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January 7, 2014 By Nicole Harris 33 Comments

Baked Donut Recipe for Valentine’s Day

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Surprise your Sweetheart with fresh baked vanilla donuts for breakfast.  This Valentine’s Day Baked Donut Recipe is perfect for your special someone!

vanilla glazed donut with crumbled candy on top

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Vanilla Baked Donuts

I’ve had issues with some baked donuts that were dense and dry.  These Baked Vanilla Donuts are super soft and moist.  My new favorite Baked Donut Recipe, for sure!

Add an easy sugar glaze topped with crushed Sweetheart candies for the ultimate Valentine’s Day breakfast or dessert!
glazed baked donuts on cooling rack

So in all honesty . . . I couldn’t care less about Valentine’s day.  But any excuse to eat more donuts and I am on board!

Especially these donuts.

Have you bought your Donut Pan yet?  I love mine and use it on a regular basis.  Plus I’m too lazy to fry up doughnuts, so baked donuts are perfect for me.

baked donuts topped with crushed candy on cooling rack

I adapted this recipe from The Skinny Fork – Skinny Vanilla Bean Donuts.  These are a little less skinny . . . just a little.

I had planned on adding food coloring to the donut batter so that the donuts would be pink and the glaze white.  But, while I was making these I had 3 kiddos running and yelling through the house.  So I got distracted.  Is Christmas vacation over yet!?!

No worries though, I added a drop of red coloring to the glaze for a light pink color.  Feel free to add more color or none at all.  Or color the donuts like I had intended.

However you decide to make your donuts, this is sure to be a family favorite baked donut recipe!

glazed donuts topped with crushed candy on wire rack

glazed donuts topped with crushed candy on wire rack

SweetHeart Donuts

Yield: 6
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes

Surprise your Sweetheart with fresh baked vanilla donuts for breakfast.  This Valentine's Day Baked Donut Recipe is perfect for your special someone!

Ingredients

Donuts

  • 1 Cup AP Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 1/4 Cup Ultrafine Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/4 Cup Plain Greek Yogurt
  • 3 Tb Milk
  • 1½ Tb Butter, room temp
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Paste or Extract

Glaze

  • 1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
  • 2 tsp Hot Water
  • 1 Drop Red Food Coloring, optional
  • 2-3 Tb Crushed SweetHeart Valentine Candies*

Instructions

Donuts

  1. Preheat oven to 325°
  2. Mix the flour baking powder and salt. Set aside.
  3. Using a hand mixer - combine the sugar, egg, Greek yogurt, milk, butter and vanilla.
  4. Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined. (do not overmix)
  5. Generously spray donut pan with non stick.
  6. Split the batter evenly between the six donut molds.
  7. Bake at 325° for 12-15 minutes.
  8. Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan for 2-3 minutes.
  9. Transfer donuts to cooling rack.

Glaze

  1. In a medium bowl, mix the powdered sugar and hot water.
  2. Add the food coloring for colored glaze.
  3. Dip the donuts into the glaze then immediately top with crushed SweetHearts.

Notes

Crush the SweetHearts to your preferred size.

Adapted from The Skinny Fork

Nutrition Information
Yield 6 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 249Total Fat 4gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 1gCholesterol 40mgSodium 226mgCarbohydrates 48gFiber 1gSugar 27gProtein 4g

Nutritional information on WonkyWonderful is provided as a courtesy and is approximate only. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information given for any recipe on this site.

© Nicole Harris
Cuisine: American / Category: desserts
stack of baked donuts glazed and topped with crushed candy on white plate

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Comments

  1. Mel says

    January 7, 2014 at

    They look so good, I’m not a valentines day chick either but I’d be happy getting these!

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    • Nicole Harris says

      January 7, 2014 at

      Thanks Mel! Yeah, I’ll make these for myself … my sweetheart can fend for himself 😀

      Reply
  2. [email protected] in pyjamas says

    January 7, 2014 at

    I saw this on Instagram this morning and I instantly fell in love with the prettiness and cuteness of them. I love the crushed candy on top, so so pretty. Saving recipe to try and I’ll also be featuring these on my blog on a feature I have called baking news. Pinning too!

    Reply
    • Nicole Harris says

      January 11, 2014 at

      Thanks Laura! I’m so glad you like them. Thanks for the feature too 🙂

      Reply
  3. Chris @ Shared Appetite says

    January 7, 2014 at

    Although I’ve been seeing baked donut recipes quite a bit recently on a bunch of different blogs, I’ve yet to actually try making them. I guess I need to get me a donut pan first 🙂 They look like a lot of fun to make and I’m sure totally delicious!

    Reply
    • Nicole Harris says

      January 11, 2014 at

      Yes, get a donut pan! The possibilities are endless!

