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BAKED and delicious so you can enjoy them every day.

A healthier version....but tastes oh so GOOD!

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!Stack of pink sprinkles mini donuts on a white platter

Mini Baked Donuts

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, sift together (or stir with a whisk), flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  2. Add buttermilk, egg, butter and vanilla.
  3. Mix until just combined.
  4. Scoop batter into a large ziplock style bag, or large piping bag and snip off the tip to fill doughnut pan.
  5. 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.putting donut batter in mini donut baking pan
  6. Time to make the frosting! In a small bowl, stir together sugar, milk and extract until sugar is completely dissolved.
  7. Use immediately to glaze doughnuts. Dip each donut in glaze, then set on a plate.Dipping mini donuts into pink frosting
  8. Here they are after 1 coat. I did 2 coats per donut. Top with sprinkles while still wet.Mini Baked Donuts on a platter with 2 children looking at them

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These healthy donuts are a family favorite!
5 from 1 vote

Mini Baked Donuts

Do you wish donuts weren't fried? I do! I wish they were BAKED and delicious so I could enjoy them every day. Mini Baked Donuts to the rescue.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 7 minutes
Serves:12
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Calories:185
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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:

Calories: 185kcal (9%)Carbohydrates: 39g (13%)Protein: 3g (6%)Fat: 3g (5%)Saturated Fat: 1g (5%)Cholesterol: 19mg (6%)Sodium: 152mg (6%)Potassium: 90mg (3%)Fiber: 1g (4%)Sugar: 29g (32%)Vitamin A: 91IU (2%)Calcium: 43mg (4%)Iron: 1mg (6%)

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Course:Breakfast
Cuisine:American
Keyword:Mini Baked Donuts
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  2. 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!!

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  6. 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

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  8. 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

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  9. 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?

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  10. 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 ?

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  11. 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?

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    • 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.

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  13. 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.

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  16. 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.

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