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Pink Sprinkle Baked Doughnuts

Pink Sprinkle Baked Doughnuts are moist and tender cake doughnuts dipped in an easy strawberry glaze and topped with colorful sprinkles. No yeast and no deep-frying required!
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Servings 6 doughnuts

Ingredients

BAKED DOUGHNUT INGREDIENTS

  • 2 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1/8 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 egg, at room temperature
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp lemon zest
  • 1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup milk, at room temperature

PINK STRAWBERRY GLAZE INGREDIENTS

  • 1/4 cup freeze-dried strawberries, ground up (or more, to taste)
  • 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2-3 tbsp warm water
  • sprinkles (optional, but not really)

Instructions

PREP INSTRUCTIONS

  • Preheat the oven to 375F.
  • Spray a standard doughnut pan (makes 6 doughnuts) with baking spray and set aside.
  • Zest the lemon and set aside.
  • Blitz the freeze dried strawberries in a mini food processor until they resemble powdered dust. Set aside.

DOUGHNUT BAKING INSTRUCTIONS

  • Use a hand-mixer to cream together the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and oil in a medium bowl until the mixture is mostly smooth.
  • Beat in the egg, then beat in the lemon zest and vanilla extract.
  • Use a spatula or wooden spoon to stir the baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the batter.
  • Alternate adding the flour and the milk into the batter, stirring until just combined between each addition, until the batter is thick and smooth.
  • Divide the batter between the six rings of your prepared doughnut pan. Make sure that batter is evenly distributed around each ring and that there’s no batter covering the “hole” in the middle of the ring. Thump the doughnut pan a few times on your worksurface to release air bubbles.
  • Bake the doughnuts at 375F for about 12 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a ring comes out clean.
  • Remove the doughnuts pan from the oven and let cool for about 10 minutes.
  • Nudge the sides and centers of the doughnuts to make sure they release easily from the pan, then turn out the doughnuts onto a cooling rack. Let doughnuts cool completely before frosting.

PINK STRAWBERRY GLAZE INSTRUCTIONS

  • Whisk together the powdered strawberries, the powdered sugar, and 2 tbsp of warm water. Mixture will be thick.
  • Whisk the remaining 1 tbsp of warm water into the mixture in small increments, stopping when you get to a good consistency for dipping.

PINK SPRINKLE BAKED DOUGHNUT DECORATING INSTRUCTIONS

  • Place the cooling rack holding the donuts on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  • Dip each doughnut into the strawberry glaze, making sure the glaze goes about halfway up the doughnut.
  • Carefully twist and lift the doughnut from the glaze, then place doughnut on the cooling rack to let excess glaze drip off.
  • Immediately cover the glazed doughnut with sprinkles, if desired, or any other toppings you want.

Notes

The baked doughnut recipe is adapted from this recipe.