Fluffy and flavourful, these baked blueberry donuts are your coffee’s best friend! Topped with a simple lemon glaze with flecks of fresh lemon zest, these homemade baked donuts make for one delicious treat!
Hey everyone! How was your weekend? Did it fly by, as always?
What better way to ease into the week than with these baked blueberry donuts, don’t ya think?
We love homemade donuts in our home.
Probably because they’re so easy to make. Plus, I don’t have to go out to enjoy! I can stay home in my comfy clothes and enjoy plenty of coffee without having to line up somewhere.
With just some simple ingredients, you could be on your way to the best homemade baked donuts you could ever shove in the ol’ piehole!
Besides how tasty these berry donuts are, one of my fave things about them is that you don’t even have to haul out the big mixer. Just use a large bowl and way to go! That still doesn’t stop me from making a mess, but least I try, LOL.
How To Make Them
Full details are in the recipe card below, but here are the basics:
- Get your donut pan ready by greasing. Preheat your oven now too.
- In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
- In a small bowl, whisk together milk, egg, melted butter, vanilla extract and lemon zest.
- Mix everything together until there are no visible streaks of flour.
- Toss blueberries with a little flour to prevent them from sinking in the donuts.
- Very gently stir the blueberries into the donut batter. Try not to break them. Some broken are okay, though!
- Spoon or pipe donut batter into the pan and bake. Once done, allow to cool.
- Whisk together icing sugar, lemon juice and lemon extract in a bowl until smooth and combined.
- Invert donuts into icing sugar glaze and place onto a cooling rack to set.
Tip: Let these delicious blueberry donuts cool completely before glazing (I know, you’ll be tempted to devour right away). Otherwise, the glaze will soak into the donut.
Tips for Making This Recipe
- I used the remainder of the local wild blueberries that my pop gave me last year that I had stashed in our freezer, but fresh blueberries would work lovely!
- You could use regular dairy milk in this baked donut recipe, but the vanilla almond milk gives things a little more vanilla flavour. Use what you like or have on hand!
- Toss your blueberries in a little bit of flour before incorporating into the wet batter. These helps to prevent them from sinking into the batter.
- Don’t overwork your blueberries. You don’t want to break them out and have them bleed too much into the batter. Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing, if you ask me.
- Let the baked donuts cool completely before icing.
- These donuts fluff up when baking so the centre hole may enclose a little; I simply glazed the whole top. It creates a little pocket for more glaze!
- When making an icing sugar glaze add a little liquid to the icing sugar at a time because a little goes a long way. If you add too much, your icing sugar will be runny. If it is, no worries, add a little more icing sugar to thicken again.
- When zesting lemon, go for the yellow zest part and not the pith (as it can be bitter). Don’t have a lemon zester? Try a box grater on the smallest hole.
More Baked Donut Recipes
Hope you love these easy baked donuts as much as we do! They’re a favourite around here.
If you make this blueberry donut recipe, be sure to leave a comment below!
Baked Blueberry Donuts
Ingredients
Baked Blueberry Donuts
- Cooking spray , to grease donut pan
- 1 cup all-purpose flour, plus 1 tablespoon to toss blueberries in
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup vanilla almond milk
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- ⅔ cup frozen blueberries, or fresh blueberries
Lemon Glaze
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
Instructions
Baked Blueberry Donuts
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Generously spray a 6-count donut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the almond milk, egg, melted butter, vanilla extract and lemon zest. Add to dry ingredients (flour mixture). Whisk to combine.
- In another small bowl, toss blueberries with 1 tablespoon of flour. Gently fold berries into to wet batter. Mixture will be thick.
- Distribute batter into prepared donut pan. You can pipe the mixture in or spoon it in.
- Bake for 12 to 13 minutes or until a wooden toothpick or cake tester inserted in the donuts comes out clean.
- Let donuts cool in the pan for about 10 minutes. Then gently remove the donuts from the pan and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack before glazing.
Lemon Glaze
- Combine icing sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest in a bowl and whisk until smooth. Note: I like to add 1.5 tablespoons of lemon juice first and see how I like the consistency. The more liquid you add, the thinner your glaze will be and vice versa. If you've made your glaze too thin, you can always add a little more icing sugar to thicken.
Glaze the Donuts
- Dip cooled donuts into the lemon glaze and place onto a cooling rack to set for a few minutes or enjoy right away. Best enjoyed freshly made.
Notes
- I used the remainder of the local wild blueberries that my pop gave me last year that I had stashed in our freezer, but fresh blueberries would work lovely!
- You could use regular dairy milk in this baked donut recipe, but the vanilla almond milk gives things a little more vanilla flavour. Use what you like or have on hand!
