Baked Vanilla Donuts

Make soft, fluffy cake donuts with this easy recipe. These tasty Baked Vanilla Donuts are topped with glaze and decorated with sprinkles.

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This recipe makes a much healthier version of a popular treat.  They may be baked instead of fried, but taste just as good.  

Baked Donuts Anyone Can Make

Baking donuts are really simple! There’s no fancy equipment needed! All you need is a bowl, wooden spoon, and a donut pan!   

The hardest part of this recipe is melting the butter, but it’s well worth the extra effort because it adds a lot of flavors.

How To Make Baked Vanilla Donuts

Sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl.

In a small bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients. Then Make a well in the flour mixture

Pour the egg mixture into the well and stir until just combined.

Spoon the batter into the baking pans, filling each one a little more half full.

Bake 15 Minutes.

Before icing let them cool completely on a cooling rack.

For the icing mix the sugar, butter, and vanilla together in a bowl and then add the milk one tablespoon at a time until the desired consistency is reached (I like mine fairly thick).

Dip the cooled donuts into the icing one at a time covering the top half of the donut.

Place back onto the cooling racks and dip again for a thicker icing look. Then top with sprinkles of your choice.

These Easy Baked Iced Vanilla Doughnuts are really amazing.  They are soft, fluffy and it might be odd to say, but they are like real doughnuts.

I say that because quite often, homemade baked donuts are more like cakes with a hole in the middle, but that’s not the case here.  

These donuts are just as good as the ones you get in a bakery, but without being fried so there is a lot less guilt.

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Let’s Make Baked Vanilla Donuts

You don’t need advanced baking skills to make perfect cake donuts. With this easy recipe, anyone can make them!

4.91 from 40 votes

Prep20 minutes minutes

Cook15 minutes minutes

Total35 minutes minutes

Serves: 18 Donuts

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Ingredients

• ▢ 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ▢ 1½ cups sugar
• ▢ 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ 1 large egg lightly beaten
• ▢ 1¼ cups whole milk
• ▢ 2 tablespoons butter melted
• ▢ 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste (or good quality vanilla extract)

For the icing:

• ▢ 2 cups powdered sugar
• ▢ 2 tablespoons melted butter
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla
• ▢ 2-4 Tablespoons milk
• ▢ sprinkles optional

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Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350F/175C degrees. Grease 2 doughnut pans well.
• Into a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, melted butter, and vanilla.
• Stir the wet mixture into the dry ingredients until just combined.
• Spoon the batter into the baking pans, filling each one about ½ full.
• Bake for 15-17 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then tap the doughnuts out onto a sheet pan and transfer to a rack to completely cool.
• Place baking paper under wire racks to catch the excess icing.

For the icing:

• Prepare by mixing the sugar, butter and vanilla together in a bowl and then add the milk one tablespoon at a time until the desired consistency is reached (I like mine fairly thick).
• Dip the cooled doughnuts into the icing one at a time covering half the doughnuts then place on the cooling racks.
• Add the sprinkles before the icing sets.
• Leave on cooling rack to completely set the icing before serving.

Tips + Notes

• Don’t overfill the pan. Do a test run with a single donut to make sure they don’t rise too much (making an uneven donut).
• Use a squeeze bottle to pour the batter this keeps things neat and more precise.
• Be sure to grease your pan. Most donut pans are nonstick, but that’s not always a guarantee.
• Don’t have a donut pan?  If you’d like one like mine, you can get it here on Amazon.  (#paidlink).  I highly recommend the two-pack.

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 206 (10%)| Carbohydrates: 41g (14%)| Protein: 2g (4%)| Fat: 3g (5%)| Saturated Fat: 2g (13%)| Cholesterol: 17mg (6%)| Sodium: 164mg (7%)| Potassium: 87mg (2%)| Sugar: 30g (33%)| Vitamin A: 120IU (2%)| Calcium: 44mg (4%)| Iron: 0.7mg (4%)

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Author:Erren Hart

Course:Breakfast

Cuisine:American

Keyword:#healthy donuts, baked vanilla donuts, donut recipe

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