Prep: 5 Baked instead of fried, these glazed doughnuts are a much healthier alternative that don’t compromise on flavor. Made with simple ingredients, these sweet and delicious treats are super easy to make at home!
Warm, melt-in-your mouth, fluffy, sweet goodness. What’s not to love about doughnuts? Today, we’re sharing an easy Baked Glazed Doughnuts recipe that’s perfect for the entire family! Whether you want these on hand for breakfast or a sweet treat, you can have these homemade doughnuts ready to go in no time at all. Here’s what you’ll need to get started:
- Doughnut pan (opens in a new tab)
- Powdered sugar and milk of choice for the glaze
- The doughnut ingredients below
Let’s get started and make some yummy, fluffy doughnuts!
Ingredients
The secret ingredient for making these doughnuts into a healthier version? Applesauce! (opens in a new tab) Feel free to use sweetened applesauce if you’re looking for a sweeter dough. This recipe uses all-purpose flour, but half of the flour can be substituted for whole wheat flour (opens in a new tab) if desired.
How to bake glazed doughnuts
You only need 7 ingredients to make the dough! Here’s how to bake glazed doughnuts in 5 easy steps:
1. Combine the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
2. Separately, combine the liquid ingredients.
3. Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together.
4. Using a piping bag (opens in a new tab) (optional) with a wide round tip or the end cut off, pipe the dough into an oiled doughnut pan. Another option is to simply pour the dough into the pan!
5. Bake, let cool, and top with glaze!
Use a piping bag with the end cut off to pipe the dough into a doughnut pan for extra fluffy doughnuts!
The glaze
The glaze for these doughnuts is a simple mixture of powdered sugar and your choice of milk. You can also try adding different flavorings such as lemon and orange juice or zest to the glaze for a citrus twist!
TIP: When removing the doughnuts from the pan, the “bottom” of the doughnut is actually flipped to be the new “top” (since it’ll be much smoother than the other side).
To add the glaze, simply place the doughnuts face down in the glaze, remove, and let sit for about 5-10 minutes to dry.
Tips For Making Baked Glazed Doughnuts
- You can easily adapt the flavors of these doughnuts by adding citrus juices, zest or even adding some chocolate chips or berries into the mix.
- Before glazing the doughnuts, make sure the doughnuts have cooled.
- Store the doughnuts in an airtight container (opens in a new tab) for up to 5 days – 1 week BEFORE adding the glaze.
- These doughnuts can also be frozen before adding the glaze.
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More baked doughnut recipes
Want to try more delicious and healthy baked doughnut recipes? Try out these Healthy Carrot Cake Mini Doughnuts or delicious Maple Pecan Doughnuts recipe!
Baked Glazed Doughnuts
Ingredients
Doughnuts:
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil (opens in a new tab) (melted)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1/4 cup milk
Glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp milk
Instructions
Doughnuts:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In a separate mixing bowl, mix together the egg, vanilla, melted coconut oil, apple sauce, and milk.
- Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until the dough is smooth (it will be slightly thick).
- Pipe or spoon the dough into an oiled doughnut pan.
- Bake for about 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool about 5 minutes, then use a spatula to slowly remove each doughnut from the pan.
Glaze:
- Whisk together the powdered sugar and milk until smooth.
- Once doughnuts have cooled, place each doughnut in the bowl (face down) to coat with glaze.
- Let the glaze dry, serve, and enjoy!
Notes
- Feel free to use sweetened applesauce if you’re looking for a sweeter dough.
- This recipe uses all-purpose flour, but half of the flour can be substituted for whole wheat flour if desired.
- Use a piping bag to pipe the dough into the pan for extra fluffy doughnuts.
- You can easily adapt the flavors of these doughnuts by adding citrus juices, zest or even adding some chocolate chips or berries into the mix.
- Before glazing the doughnuts, make sure the doughnuts have cooled.
- Store the doughnuts in an airtight container for up to 5 days – 1 week BEFORE adding the glaze.
- These doughnuts can also be frozen before adding the glaze.
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I love your tip for flipping the donut over when taking it out of the pan. I hadn’t ever thought to do that!
The doughnuts looks fabulous. I loved the addition of applesauce.
Fantastic recipe. The fact that these are baked, not fried allows me to eat delicious donuts without guilt!
I love the use of applesauce. and the fact that these are baked instead of fried. Well done!
These look amazing, I can’t wait to try this recipe!