      Reply
  4. tanya says

    January 7, 2014 at

    These would go over big in my house, especially with those crushed candy hearts!

    Reply
  5. Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says

    January 8, 2014 at

    Love the idea of using crushed candy hearts!

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    • Nicole Harris says

      January 11, 2014 at

      Thanks Jessica! It tastes better than donuts with plain sprinkles!

      Reply
  6. Dina says

    January 10, 2014 at

    they look delish!

    Reply
    • Nicole Harris says

      January 11, 2014 at

      Thanks Dina!

      Reply
  7. Bridget says

    January 13, 2014 at

    Can you omit or substitute the yogurt? We are dairy free, so I can sub the butter for shortening & the milk for almond milk, but what about the yogurt? Any suggestions? Oh we are soy free too! Thanks.

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    • Nicole Harris says

      January 14, 2014 at

      Hi Bridget! Gosh, I’m not sure what can successfully substitute the yogurt because that is the only way I have made these donuts. If I were going to try to make these dairy free I would sub the milk for coconut or almond milk. Then up the amount of that milk by a couple tablespoons and leave off the yogurt. But, that is just a guess as I have never tried it. I’ve also heard of folks using apple sauce in recipes to add some moisture. Good Luck 🙂

      Reply
  8. Bridget says

    January 14, 2014 at

    Thank you very much for the info. I am going to make them this weekend and play around with the recipe. I’ll let you know how I make out.

    Reply
  9. [email protected] Cooking with Curls says

    January 24, 2014 at

    Oh Yum!! Those look delicious Nicole, I can’t wait to try them. 🙂

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    • Nicole Harris says

      January 26, 2014 at

      Thanks Lisa! These are really tasty. I think I’m going to make another batch this week!

      Reply
  10. vicky says

    January 26, 2014 at

    If your allergy to yogurt can you use more milk or is there another thanks vicky

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    • Nicole Harris says

      January 26, 2014 at

      Hi Vicky! What a coincidence. I just made this recipe today without the yogurt and milk. I omitted the milk and yogurt and used 1/2 cup pineapple juice instead. It worked fine, the donuts were just a little less fluffy. So, I bet if you omit the yogurt and sub in 1/2 cup of milk it will fine. I’m working on a dairy free donut recipe. Enjoy 😀

      Reply
  11. Martha @ A Family Feast says

    January 31, 2014 at

    Beautiful AND delicious! PINNED!

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    • Nicole Harris says

      February 2, 2014 at

      Thanks Martha 🙂

      Reply
  12. maryanne says

    February 2, 2014 at

    I just made these and they were great. I love the texture, not dry like some other baked donuts I’ve tried. I didnt have any special decorations so I just made a thin glaze with powered sugar vanilla and water and dunked them in to cover both sides and set them on a rack. So good!! I will make these again and again. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

    Reply
    • Nicole Harris says

      February 4, 2014 at

      I totally agree with you, Maryanne! I have tried a lot of donut recipes that ended up being really dry. I’m glad you enjoyed 😀

      Reply
  13. Jill says

    February 7, 2014 at

    Thanks for sharing such a great recipe. I made these first with my daughter’s daisy scout troop and they loved them! I made a version for the Olympics today on my blog. Here’s the link if you’d like to check it out…
    http://www.foodtasticmom.com/2014/02/07/basic-baked-donuts-olympics-style/

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    • Nicole Harris says

      February 7, 2014 at

      Thanks Jill! I loved your idea to create Olympic Donuts! So Creative 🙂

      Reply
  14. Anne says

    February 8, 2014 at

    I just bought myself a mini donut pan and have been on the lookout for some tasty recipes to make for the kids (and me). I am saving yours on my must-make list!

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    • Nicole Harris says

      February 9, 2014 at

      Fun! You’re gonna love it! Enjoy 🙂

      Reply
  15. Kathy Gibeault says

    February 25, 2014 at

    Where does the Guinness come in??

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    • Nicole Harris says

      February 25, 2014 at

      Hi Kathy! My Boozy Baked Donuts have Guinness in the batter and Irish Cream Glaze. Here is the link to that recipe: 😀

      Reply
    • Nicole Harris says

      February 25, 2014 at

      Sorry, here is the link: https://wonkywonderful.com/1/post/2014/02/boozy-baked-donut-recipe.html

      Reply
  16. Een says

    September 18, 2014 at

    Yum. I am so trying this in 3.. 2.. 1… NOW!
    Thanks for sharing this c:

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    • Nicole Harris says

      September 21, 2014 at

      Hehe, hope you enjoyed!

      Reply
  17. Andrew Hopkins says

    January 13, 2016 at

    It looks so yummy.
    Thank for sharing.
    I will try to make it

    Reply
  18. sydney maria says

    March 11, 2016 at

    Oh my, that looks delicious! Pinning! So yummy:)

    Reply

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