Easy baked donuts
Tasty easy baked doughnuts. being homemade They’re healthier than the fried alternative, just as delicious and are really easy to make.
Easy baked doughnuts are a fun bake for kids. This recipe uses no yeast, so there’s no need to wait for the doughnut batter to rise, or fry them in hot oil.
For these easy baked donuts, you simply need to make the donut batter then add them to a donut tin. The fun part comes in decorating them. My kids loved getting to choose the icing colours to glaze them and add all the spinkles. It makes them a great colourful bake that’s perfect for children.
These doughnuts are quick and easy to make, and although they’re not quite the same as the ones you can get at your local ‘Crispy Cream’, they still taste pretty good!
How can kids help make these homemade baked doughnuts?
Like most baking recipes, these are really easy for kids to make. They can help measure out all the ingredients and mix them all together. If your kids have a steady hand, get them to add the batter to the doughnut pan. Unlike making cupcakes, you’ll need to use a small spoon and carefully add the batter to the pan – it’s a smaller hole to aim for so can get a bit messy if you’re not careful.
The last part of making these dougnuts is my kids favourite: decorating them. You could choose to be nice and simple and sprinkles over some caster sugar, but my kids loved being able to glaze these with coloured icing and decorate them with sprinkles. We used a few different colours of icing and lots and lots of spinkles – the more the better in my kids eyes!
Difficulty: Easy
Time: 30 minutes plus 8 minutes baking
Serves: 15 donuts
Ingredients
150g (1 cup) plain / all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
110g (1/2 cup) golden caster sugar
120ml (1/2 cup) milk
2 eggs
20g (2 tbsp) butter (unsalted) (melted)
1 tsp vanilla extract
For the icing
250g Fondant icing sugar
1 tbsp Water
Food colouring
Sprinkles
how to make easy homemade baked donuts
Preheat the oven to 160C / 140C Fan / 320F and grease the mini doughnut tins with oil or butter to stop the doughnuts from sticking.
Mix the dry ingredients together
Get your little one to help you measure the flour (150g), baking powder (1 tsp), salt (1/2 tsp)and caster sugar (110g) out and add to a large mixing bowl. Give it all a good mix.
Mix the wet ingredients together
In a separate bowl, measure the milk (120ml), melted butter (20g), eggs and vanilla extract (1 tsp). Whisk it all together.
Mix everything together
Make a well in the flour bowl, and gradually pour the liquid in while your little ones stir it in. Stir until it is well mixed into a smooth batter.
Bake the doughnuts
Use a spoon to carefully spoon the doughnut batter into each of the holes in the tin. Only fill up to about ¾ full as the mixture rises when it bakes. I did this bit myself as I didn’t think my kids could get the mix in the pan properly. If you have older kids, they might be able to do it themselves – it can just get a bit messy!
Bake in the oven for around 8 minutes. They’re ready when they’re golden in colour. Remove the doughnut pan from the oven and leave in the tin for a few minutes.
Remove the doughnuts from the tin by flipping it over and gently tapping on the base. If they won’t come out, carefully loosen the doughnuts from the tin with a blunt knife.
Glaze your doughnuts
Make the icing by placing the icing sugar in a bowl (we put it in three bowls as we were going to make three different colours). Add a few drops of water and a drop of colour and mix until it is smooth and runny.
Dip the top half of your doughnuts into your icing, place them on a wire rack and get your little ones to decorate with sprinkles.
Again this can get a bit messy. You might find it easier/less messy to drizzle the icing over the top of each doughnut with a spoon.
Leave the icing on the baked doughnuts to set before serving.
Baked donuts
Ingredients
- 150 g (1 cup) Plain/all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 110 g (1/2 cup) golden caster sugar
- 120 ml (1/2 cup) milk
- 2 eggs
- 20 g (2 tbsp) butter (unsalted) (melted)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
For the icing
- 250 g Fondant/icing sugar
- 1 tbsp Water
- Food colouring
- Sprinkles
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 160C / 140C Fan / 320F and grease the mini doughnut tins with oil or butter to stop the doughnuts from sticking.
Mix the dry ingredients together
- Measure the flour, baking powder, salt and caster sugar out and add to a large mixing bowl. Give it all a good mix.
Mix the wet ingredients together
- In a separate bowl, measure the milk, melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract. Whisk it all together.
Mix everything together
- Make a well in the flour bowl, and gradually pour the liquid in, stirring it all the time. Stir until it is well mixed into a smooth batter.
Bake the doughnuts
- Use a teaspoon to carefully spoon the doughnut batter into each of the holes in the tin. Only fill up to about ¾ full as the mixture rises when it bakes.
- Bake in the oven for around 8 minutes. They’re ready when they’re golden in colour. Remove from the oven and leave in the tin for a few minutes.
- Remove the doughnuts from the tin by flipping it over and gently tapping on the base. If they won’t come out, carefully loosen the doughnuts from the tin with a blunt knife.
Decorate the doughnuts
- Make the icing by placing the icing sugar in a bowl (we put it in three bowls as we were going to make three different colours). Add a few drops of water and a drop of colour and mix until it is smooth and runny.
- Dip the top half of your doughnuts into your icing, place them on a wire rack and decorate with sprinkles.
- Leave the baked doughnuts to set before serving.
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