Homemade Doughnuts

Is there a better aroma than homemade doughnuts? I made these the other morning and the whole house smelled of butter, cinnamon, sugar and vanilla! Talk about cozy comfort!

Fresh baked doughnuts remind me of my dad. He’d always get fresh baked doughnuts on Saturday mornings when I was little. I would always opt for the glazed or the lemon filled. My mom wasn’t a big baker so we never made doughnuts at home.

A few months ago, we got a doughnut pan up in Maine and now I’ve decided the ONLY doughnuts to eat are homemade – I hate to admit this but I ate three doughnuts in the process of creating this post. Ha! Ha!

I’m sharing this post as part of the Cozy Living series hosted by my friend Jennifer over at Town and Country Living. I couldn’t think of anything nicer or cozier than warm homemade doughnuts on a cold February day. Slow comfort served warm at home! Be sure to visit all my friends at the bottom of this post!

What Makes These Doughnuts Special?

These doughnuts are baked in the oven for 17 minutes and when they come out they are so soft and delicious. These doughnuts are much lighter than the greasy fried doughnuts you might find at a donut chain.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• light and fluffy
• warm – eat them shortly after you take them out of the oven!
• so much flavor
• it’s easy and a perfect recipe to cook with children or grandchildren

What You Need To Make Homemade Doughnuts

• A doughnut pan. This is the one we have and highly recommend.
• Cinnamon and sugar
• A shaker for your mixture
• A crowd to feed – these are best straight out of the oven, so perfect for brunch!

FAQ – Questions about baked doughnuts

What You’ll Need for this Recipe

You actually probably have many of the ingredients already in your pantry, except for the doughnut pan.

• Doughnut Pan
• Flour – basic all purpose flour works great for these doughnuts
• Sugar – granulated sugar is best!
• Baking Powder
• Cinnamon
• An egg – lightly beaten
• Whole Milk – we love getting Hornstra Milk delivered from the milkman each week
• Butter – use unsalted and Kerrygold is our favorite!
• Vanilla extract
• A wire rack
• A baking sheet
• A shaker for to “shake on” your cinnamon sugar mixture

Method for Baked Doughnuts

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray doughnut pans with baking spray with flour.
2. In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together egg, milk, melted butter, and vanilla.
4. Stir the wet mixture into the dry mixture, don’t over-mix.
5. Spoon batter into prepared baking trays, filling each doughnut space 1/3 full.
6. Bake for 17 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes.
7. While the doughnuts cool on rack, melt butter in the microwave and make cinnamon sugar mixture.
8. Dip the top of the doughnut in butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture.

Homemade Doughnuts Video

You won’t believe how easy it is to make doughnuts at home! I created this little video to show you just how easy it is!

Be sure to pin this for later:

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Homemade Doughnuts

Delicious cinnamon and sugar baked doughnuts fresh out of the oven!

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 18 minutes mins

Cook Time 17 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 12 doughnuts

Equipment

• 1 doughnut pan
• 1 baking sheet
• 1 baking rack to put doughnuts on to cool

Ingredients

  

For the Doughnuts

• 1 Baking Spray with Flour Like Pam
• 2 cups flour all purpose
• 1½ cups sugar
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 egg extra large, lightly beaten
• 1¼ cup milk whole
• 2 tablespoons butter unsalted
• 3 teaspoons vanilla extract

For the Topping:

• 4 tablespoons butter (half a stick) unsalted
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

 

• ​​Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray doughnut pans with baking spray with flour.
• In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.
• In a small bowl, whisk together egg, milk, melted butter, and vanilla.
• Stir the wet mixture into the dry mixture, don’t over-mix.
• Spoon batter into prepared baking trays, filling each doughnut space 1/3 full.
• Bake for 17 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes.
• While the doughnuts cool on the rack, melt butter in the microwave and make cinnamon sugar mixture.
• Dip the top of the doughnut in butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture.
• Serve immediately!

Video

Notes

These taste the best served warm with coffee or tea or a giant glass of milk.

You can add the topping to the underside as well but we felt that adding sugar and cinnamon to just the top was perfect!

Alternative toppings – powdered sugar, frosting with sprinkles, make a glaze and drizzle over the top.

Keyword baking, breakfast, doughnuts

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