These tasty Vanilla Glazed Donuts take only minutes to prepare and less than 10 minutes to bake. Decorate with your favourite sprinkles and you have one fun (pretty) treat!
This vanilla donut recipe was originally posted in May of 2018 and has been updated with more recipe details and tips.
So today, I’ve partnered with some friends and fellow food bloggers for a virtual baby shower for the lovely Katherine of Love in My Oven (she’s one awesome blogger and such a sweet person).
All of us have come together to bring you pink-hued recipes to celebrate her baby girl. My contribution is these easy vanilla glazed donuts (sprinkles optional but not really, if you ask me). Have you made your own donuts at home? Couldn’t be simpler!
My life changed when I purchased a donut pan (ok, tad dramatic, but it was so worth it). I didn’t realize how easy homemade donuts were to make and because these are baked, they are so much better than their fried counter part. Dare I say maybe you could eat two 😉 ?
So, what’s your favourite thing to enjoy with donuts? Coffee? A cold glass of milk? I’d have to say for me it would be coffee and I gotta dunk!
And I ain’t gonna lie…if it’s, like, 9pm on Saturday night I just maaaaay enjoy one of these bad boys with a glass of vino.
How to Make Donuts at Home
- Preheat your oven and grease your donut pan with baking spray. Lay to one side.
- In a bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir to combine.
- Add milk, egg, melted butter and vanilla extract to flour mixture. Use a hand mixer (or a spatula) to blend everything together.
- Spoon the mixture in the pan or place the mixture into a piping bag and pipe it in (do whatever you’re comfortable with). I just spooned in. Holly from A Baker’s House has a tutorial on how to make a homemade piping bag (just adjust the tip to be a bit larger for the donut batter).
- Bake
- Allow donuts to COOL COMPLETELY before icing.
- Enjoy!
Tip—>Tap the pan on a hard surface a couple of times so the batter is even and any air bubbles are released.
Donut Glaze
All you need for a simple donut glaze is –
- Icing sugar
- Vanilla extra
- Water
Note: Gel food colouring was used (totally optional) for a pretty pink colour. I opted for ‘gel’ over liquid because it’s more potent and didn’t want to further loosen the donut glaze.
I used the tiniest bit of pink gel food colouring. That stuff is capital ‘P’ potent!!
Dip the tip of a wooden skewer into the gel pot and swirl it into the vanilla glaze until you’ve reached the desired colour that makes you happy.
If you prefer to skip the colouring, that’s a-ok too! The pink colour is just to make it more festive for a baby shower and doesn’t affect the taste or anything.
Tip—>If you opt to using regular liquid food colouring, consider adding less water to the glaze.
How Long Do these Vanilla Glazed Donuts Last?
Like with most baked goods, these vanilla donuts are best enjoyed when they are made because that’s when they’re at their optimal freshness.
However, properly stored in an airtight container in a cool place, they can be kept for 1-2 days.
More Tips for Making these Vanilla Donuts
- Allow the donuts to completely cool before glazing. Otherwise, the glaze will soak into the donuts.
- Speaking of glaze, when making any icing sugar glaze, a little liquid goes a long way. It’s best not to add all the water all at once, but rather a teaspoon or so at a time until you’ve reached your desired consistency.
Note: If you happen to add too much liquid and your icing sugar is too runny, no worries! Just add a little more icing sugar to thicken again.
Looking for More Baked Donut Recipes? Check These Out!
- Blueberry Donuts with Lemon Glaze
- Coffee Donuts with Peanut Butter Chocolate Glaze
- Coconut and Lemon Donuts
Hope you enjoy these fun vanilla glazed baked donuts!
Until next time, take are and chit chat again soon!
