

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

1 and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Glaze

1/4 cup milk

2 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

Sprinkles for the topping

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a donut pan with non stick spray. (if you do not have a donut pan, you can use a cupcake pan, just bake for 18 minutes)
  2. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and granulated sugar together in a medium bowl. Set aside. (the nutmeg gives it that bakery taste, trust me)
  3. Whisk the milk, yogurt, egg and brown sugar together until smooth. Add the melted butter and vanilla, whisk until fully combined. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix unit just combined, don’t over mix. The batter will be very thick and sticky.
  4. Spoon the batter into the donut cups. I recommend using a pastry bag or a ziploc to pipe the dough into the cups. Just spoon the dough into the ziploc and then cut the corner off the bag. Fill the cups about 2/3 full.
  5. Bake for 9-10 minutes. You should be able to see the edges just starting to turn a golden brown. Cool for a couple minutes in the pan and then transfer to a cooling rack.

Glaze

  1. Combine the milk, powdered sugar and vanilla in a saucepan over low heat. (I found heating the glaze over low heat gives it that bakery donut look where the glaze will crack when you bite into it. I’m weird, I know, but it makes me happy)
  2. Whisk until the glaze is smooth. Remove from the heat and immediately start dunking the cooled donut tops into the glaze. Transfer back to the cooling rack and sprinkle your sprinkles over each one. Easiest if you add sprinkles after each dunk. You will want parchment or foil under your cooling rack to catch the drippings.

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2 Responses

  1. Can’t wait to make but I have to wait until May. I’m not having any sugar until then. But this and your bagels will be 2 of the first things I make. So happy I found your site. Will be baking a lot in May.






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