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    Home » Breakfast & Brunch » Vanilla Donuts

    Vanilla Donuts

    by Lainey · Posted: Jan 17, 2014 · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    pretty and delicious vanilla glazed donuts

    Growing up I was not allowed to eat sweets, however when I was in third or maybe fourth grade I was introduced to donuts.  My teachers would allow parents to bring breakfast for the class and most parents would bring donuts because it was easy and kids love them.  My love for donuts began and it only grew worse as I got older.

    Vanilla donuts on a white plate

    Now that I’m a little older, I try to eat a little bit better.  So instead of deep frying the donuts, I baked them instead.  It’s not as fluffy, but it’s still delicious!  What kind of donuts do you like eating?  My favorite one is the plain donut with no glaze or sprinkles.

    Vanilla glazed donuts with pretty sprinkles

    Tips and Tricks for Making This Vanilla Donuts Recipe: 

    • If you do not have store-bought sprinkles, you can make your own! Just put some granulated sugar in a container or ziplock bag and drop any food color you like and shake! Now you have instant colorful sprinkles for your vanilla donuts.
    • For a more festive look, sprinkle with colorful candy sprinkles. The more color you sprinkle, the merrier!

    How to Make this Vanilla Donuts Recipe:

    Gather the ingredients for this Vanilla Donuts. Once the ingredients are all ready, preheat oven to 325 degrees F and spray donut baking pan with a nonstick spray.

    Let’s begin!

    In a medium-sized bowl add flour, salt, baking powder, and mix using a whisk:

    mixing the dry ingredients for vanilla donut recipe

    In a large bowl add sugar, egg, milk, vanilla extract, butter, and beat until well combined:

    eggs, vanilla, milk and butter in a bowl for vanilla donuts recipe

    Add dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix, but don’t over mix:

    mixing in the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients of vanilla donuts recipe

    This is how the donut batter should look like:

    ready to bake vanilla donut batter

    In a ziplock bag add the batter and snip off one of the corners of the edges and pipe it into the donut pan:

    putting the donut batter in a ziplock back with an opening

    Bake for 12-15 minutes:

    freshly baked vanilla donuts

    In another bowl, add ¼ cup milk and slowly add powdered sugar ¼ cup at a time while mixing:

    vanilla glaze and colorful sprinkles for vanilla donuts

    After giving the donuts enough time to cool in a cooling rackDip donuts in the glaze and add sprinkles:

    putting sweet sprinkles on vanilla glaze

    Aren’t the donuts pretty as well as delicious?!? And it is equally delicious, too! These vanilla donuts are even perfect for Valentine’s day!

    photo collage of vanilla donuts recipe

    Vanilla Donuts step by step guide

    Frequently Asked Questions for the Vanilla Donuts Recipe:

    Q: I do not have an oven. Can I deep-fry this instead?

    A: Yes of course. It’s just that baking these donuts are way healthier than frying them.

    Q: Can I make this a day before?

    A: Yes you can. Just keep in the fridge and pop in the microwave oven when you are about to serve it.

    vanilla glazed donuts with sugar sprinkles
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    Vanilla Donuts

    Soft and delicious, easy to make Vanilla glazed donuts that is a sure crowd pleaser!
    Author: Lainey

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup all purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ¼ cup sugar
    • 1 large egg
    • 5 tablespoon milk
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 ½ tablespoon butter
    • ¼ cup milk
    • 2 cups powdered sugar sifted

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F and oil donut baking pan.
    • In a medium sized bowl add flour, salt, baking powder, and mix.
    • In a large bowl add sugar, egg, milk, vanilla extract, butter, and beat until well combined. Add dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix, but don't over mix.
    • In a ziplock bag add the batter and snip of one of the corners of the edges and pipe it into the donut pan.
    • Bake for 12-15 minutes.
    • In another bowl, add ¼ cup milk and slowly add powdered sugar ¼ cup at a time while mixing.
    • Dip donuts in the glaze and add sprinkles.
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    Comments

    1. alana says

      October 11, 2014 at 6:23 pm

      hi I just wanted to ask a question about the doughnuts .I was wondering if with the doughnut recipe you can also deep fry them instead of baking them. Thank you!

      Reply
      • Lainey says

        November 09, 2014 at 8:58 pm

        Hi Alana, This recipe is specifically for baking them in the oven. I hope this helps.
        xxLainey

        Reply
    2. victory ware says

      October 12, 2014 at 10:11 pm

      i loved this donuts and im going to make it again for my friends to try lol love it tgif lol made them on friday but made them again

      Reply
      • Lainey says

        November 09, 2014 at 8:59 pm

        Hi Victory,
        Fantastic! I’m so glad it turned out great for you!!! I would love to see pictures!!
        xxLainey

        Reply
    3. Tyandrah says

      July 23, 2015 at 3:28 pm

      The dognuts look great but do u have to use baking powder

      Reply
      • Lainey says

        June 24, 2019 at 11:57 pm

        Hi Tyandrah!

        Yes, using baking powder is important to make the dough/batter rise a bit 🙂 I hope that helps!

        Reply

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