Baked Donuts
Light, fluffy cake donuts baked instead of fried, ready in under 45 minutes. Top with glaze or cinnamon sugar while warm.
- Total time
- 40 min
- Servings
- 12
- Calories
- 195
- Protein
- 3g
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup buttermilk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup powdered sugar (for glaze), plus butter and milk
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 12-cavity donut pan with nonstick spray.
- 2
Whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl.
- 3
In another bowl, whisk eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla until combined.
- 4
Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Fold gently until just combined; batter should be thick and slightly lumpy.
- 5
Transfer batter to a piping bag (or large zip-top bag with a corner snipped). Pipe into prepared pan until 3/4 full.
- 6
Bake until a toothpick inserted into a donut comes out clean, 8–10 minutes. Tops should be lightly golden.
- 7
Cool in pan 3 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.
- 8
Whisk 1 cup powdered sugar with 2 tbsp softened butter and 2–3 tbsp milk until smooth glaze forms.
- 9
Dip warm donuts into glaze, then set on a wire rack to set, ~5 minutes. Serve warm.
Tools you’ll need
- 12-cavity donut pan
- nonstick spray
- large mixing bowl
- medium mixing bowl
- whisk
- piping bag (or zip-top bag)
- toothpick
- wire cooling rack
- shallow bowl (for glaze)
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