P.S. If you think these vanilla glazed donuts will make your belly happy too, please be sure to hit that little Pin button. Many thanks, you guys! XO
Vanilla Glazed Donuts {with simple icing sugar glaze}
Ingredients
Donuts
- 1 cup all purpose flour -sifted
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup milk -whole
- 1 egg -large
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter -melted
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- baking spray -for greasing pan
- sprinkles -garnish, optional
Glaze
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract -or less if you want less vanilla flavour
- 5 tsp water
- pink gel colouring -to desired colour (optional)
Instructions
Donuts
- Preheat oven to 425 F. Spray 6 unit donut pan with Pam. Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- To flour mixture, add milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Using a hand mixer, blend for a minute or two.
- Distribute donut batter in greased pan. Bake on middle rack of oven for 7-8 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Carefully remove from oven and let rest 10-15 minutes before removing donuts from pan. Let cool completely on wire rack before icing.
Glaze
- Add icing sugar to bowl and add vanilla and water (a teaspoon or so at a time until you've reached your desired consistency…a little water goes a long way) and gel food colouring (if using). Whisk or stir with a spoon until everything is combined and smooth. Note – if using the gel food colouring, I suggest using a tiny amount on the tip of a toothpick to swirl into icing sugar mixture (again, a little goes a long way).  If you are using a LIQUID food colouring, you'll want to add a little less water so you don't thin out the glaze too much.
- Invert donuts into glaze and distribute sprinkles over top. Place on wire rack and let glaze set for 10 minutes or so. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition (estimate only)
Without further adieu—>
Meet our guest of honor: Katherine! Katherine blogs over at Love In My Oven and is the proud momma to two boys and a soon-to-arrive baby girl!!
Pinked Themed Baby Shower Recipes
You don’t need to know Katherine to join in the fun, just enjoy all of the pink themed recipes the bloggers are bringing to the party! Scroll down to see what the other bloggers are sharing!
7-UP RASPBERRY PINK PUNCH from Kelly Lynn’s Sweets and Treats
BEET GOAT CHEESE PHYLLO ROLLS from Looney For Food
YUM YUM SHRIMP WONTON CUPS from Give it Some Thyme
ROASTED BEET AND GOAT CHEESE PASTA from Robust Recipes
PRETTY IN PINK PARTY MIX from Tiny Kitchen Capers
ROASTED BEET AND WHITE BEAN HUMMUS from Crumb Top Baking
IT’S A GIRL BABY SHOWER CAKE from The Sugar Coated Cottage
MELTING MOMENTS COOKIES WITH RASPBERRY BUTTERCREAM from Sugar Salt Magic
STRAWBERRY MOUSSE CUPS from The Beach House Kitchen
ROSE RASPBERRY LYCHEE CUPCAKES from Sift & Simmer
CHOCOLATE ROSE TRUFFLES from The Love of Cakes
PRETTY IN PINK PARFAITS from Six Snippets
STRAWBERRY CREAM PUFFS from The Itsy-Bitsy Kitchen
STRAWBERRY ROSE CAKE DONUTS from Ben’s Havoc in the Kitchen
NO CHURN STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM from [email protected]
STRAWBERRY SCONES from 31 Daily
FRESH RASPBERRY MOUSSE BROWNIE TRIFLE from Better With Biscuits
STRAWBERRY LEMONADE CUPCAKES from Nourish and Fete
VANILLA DONUTS WITH PINK GLAZE from Sweet Little Baker
STRAWBERRY SOUFFLÉS WITH FRESH STRAWBERRIES from That Skinny Chick Can Bake
NO CHURN STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE ICE CREAM from The Baking Chocolatess
Thanks for joining the party and I hope you enjoyed all of these fun recipes!
Just made these as a trial run for my daughters upcoming donut themed birthday! These will be perfect for the donut bar. Can they be made the night before? How would you store?
So happy to hear that, Andrea! Like with most baked goods, it’s best enjoyed the day it’s made because it’s freshest. But in a pinch you could definitely make the day before. Store in a dry, airtight container 🙂 Happy birthday to your daughter!
Beautiful donuts! The perfect treat to make for a pink themed baby shower! 🙂
Thank you Emily 🙂 They sure are – gotta love pink!