- Toss your blueberries in a little bit of flour before incorporating into the wet batter. These helps to prevent them from sinking into the batter.
- Don’t overwork your blueberries. You don’t want to break them out and have them bleed too much into the batter. Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing, if you ask me.
- Let the baked donuts cool completely before icing.
- These donuts fluff up when baking so the centre hole may enclose a little; I simply glazed the whole top. It creates a little pocket for more glaze!
- Best enjoyed the day of making.
A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
Tried this recipe?
If you do make this recipe, thank you!! It would mean so much if you could leave a comment below. Love to know how you enjoyed it, and it helps other readers too!
Molly Kumar
I wish I could grab a couple of them out of the screen. These look soooo good and would make a perfect breakfast or even a healthy dessert.
Girl Heart Food
Wouldn’t that be lovely? Thanks so much Molly 🙂
Chef Markus Mueller
I love doughnuts! I have never actually made fresh ones before, (i do need to get a doughnut mold), but with it being blueberry season and all, what better time then to try these now! The recipe itself seems simple enough,…do the un glazed doughnuts freeze well?
Girl Heart Food
They’re so easy to make! Yes, the unglazed donuts freeze beautifully – great for when you want to have donuts on hand when that sweet craving hits 😉
Sam | Ahead of Thyme
Wow these donuts look to die for!! Look at those blueberries. I need this in my life asap!
Girl Heart Food
Thanks Sam! Hope you love ’em 🙂
Lauren
Love the tip about flouring the blueberries so they don’t sink! These doughnuts look like the perfect way to start the weekend. And the glaze to doughnut ratio is perfect in my book!
Girl Heart Food
Thanks Lauren 🙂 It’s a great trick!
Kitty
Now I need to run out to the store for a donut pan!!! Blueberry cake donuts are one of my faves!
Girl Heart Food
Haha – I think you do 😉 Thanks Kitty!
Sharon
You are correct, blueberry donuts and coffee are best friends! The glaze on these looks phenomenal.
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Sharon 🙂
Anne Murphy
Those blueberries look wonderful in them! So much flavor right there… I don’t know if I even need the glaze! (Though I’d certainly enjoy it…)
Girl Heart Food
Thanks Anne! Yes, these would be lovely even without the glaze 🙂
Jenni LeBaron
Blueberries and lemon were a match made in heaven (I totally didn’t mean to rhyme!) so I totally love that these have a lovely lemon gaze to compliment the big blueberry flavors! Yum!
Girl Heart Food
Haha – totally agree 😉 Thank you Jenni!
Nicoletta Sugarlovespices
Lemon and blueberry is always a wonderful combination, but here, with that glaze and the donut shape, you’ve done a mouthwatering sweet treat! Would love one of these for my breakfast!!
Girl Heart Food
Totally! Thank you Nicoletta! One of these with coffee would make for a lovely breakfast 🙂
Kristen
Lemon blueberry donuts, not much better than that. I’ve only made baked donuts once, so I will have to try this recipe out. They sound delish!
Girl Heart Food
Thanks so much, Kristen! Nothing like homemade 🙂 Hope you like ’em!
Denise from Urb'n'Spice
These baked blueberry donuts look delicious, Dawn! I love the pairing of blueberries and lemons, too. My freezer has a lovely stash of wild blueberries, so I am going to save them for this recipe! Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Denise! Hope you love them as much as we do 🙂
Reenie
These were so good and easy to make!!! Love the flavor of blueberries and lemon. Will definitely make these again. Thank you so much for posting the recipe.
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
Thanks very much! So happy you enjoyed the recipe!
Jo Vanderwolf
Blueberries make everything better, even donuts! I happen to have some lemon tea that these would go smashingly with…. These need to happen sooooooooon.. I’m drooling over here. lol
Girl Heart Food
Haha…so so true, Jo! Oh, these would be lovely with lemon tea…I like the way you think 😉
Sarah Walker Caron
I love blueberry donuts but that glaze looks AMAZING. This could convince me to try making donuts. Does your donut pan make full-size donuts?
Girl Heart Food
Thank you Sarah 🙂 !! You should definitely give them a try – too easy!! Yes, it does.
Christina
Real talk – I could slurp that glaze down with a dang straw! Just pour it in my mouth, skip the donut. Bahwhahaha, who am I kidding? I would NEVER skip a donut that looked THAT good! Holy moly you hit this recipe out of the ballpark!
Girl Heart Food
Hahaha – can’t blame ya there 😉 Thanks so much, Christina 🙂
Marissa
You make the most drool worthy baked donuts, Dawn! These look heavenly!! I’m already thinking about spoiling my family with these for breakfast during the holidays!
Girl Heart Food
Thanks Marissa! You’re too kind!! I’m sure you and your family will love ’em 😉