BAKED and delicious so you can enjoy them every day.
My girls have a DEEP love for donuts. We get them for the girls every once and a while for a special treat. I went on the hunt for a healthy donut recipe that I could make at home for my little ladies.
The girls LOVED these. They are not as good as the real deal, but I was shocked that a baked donut could taste soooooo good! The girls didn’t mention them tasting any different, so that was awesome!!! Hope you enjoy!
Mini Baked Donuts
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, sift together (or stir with a whisk), flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Add buttermilk, egg, butter and vanilla.
- Mix until just combined.
- Scoop batter into a large ziplock style bag, or large piping bag and snip off the tip to fill doughnut pan.
- Fill each doughnut cup approximately 1/3- 1/2 full.The batter will rise quite a bit during baking.Bake 5-7 minutes or until the top of the doughnuts spring back when touched.Cool in pan 1-2 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
- Time to make the frosting! In a small bowl, stir together sugar, milk and extract until sugar is completely dissolved.
- Use immediately to glaze doughnuts. Dip each donut in glaze, then set on a plate.
- Here they are after 1 coat. I did 2 coats per donut. Top with sprinkles while still wet.
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Mini Baked Donuts
Ingredients
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1¼ cups cake flour sifted
- 1¼ tsp. baking powder
- ¾ tsp. salt
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 egg lightly beaten
- 1½ tbsp. butter melted
- ½ teaspoon of vanilla
FOR THE GLAZE
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, sift together (or stir with a whisk), flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Next add buttermilk, egg, butter and vanilla.
- Mix until just combined.Scoop batter into a large ziplock style bag, or large piping bag and snip off the tip to fill doughnut pan.
- Fill each doughnut cup approximately 1/3- 1/2 full.The batter will rise quite a bit during baking.
- Bake 5-7 minutes or until the top of the doughnuts spring back when touched.
- Cool in pan 1-2 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
- Time to make the frosting! In a small bowl, stir together sugar, milk and extract until sugar is completely dissolved.Use immediately to glaze doughnuts. Dip each donut in glaze, then set on a plate.
- Time to make the frosting! In a small bowl, stir together sugar, milk and extract until sugar is completely dissolved.Use immediately to glaze doughnuts. Dip each donut in glaze, then set on a plate
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Nutrition Information:
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Cheryl says
These look wonderful! What do you think…could I substitute wheat flour?
Corey @ Family Fresh Meals says
You could try. Let me know if you do. Usually when I use wheat flour, I do a half/half mix. I would love to hear how a whole substitution would work.
Keeley McGuire says
i’ve been wanting to buy one of those doughnut pans for that very reason 🙂
little miss can’t have bakery donuts – there are a few store brands, but they’re SO unhealthy so i never buy them (except maybe as a one time/year treat). my mom always made them with biscuits and then fried, hehe, taste delish but again so unhealthy.
i love how these turned out!!
Corey @ Family Fresh Meals says
I know! My girls would tackle each other for the last donut! hahaha
Jenn @ BentoForKidlet says
These look so delicious!! I love the cute little donut pan 😀
Corey @ Family Fresh Meals says
Little donuts are more fun! hehe
ImSoVintage says
Those look like some happy faces around the doughnut plate.
Laura
Jessica says
YUM! I will definitely have to try this recipe! Do those doughnut molds come in a larger size? They look so tiny!
Miz Helen says
Hi Corey,
Just look at those adorable little faces! Your Mini Doughnuts look awesome, a perfect bite size treat! I love the color on your frosting, yum! Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a fabulous week.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Barb says
Do you by chance have the nutriential information on the donuts and Icing?
Thanks
Toni says
Hi – these look great!
I just bought a mini doughnut maker – do you think this recipe will work? I hope so!!
Thanks for sharing
Toni
JoAnn says
These look absolutely adorably yummy! The recipe seems easy too! I have a Babycakes donut maker, do you think it would be ok to use this recipe for my donut maker?
Corey says
I think it should work fine in your donut maker 🙂 Let me know how it turns out!
kate says
Is the batter very runny? I dont have a doughnut pan and was wondering if i piped directly onto a flat baking try would it stay in shape ?
Corey says
Yes, it would be too runny for that. Sorry Kate 🙂
Kate says
Aaaaw thanks anyways….guess it will have to wait until I get the right tray then 😀
Jen says
These look amazing! I’m going to try making them for a baby shower brunch. Do you think they would stay fresh if they’re made 24 hours in advance?
Corey says
Yes they should be fine made ahead of time 🙂 Fun idea to bring to a baby shower!!
v says
can i use coconut milk as a milk and can i use an egg replacement like ener g?
WES says
V – I haven’t made these at all, however before my son grew out of his egg allergy we used ener g all the time. I think that it should work however when I did baked goods with ener g the batter was a bit runnier. You might need to tweak a little bit if it is really runny.
I just found this recipe because my son has tree nut allergies so that makes pretty much every donut shop I have checked out a no go in our family. I find that I am baking more and more because I need to provide baked goods for my son at parties etc. I am going to try this out the recipe today with an egg.
WES says
I successfully made the donuts! Overall the recipe was good, I would have liked them to be a tiny bit lighter, I am wondering if I had used buttermilk rather than milk plus vinegar if they would have been a bit lighter. For the glaze I simply added vanilla no other flavors.
I would make them again and I probably would add some cinnamon and/or nutmeg to the batter it needed a bit more flavor in my opinion. I might play with other flavors as well.
I made 48 mini donuts with this recipe.
Jeannette says
Can i use a mini donut maker for this?
Corey says
I think that would work fine Jeannette
Victoria Rook says
Can you make the batter a day ahead, and bake them the next day?
Corey says
I have never waited to use the batter Victoria, sorry. I can’t say for sure.
Paula says
I wanted to make your mini cake donuts for my granddaughter’s birthday tomorrow morning. I cannot get the recipe. I click on the hyperlink recipe and it takes me to your recipes. I scrolled through 5 pages to find the mini donut picture. I click on it and it takes me right back to the instructions without the ingredients (but the word recipe with a hyperlink. I’m very disappointed. I’ll keep searching.
Pat says
Do you think the doughnuts could be frozen for about a week before glazing?
Corey says
Yes Pat, that will just fine.
Lesly says
Do you know where you got your mini donut pan ?
Corey says
I got mine on amazon Lesly