Easy Glazed Baked Donut Recipe

5 from 39 votes

Published on March 30, 2023

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Making Glazed Baked Donut Recipe at home is easier than you think. Skip going to your local bakery and make these easy glazed baked donuts. Easy pantry ingredients makes one of our favorite recipes.

Baked Glazed Donut Recipe:

My kids love getting donuts at the local bakery shop. It has become a tradition to go to our local donut shop on Saturday morning for their delicious donuts. So I decided that we needed to try and make them at home.

These baked donuts are made completely from scratch. This recipe would be perfect to have on Christmas morning or for a weekend brunch. The flavor is amazing and the delicious glaze makes them the ultimate treat.

This simple recipe gives you the bakery donuts that you crave on the weekend without all the rolling, cutting or frying the donuts. The benefit of making it from scratch is you can customize to your liking.

How to Make Baked Donuts with glaze:

Making glazed baked donuts has never been easier. You probably have everything you need in your pantry to make these glazed donuts. What I love is that using a donut pan makes it easy to make these donuts.

No need to roll out the dough, you basically just mix together the ingredients and pour in the prepared pan.

These donuts are soft, almost cake-like texture, that are not overly sweet. The added vanilla glaze adds just the right amount of sweetness that tops off these donuts perfectly.

Plus there is no yeast in this recipe, so you don’t have to wait for them to rise.

Close up image of glazed donuts stacked on a white plate.

Ingredients:

For the Donuts:

All Purpose Flour
Sugar
Baking Powder
Salt
Butter, melted
Egg
Milk
Vanilla Extract

Vanilla Glaze:

Powdered Sugar
Vanilla Extract
Salt
Milk

How to Make Baked Donuts:

Step 1 – Heat Oven and Prepare Pan – Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and spray a donut pan with non stick cooking spray.

Step 2 – Combine Dry Ingredients – In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the four, sugar, baking powder and salt.

Step 3 – Combine Wet Ingredients – In a separate large bowl, stir together the melted butter, egg, milk and vanilla extract.

Close up image of donut batter being made.

Step 4 – Mix dry and wet ingredients together – Gradually add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined (do not over mix).

Step 5 – Pour into donut pan – Pour the mixture evenly into the donut pan filling each one about halfway full. I find that it’s easiest to use a piping bag to fill the donut pan or place the batter in a large ziplock bag and cut the corner off the bag to pipe the batter into the pan.

Close up image of mixing the donuts and putting them in the donut pan.

Step 6 – Bake Donuts – Then bake for 10-13 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of the donuts comes out clean. Let the donuts cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

How to Make the Glaze for Donuts:

Step 1 – Combine Powdered Sugar and Salt – In a medium bowl, whisk together the powder sugar and salt.
Step 2 – Add in Vanilla and Milk – Then stir in the vanilla extract and gradually add about ½ tablespoon of milk until the glaze is the consistency that you desire.
Step 3 – Add Food Coloring – Add food coloring to the glaze at this time if you prefer.
Step 4 – Dip donuts into Glaze – Dip the cooled doughnuts in the icing covering about half of the donuts. Then top with the sprinkles at this time. These are optional but the kids love them.
Step 5 – Allow donuts to cool – Let the donuts cool on a cooling rack (so the glaze can set) for approximately 30 minutes before serving.

Close up image of the process of glazing the donut.

Step 6 – Serve and Enjoy – Serve and enjoy these glaze donuts.

Tips for the Best Baked Donuts:

Serving Donuts – These donuts are best served warm. But will keep fresh in an air tight container at room temperature for up to 3-4 days.
Freezing Donuts – You can freeze these donuts for up to about 2 months. Once you are ready to serve, put the donuts in the refrigerator to thaw and then heat in microwave if you want them warm.
Pastry Bag – For ease of putting the dough in the donut tins, place your dough in a pastry bag.
Filling Donut Pan – Fill the baking pan about ¾ full for the perfect size of donut.
Allow to Cool – Let your donuts cool completely before putting on the glaze.
Add extra glaze – Try even double dunking the donuts in the glaze. It is so good with that extra icing.

Can I Make Donuts without a Donut Pan?

Yes, you can make donuts without a donut pan. If you have aluminum foil in a muffin pan, then you can use it to make your favorite baked donuts.

Take a square piece of aluminum foil and press over one of your fingers. It needs to be large enough to cover a cup in the muffin pan.
Then press the aluminum foil into the muffin cup with a partial part sticking up to create a hole in the center of the donut.
Spray the muffin tine with cooking spray as well as the almunium foil.
After preparing the donut batter, then you are ready to pour into the foil lined muffin pan.

Toppings for Baked Donuts:

Add Food Coloring to Glaze – The vanilla glaze is perfect for this donut recipe. You can also add some food coloring to the glaze if one of your kids is wanting a pink donut.
Sprinkles – We also love adding Sprinkles to our donuts. If you are making them for Christmas morning, add some Christmas sprinkles. Whatever holiday or birthday it is, your kids will love the extra sprinkles on their donuts.
Cinnamon and Sugar – You can also make a cinnamon and sugar mixture by adding it to melted butter and dunk your donuts in that mixture before serving.

Why you will love these Baked Donuts:

Pantry Ingredients – We love that these baked ingredients are simple and we always have the ingredients on hand.
Quick and Easy to Make – When I say this is an easy recipe to make, I mean it. The process is pretty straight forward. You don’t dirty a bunch of pans and staple ingredients is all you need.
Baked and not fried – We love that they are baked and not fried.
Amazing Texture – The texture is light and fluffy. It is almost like a cake but in donut form.
Change the Topping – Feel free to change the topping and add sprinkles or different color of glazes.

Close up image of glazed donuts on a white plate stacked.

How to Store:

Baked donuts are best served the same day. But you can store an air tight container and enjoy within 1 to 2 days.

Can you Freeze Baked Donuts:

Yes, you can freeze baked donuts. We recommend freezing without the glaze and place in a freezer safe container. These donuts will last about 4 months in the freezer.