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Strawberry Donuts

Strawberry Donuts are perfect, fluffy, baked donuts topped with a fresh homemade glaze and fruity slices of strawberries. With minimal ingredients, every bite is sweet and decadent.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 319kcal

Ingredients

Donuts:

  • 1 cup fresh strawberries rinsed and minced
  • 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour sifted
  • 1 ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 6 tablespoon unsalted butter melted
  • 2 eggs room temperature
  • 1 cup 2% milk room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Glaze:

  • 2 cup powdered sugar sifted
  • 2 tablespoons 2% milk
  • ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoons of strawberry gelatin

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a donut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
  • After rinsing and mincing 1 cup of fresh strawberries, place them on a paper towel to remove the excess moisture. Pat the minced strawberries dry. Then place them in a small mixing bowl and toss with 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour. Be sure all the strawberries are covered with flour.
  • In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour, 1 ¼ cup granulated sugar, 2 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon kosher salt and set aside.
  • Then in a large mixing bowl, whisk together 6 tablespoon melted unsalted butter, 2 eggs, 1 cup 2% milk, and 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract until combined.
  • Next, gradually add in the contents of the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and whisk until combined.
  • Gently fold the flour coated strawberries into the batter and ensure strawberries are interspersed throughout the batter.
  • Now add the batter to a piping bag and pipe into the prepared donut pan.
  • Place into a preheated oven and bake for 10 - 12 minutes. Check doneness by inserting a cake tester and ensuring it is clean when removed. Place the donut pan on a cooling rack for 10 minutes. Once cooled, remove donuts from the pan and allow to continue to cool on the cooling rack. When cool, remove donut holes.
  • While the strawberry donuts are cooling, prepare the glaze by whisking together 2 cups of sifted powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons 2% milk, ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract. Then add 2 teaspoons of strawberry gelatin and whisk together until the icing is thick and is not too thin.
  • Dunk each donut top down into the bowl of prepared donut icing. Remove from the icing bowl and allow to set and dry on the cooling rack.
  • Garnish with fresh strawberries and serve. Enjoy!

Notes

  1. It is important to sift both the all-purpose flour and the powdered sugar at least once for this recipe in order to eliminate clumps.
  2. If you choose to garnish with fresh strawberries, serve right away! Fresh strawberries may cause the icing to become runny after they have sat for a while.
  3. This recipe already bakes 12, but if you need more, you can easily double the recipe and make another batch.
  4. Be sure to set out the butter 30 minutes to an hour before you intend to use it. It is important for the butter to be at room temperature.
  5. You can cut the butter into smaller chunks to speed up the time needed to get to room temp, if you are short on time. 
  6. Feel free to add sprinkles or other fresh berries to your Strawberry Iced Donuts.
  7. Other flavors can be made using this donut base, see my tips above.
  8. These can be frozen, see above on how to do that.
  9. If you don't have a donut pan, there are other options, see my tips above on what else you can do.
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Nutrition

Calories: 319kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 44mg | Sodium: 221mg | Potassium: 154mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 43g | Vitamin A: 239IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 1mg