Easy Baked Donut Recipe

Donut, anyone? This easy baked donut recipe doesn’t take too much time and makes roughly 6-9 donuts. You can double the recipe if you’re looking to have a dozen+ donuts. Personally, I think a small batch is perfect if you’re just looking for a little sweet treat over the weekend with your morning coffee.

The recipe includes a glaze then cream cheese frosting topped with sprinkles. You can do other toppings such as only doing the glaze, adding cinnamon, etc. The donut pan that I used for this easy baked donut recipe is linked here.

Ingredients

Donuts:

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp melted butter
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Topping:

  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1-2 cups cream cheese frosting
  • Sprinkles

Recipe

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
  3. In a separate medium bowl, mix together the melted butter, egg, milk, and vanilla.
  4. Slowly pour the medium size bowl ingredients into the large bowl while you mix everything together until just combined. Be careful to not over mix.
  5. Pour the batter into the donut pan about half way in each circle. (Tip: add the batter into a plastic bag then cut a hole at the bottom corner so it’s easier to pour.)
  6. Bake for 9-10 minutes then let cool for 5 minutes before you start to add the topping.
  7. For the topping – mix together the powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, and milk in a small bowl until it’s a glaze consistency to your liking.
  8. Dip each donut about half way into the glaze then let sit for at least 5 minutes.
  9. Gently add cream cheese frosting then top with sprinkles.