I belong to a doughnut family. A family that will choose doughnuts over all other sweet confections. They routinely ask for doughnuts in place of a birthday cake (#momwin), as rewards, and in place of any general meal.
And while we love a real, good doughnut, I’ve also found they get just as excited about anything in the mere shape of a doughnut, which is where baked doughnuts come in.
Let’s be honest- baked doughnuts aren’t doughnuts. They’re small muffin-ish cakes in the shape of doughnuts. That being said, it’s a super fun way to make something ordinary, extra special. They’re as easy as muffins to whip up, but 400 times more adorable and fun to eat. You can get creative with glazes and toppings, and come up with endless flavor combinations. If you don’t have a doughnut pan, you can find regular ones here, or the cute mini ones like I’m using in this post, here.
This recipe comes together quickly with standard ingredients.
I’m adding almond extract to the batter because it goes so nicely with berry flavors, which I’ll use in the glaze. One tip I have, especially if you’re doing mini doughnuts, is to put your batter in a ziplock bag. Cut off the tip and then squeeze the batter in.
These mini ones bake SO fast. Like 4 minutes fast. I cannot stress enough the importance of not over-baking. Take them out right when they are puffed and just barely set, otherwise they will dry out so fast.
Pop them out of the pan and let them cool before glazing.
The glaze is customizable, but I’m adding pink food coloring (My favorite food coloring is Americolor Gel colors) and berry extract. I used a little Raspberry extract and a little strawberry. You could also add a little fresh fruit purée, or whisk in a favorite fruit jam. Play around with it and see what you like! My husband says these are Homer-Simpson-Pink.
Simply hold each doughnut and gently dip the top in your bowl of glaze.
Sprinkle with any toppings your heart desires. (I couldn’t find my exact gold sprinkles, but here’s something almost identical, I think.)
There is something about pink frosting and sprinkles that gives me allll the heart-eyes.
These are so fun to eat, and make a really cute presentation all plated up for a party.
These are a super easy, fun thing to make with your kiddos or for your friends. Enjoy!
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Berry Glazed Baked Doughnuts
Ingredients
Doughnuts
- ¼ cup butter 4 tablespoons
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons almond extract
- 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup milk
Glaze
- 1 ¼ cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk or water
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- berry extract to taste
Instructions
Doughnuts
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Lightly grease two standard doughnut pans.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat together the butter, vegetable oil, and sugars until smooth.
- Add the eggs, beating to combine.
- Stir in the baking powder, baking soda, salt, and vanilla.
- Stir the flour into the butter mixture alternately with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour and making sure everything is thoroughly combined.
- Spoon the batter into the lightly greased doughnut pans, filling the wells to about ¼" shy of the rim.
- Bake standard doughnuts for 9-10 minutes or mini's for 4-5. Remove them from the oven, and wait a few minutes before turning them out of the pans onto a rack.
Glaze
- Combine glaze ingredients. Dip tops of doughnuts into glaze and sprinkle with desired toppings.
Nutrition
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Questions & Reviews
Just finished baking these yummy treats! How do you recommend storing the leftover donuts?
I think they’re best eaten fresh, but just pop them in an airtight container if you’d like to store 🙂
How adorable! I’ll have to make these. Anything miniature is always more fun. 🙂
1) I forgot I have a donut pan, 2) my 4-year-old just told me he wants donuts with sprinkles to ALWAYS be his treat, 3) can donuts be successfully frozen do you suppose so I can make one pan and have treats/bribes for days? = )
Do you think I could substitute coconut oil, with butter flavoring, or Earth’s Balance spread for the butter? My daughters are not big butter fans…
sure
We are totally a donut family too! I think they are probably my husband’s favorite treat in the whole world and I feel like we get them a lot! And I love that you said that baked donuts are just muffins. One time I made a recipe for baked donuts that made the claim that they tasted exactly like Krispy Kreme…Yeah right!!? Yummy? Yes! Super cute? Well of course! Krispy Kreme? Uh, no. I definitely want to make these though! They look so cute!!
Haha, seriously! Want to lose my trust immediately? Tell me baked doughnuts taste just like the real thing, ha.
I can’t wait to make these ? What kind of berry extract do you use? Never used them before! Thanks so much!
I love JR Watkins brand, you can find them at walmart! But I believe McCormicks has them too in most general baking aisles.
Where can I purchase Berry Extract? When I googled it I found it for health reasons not cooking?
Just look by the other extracts in the baking aisle!
Ohhh my goodness, how cute are these?? I have a 4-year-old who would be in heaven if we made these together for Valentine’s Day! <3
These are so adorable!! Everything is cuter when tiny. Thanks for sharing the cuteness!
You sure know how to sell us on making mini doughnuts! Now I need to go buy one of those mini tins so I can make these cuties at home (even though the BEST doughnut shop in town is just 2 minutes from my house). Your recipes are the best!!!
OMG! Thank you for talking about he fact that baked donuts are just costumed muffins! That being said, they sure are easier to make than fried donuts, and there are too cute not to make! I’m thinking theyd be an awesome breakfast treat for tomorrow morning 🙂
These are adorable. While I wait for my mini doughnut pan to arrive (thank you Amazon) could I bake these in a mini bundt cake pan?
Totally! They’d just be mini cakes, but still yummy 🙂
I’ve gotta get one of those doughnut tins! They indeed do look ridiculously cute – love that pink frosting 😉 My family isn’t a doughnut family but I’m sure I can convince them with recipes like these! Have a great week!