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
Most store bought doughnuts are fried and have processed ingredients.
Yes, fried doughnuts often have over 250 calories and are laden with oil. Fried doughnuts are cooked in oil while baked doughnuts are not, they are baked in the oven like a muffin.
In our opinion, it is best to cook these fresh when you want to enjoy them. They taste so lovely warm out of the oven with sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar.
Use a baking spray with flour.
Yes, for baked doughnuts a good pan makes all the difference. We use a commercial grade, heavy gauge pans are made of aluminized steel. The dough cooks evenly and we’ve never had an issue with sticking. 
Yes! They actually taste better, according to my husband and sons!
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
Time to bake the doughnuts!
Method for Baked Doughnuts
- 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 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.
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
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
Did you make this recipe? If so, let me know!
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Good morning Danielle. I am going to order the donut pan! And I love Stonewall Kitchens. We frequently shop their shop in Camden, Me.
I have also purchased a pop over man, reminds me of the popovers served at Jordan’s Pond in Acadia, another favorite of ours when we go to Maine on vacation.
Hoping your weather improves!
Carol
I love this. Will you please share this on The Fabulous Friday Link Party?
https://www.peacockridgefarm.com/category/fabulous-friday-link-party/
Good morning! Thanks for sharing this much valued recipe!!! We love donuts! (who doesn’t) But we can do without the fat and the processed ingredients. We started off our chilly day with making these and you are correct: they are so yummy, soft and warm right out of the oven. Delicious with a cup of coffee or with milk. They held together greatly even with dunking them! Wonderful recipe! Thanks again for sharing! Keep the recipes and inspiration coming. We made two batches. One exactly the way you made and the second spread with Nutella: decadent! A bit messy but… Read more »
Hello lovely friend! xo This recipe brings me back to wonderful memories of my Mom. She used to make wonderful homemade doughnuts, you are so right, there is nothing like the smell of freshly baked doughnuts.
Yum! I have always wanted to try baked donuts. I’m sitting here drinking my morning coffee and wishing I had one of these right now! Thanks for the recipe. I’ll try that pan.
This looks very yummy….AND dangerous!!!! I better not!!!
Oh my! I love that you ate 3 in the making, LOL. Have you ever tried baking them in an air fryer?
Hello again, Danielle! We just made some more of these wonderful doughnuts. Yummy! A note for everyone out there: if you don’t have all the ingredients in the house but have a cake mix on hand, you can use that to make these doughnuts. So, so good. Thanks again, Danielle for sharing!