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These easy Vanilla Glazed Baked 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!

Vanilla Glazed Baked Donuts with Sprinkles - girlheartfood.com

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 baked donuts (sprinkles optional but not really, if you ask me).  Have you made your own donuts at home?  Couldn’t be simpler!

Easy Homemade Vanilla Glazed Baked Donuts

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 😉 ?Vanilla Glazed Baked Donuts with Sprinkles

Gel Food Colouring for Vanilla Glaze

I used the tiniest bit of pink gel food colouring for the vanilla glaze.  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. And, fair warning, if you often wear a lighter nail polish (like me) don’t you dare get that colouring on your nails.  Ain’t nobody got time for that, lol.

Vanilla Glazed Baked Donuts with Sprinkles

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.

Vanilla Glazed Baked Donuts with Sprinkles

Don’t forget to check out more pinked themed baby shower recipes below! Whether you’re celebrating or just want something to brighten your day, your bound to find it in this round up.

Vanilla Glazed Baked Donuts with Sprinkles

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 Baked Donuts will make your belly happy too, please be sure to hit that little Pin button.  Many thanks, you guys! XO 

Vanilla Glazed Baked Donuts with Sprinkles
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Vanilla Glazed Baked Donuts

These easy Vanilla Glazed Baked 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!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Canadian
Keyword baked donuts, dessert, vanilla glazed
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Resting time 10 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Servings 6 donuts
Calories 277 kcal
Author Girl Heart Food

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
  • Pam -for greasing pan
  • sprinkles

Glaze

  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 5 tsp water
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • pink gel colouring -to desired colour (optional)

Instructions

Donuts

  1. Preheat oven to 425 F.  Spray 6 unit donut pan with Pam.  Stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

  2. To flour mixture, add milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla extract.  Using a hand mixer, blend for a minute or two.

  3. 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

  1. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk until 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 (a little goes a long way).  

  2. Invert donuts into glaze and distribute sprinkles over top. Place on wire rack and let glaze set for 10 minutes or so. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
Vanilla Glazed Baked Donuts
Amount Per Serving (1 donut)
Calories 277 Calories from Fat 45
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5g 8%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Cholesterol 38mg 13%
Sodium 212mg 9%
Potassium 134mg 4%
Total Carbohydrates 53g 18%
Sugars 37g
Protein 3g 6%
Vitamin A 3.6%
Calcium 5.9%
Iron 6.5%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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 bloggers are sharing, and click on the links to hop over to their blogs to check their recipe out.

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

VANILLA GLAZED BAKED DONUTS from Girl Heart Food

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!

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  2. Dawn, these look and sound SO good! I bought a donut pan a few months ago and can you believe I have YET TO USE IT!? Basically a major crime, I know. Fortunately now I have the perfect recipe to break it in with, because these sound delicious. Weekend breakfast here I come! Not to mention they are perfect for celebrating a new baby girl. 🙂

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  3. They are almost too pretty to eat – what a lovely idea for a virtual baby shower! I like that your homemade version is healthier than the fried ones you get in the store, I’d definitely have two with a nice cold glass of milk 🙂 Have a nice weekend, Dawn!

    Miriam x

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  4. Oh my! These are so adorable! LOVE LOVE LOVE the rise on these! I haven’t made donuts since I moved into my condo – IN OCTOBER and now that so needs to change! Loving that pink hue – food coloring isn’t my best friend as I always put in too much or two little – you have the perfect pink hue on these and I love the sprinkles too! Oooh… 3 more days for the weekend Dawn! I hope you have been having a wonderful week! And congrats to Katherine!

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  11. Beautiful spread for a fun event! Possibly more pink food than I’ve ever seen in one place:) I love it. I need to try making baked donuts, yours always look so perfect. Have a wonderful week, Dawn! With a batch of donuts like these I don’t think that you’ll miss meat at all:) I wouldn’t.

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  14. I haven’t pulled out my donut pan in a couple weeks now…and that’s a couple weeks too long! These look like the perfection of baked donuts. In fact, they remind me of the iconic “Simpson’s donut”…which is another way of saying they’re perfect! I’m actually making a cake this weekend for a gender reveal party, and now I’m kinda thinking we need donuts instead. 🙂 Well done, my friend!

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  18. These donuts are so cute and perfect for a baby shower, or any occasion at all! You are so right about the gel food coloring – very potent. I have a shoe box full of them. I had one that leaked all over…I guess the lid wasn’t quite on right. Oh what a mess, but at least it was in a box and not just in my cupboard!

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  20. My life definitely changed after buying a donut pan 😉 Dramatic, but true! Haha these sound terrific, Dawn! I can’t wait to them out – I love making baked donuts for the boys and I – and SOOOOON I can make these pretty pink ones for my little gal! THANK YOU for being a part of this special shower. I am such a lucky girl! Much love to you my dear friend! XO

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  24. Looks like great minds think alike! We both seem to like pretty pink donuts with sprinkles:) You can never have too many donuts for any celebrations. Thanks for sharing your version!

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  25. When I’m buying a donut somewhere (Swear – this doesn’t happen often!), I won’t normally grab a colored/sprinkled one as I prefer simple and decadent stuff. But these bad guys look so beautiful and positive that I won’t be able to resist but grab a few 🙂 Well done!

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  26. Yum, these pink donuts are so cute and look delicious! Thanks for reminding me that I have a donut pan sitting in the cupboard waiting to be used again!

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  30. My favorite thing to enjoy with donuts is more donuts. Maybe also a cup of coffee :). My life changed when I bought a donut pan too–what were we doing with ourselves before donut pans were a thing? Clearly, we were not truly living! These donuts sound perfect for a Saturday morning, Dawn! Have a wonderful day!

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