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    Vanilla Glazed Donuts (With Simple Icing Sugar Glaze)

    Published: March 3, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2019 / By: Dawn | Girl Heart Food 50 Comments

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    Pink vanilla glazed donuts with sprinkles on a marble board.

    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!

    Pink vanilla glazed donuts with sprinkles on a marble board.

    Have you made your own donuts at home? It couldn’t be simpler!

    This easy baked donuts have been on rotation in our home for quite some time (sprinkles optional but not really, if you ask me). 

    My life changed when I purchased a donut pan (okay, tad dramatic, but it was so worth it). 

    I didn’t realize how easy baked donuts were to make. And because these are baked, they are so much better than their fried counterpart.

    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, 9 o’clock on Saturday night I just may enjoy one of these homemade donuts with a glass of vino.

    How To Make This Recipe

    Full details are in the recipe card below, but here are the basics:

    1. Preheat your oven and grease your donut pan. Lay to one side.
    2. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir to combine.
    3. Add milk, egg, melted butter and vanilla extract to flour mixture. Use a hand mixer (or a spatula) to blend everything together.
    4. Spoon the mixture into the pan or place the mixture into a piping bag and pipe it in (do whatever you’re comfortable with). I just spooned in. This is a tutorial on how to make a homemade piping bag (just adjust the tip to be a bit larger for the donut batter).
    5. Bake
    6. Allow donuts to cool completely before icing.

    Tip: Tap the pan on a hard surface a couple of times so the batter is even and any air bubbles are released.

    Collage of donut batter in a pan before baking and after baking.

    Donut Glaze

    All you need for a simple donut glaze is:

    • Icing sugar
    • Vanilla extra
    • Water

    You basically mix together the ingredients and add some optional food colouring (for fun).

    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.

    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.

    Gel food colouring was used (totally optional) for a pretty pink colour. I opted for gel food colouring 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 potent!!

    Dip the tip of a wooden toothpick into the gel pot and swirl it into the glaze until you’ve reached the desired colour that makes you happy.

    If you prefer to skip the colouring, that’s okay too!

    Tip: If you opt to using regular liquid food colouring, consider adding less water to the glaze.

    Two halves of a glazed donut, one half resting on the other, with more donuts behind it.

    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.

    Hand holding a pink glazed donut with sprinkles.

    More Baked Donut Recipes

    • Blueberry Donuts with Lemon Glaze
    • Coffee Donuts with Peanut Butter Chocolate Glaze
    • Coconut and Lemon Donuts

    If you make these vanilla glaze donuts, be sure to leave a comment below!

    This baked donut recipe was originally published in March 2018 but has been updated.

    Pink glazed vanilla donut with sprinkles on a marble board.

    Vanilla Glazed Donuts (With Simple Icing Sugar)

    Dawn | Girl Heart Food
    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!
    5 from 14 votes
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    Prep Time 10 minutes mins
    Cook Time 7 minutes mins
    Cooling Time 30 minutes mins
    Total Time 47 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Servings 6 donuts
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    Ingredients
     

    Donuts

    • Cooking spray, for greasing pan
    • 1 cup all-purpose flour, sifted (spoon the flour in your measuring cup and level off with a knife)
    • ½ cup granulated sugar
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • â…“ cup milk, I used whole or full fat milk
    • 1 large egg
    • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

    Glaze

    • 1 cup icing sugar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, or less if you want less vanilla flavour
    • 5 teaspoons water
    • pink gel colouring, to desired colour (optional)

    Garnish

    • Sprinkles, garnish to taste (optional)

    Instructions

    Donuts

    • Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a 6-count donut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
    • In a mixing bowl, whisk together the 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 until just combined.
    • Distribute donut batter into prepared pan. 
    • Bake on middle rack of oven for 7 to 8 minutes or until a wooden toothpick or cake tester inserted in the donuts comes out clean. Carefully remove pan from oven. Let donuts cool 10 to 15 minutes before removing donuts from pan. Let the donuts cool completely on a cooling rack before icing.

    Glaze

    • Add icing sugar to a bowl and add vanilla extract 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.

    Glaze the Donuts

    • Once donuts are cool, invert them into the glaze and distribute sprinkles over top. Place onto a cooling rack and let glaze set for 10 minutes or so or enjoy right away!

    A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.

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    Keyword baked donuts, dessert, vanilla glazed

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    1. Kim | Give it Some Thyme

      March 05, 2018 at 8:05 pm

      5 stars
      My kids will bow at my feet for making these!! So awesome, Dawn! And that shade of pink is just perfect!

      Reply
    2. Stephanie | 31 Daily

      March 05, 2018 at 2:37 pm

      These are so darling, Dawn! So perfect for baby showers or just when you need a little pink to make you happy! Can’t wait to surprise my pink loving little niece with these :)!

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 05, 2018 at 8:57 pm

        Thank you Stephanie! I hope she loves them 🙂

        Reply
    3. Milena

      March 05, 2018 at 11:04 am

      5 stars
      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.

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 05, 2018 at 8:56 pm

        Me too! Though, I do love pink! Thank you Milena! The meatless March has been interesting so far 😉 Have a great week!

        Reply
    4. annie@ciaochowbambina

      March 05, 2018 at 10:06 am

      5 stars
      So excited for Katherine! Her friends have pulled together a beautiful shower! I love baked donuts – and these are so pretty! Have a great week, my friend! XOXO

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 05, 2018 at 8:55 pm

        Me too! Thank you Annie! Same to you 🙂 XOXO

        Reply
    5. Jennifer @ Seasons and Suppers

      March 05, 2018 at 9:26 am

      5 stars
      Beautiful and absolutely perfect for a baby shower!

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 05, 2018 at 8:55 pm

        Thank you Jennifer 🙂

        Reply
    6. David @ Spiced

      March 05, 2018 at 9:16 am

      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!

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 05, 2018 at 8:55 pm

        Waaaaay too long 😉 Right?! Gotta love The Simpsons! Thanks David – they definitely would be great for that!

        Reply
    7. Deepika|TheLoveOfCakes

      March 05, 2018 at 9:08 am

      These are so pretty!! Love how quick and easy they are..and the best part is that the recipe makes a small batch, which saves me from eating too many donuts 😀

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 05, 2018 at 8:54 pm

        Haha – so true 😉 Thanks Deepika!

        Reply
    8. Marie

      March 04, 2018 at 9:16 pm

      5 stars
      I really need to invest in a doughnut pan. These look so fluffy and perfect and so pretty for a baby shower.

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 05, 2018 at 8:54 pm

        You do!! Thank you so much, Marie 🙂

        Reply
    9. Leanne | Crumb Top Baking

      March 04, 2018 at 7:16 pm

      5 stars
      I love that these are so quick and easy to make Dawn! Great for a baby shower, but also perfect for birthday parties!

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 05, 2018 at 8:52 pm

        They sure are 😉 Thanks Leanne!

        Reply
    10. Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop

      March 04, 2018 at 11:01 am

      5 stars
      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!

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 05, 2018 at 6:09 pm

        Totally! Oh no! Good thing it was in that box!! That would have been quite the mess to clean up!

        Reply
    11. maria | kitchenathoskins

      March 04, 2018 at 12:35 am

      5 stars
      This is such perfectly baked donut, beautifully embellished for a baby shower!! Been a while since I’ve used a donut pan. Time to get it out:)

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 05, 2018 at 6:09 pm

        Thanks so much Maria 🙂 !!

        Reply
    12. Thao @ In Good Flavor

      March 03, 2018 at 8:46 pm

      These donuts are so adorable and girly, perfect for a baby shower! I’ve never donuts with vino, but since you brought it up, I’ll have to give it a try…you know in the name of research! 🙂

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 04, 2018 at 4:15 pm

        Haha – yes, in the name of research 😉 Thanks Thao!

        Reply
    13. [email protected]

      March 03, 2018 at 4:05 pm

      5 stars
      Coffee and dunking are a must! I used to own a coffee shop and made hundreds of donuts everyday so My donut eating days are far behind me. But these look amazing.

      Reply
    14. Ben|Havocinthekitchen

      March 03, 2018 at 1:49 pm

      5 stars
      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!

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 03, 2018 at 7:19 pm

        Haha – thanks Ben! Nothing like a simple glazed donut…with coffee, of course 😉

        Reply
    15. Michelle

      March 03, 2018 at 12:46 pm

      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!

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 03, 2018 at 7:18 pm

        Yes! Break out that donut pan 😉 Thanks Michelle!

        Reply
    16. Kim | The Baking ChocolaTess

      March 03, 2018 at 12:46 pm

      5 stars
      You’re tempting me again Dawn! Those gorgeous donuts look so whimisical and fun to eat!!

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 03, 2018 at 7:18 pm

        Thank you so much, Kim 🙂 !!

        Reply
    17. Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen

      March 03, 2018 at 12:11 pm

      5 stars
      I love making homemade cake donuts Dawn, and haven’t made a batch in a while! Time to break out the donut pan! These beauties are totally inspiring me!

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 03, 2018 at 12:32 pm

        Woo hoo! Happy to hear that 🙂 Thanks Mary Ann! XO

        Reply
    18. Cyn

      March 03, 2018 at 12:00 pm

      Oh, you go got this girl feeling like Homer Simpson with these gorgeous pink glazed donuts.

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 03, 2018 at 12:32 pm

        Haha – love it! Thanks Cyn!

        Reply
    19. Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen

      March 03, 2018 at 11:24 am

      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!

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 03, 2018 at 12:32 pm

        Haha – right?! Thanks Kelsie! Have a wonderful day too 🙂

        Reply
    20. Liz

      March 03, 2018 at 9:29 am

      Time to dust off my donut pan! My family would love to wake up to these beautiful breakfast treats!

      Reply
      • Girl Heart Food

        March 03, 2018 at 12:31 pm

        Definitely 😉 Thanks Liz! Happy weekend 🙂

        Reply
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