Strawberry Donuts are an easy baked donut recipe made fresh strawberries and topped with a sweet strawberry glaze. These delicious donuts are packed with bright strawberry flavor and make an easy breakfast or and are delicious with a hot cup of coffee or tea.
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❤️ Why you'll love it
Fresh strawberries: this baked strawberry donuts recipe has fresh strawberries baked inside and fresh strawberry glaze, perfect recipe for strawberry season!
Versatile: these are great for any special occasion, make them as mini donuts and serve a batch of homemade donuts at baby or bridal showers.
Healthy recipe: baked donut recipe makes a great snack to hold off cravings and satisfy the sweet tooth without killing the diet.
🥘 Ingredients
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Whole grain cereal flakes
Almond milk
Fresh strawberries
All-purpose flour
Large eggs
Brown sugar
Nonstick baking spray
🔪 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400. Spray donut pans liberally with nonstick baking spray.
- In a medium bowl, combine cereal and milk; let stand until softened, about 15 minutes. In a large mixing bowl, using a hand whisk, mix together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, using a hand whisk, mix oil, egg, and sugar until combined.
- Stir the egg mixture into the cereal mixture.
- Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Fold in the chopped strawberries.
- Prep a piping bag by cutting tip to make a hole about ½ inch wide. Put the donut batter in the piping bag and pipe into prepared donut pan.
- Top donut batter with sprinkles of crushed cereal flakes.
- Bake donuts for 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of donut comes out clean.
- Cool donuts in baking pan on cooling rack for 5 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack; let cool completely.
- Combine 1 cup of powdered sugar, strawberry puree, and vanilla. Stir until well combined. Add remaining ½ cup powdered sugar and stir until smooth.
- Drizzle donuts with the strawberry glaze.
🥄 Equipment
Silicone Donut pan or a non-stick donut tins
Large bowl
Small bowl
Wooden spoon
Rubber scraper
Piping bags
🥫Storage
Room temperature: Store baked strawberry doughnuts in an airtight container on the counter up to 4 days
Freeze: store in an airtight freezer safe container up to 2 months.
📖 Variations
- Whole milk can be used in place of almond milk.
- Skip the glaze and dip the tops of strawberry cake donuts in melted butter, then in a glaze made with confectioners' sugar and milk.
- Substitute 1 cup crushed freeze-dried strawberry for fresh strawberries
- Substitute 2 egg whites for the large egg to reduce fat more.
💭 Tips
- A plastic bag (storage bag) can be used in place of the piping bag.
- When cutting the piping bag, be sure to cut far enough up from the tip to allow a thick amount of batter to fill the donut molds
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The last word
When developing this recipe I took the concept of a muffin made with breakfast cereal and turned it into a baked donut. I used the same method of soaking cereal in milk and added fresh strawberries to the batter. The cereal crunch top is for added texture and the glaze made with pureed strawberries intensifies the flavor of the muffin.
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📖 Recipe
Strawberry Baked Donuts
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Ingredients
For the Donuts
- ½ cup vegetable oil plus more for tin
- 1¾ cups whole grain cereal flakes , divided
- ¾ cup unsweetened almond milk
- ½ cup chopped strawberries
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg lightly beaten
- ¼ cup brown sugar , packed
For the Glaze
- ¼ cup pureed strawberries
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400. Spray donut pans with cooking spray.
- Preheat the oven to 400. Spray donut pans liberally with cooking spray.In a small bowl, combine 1½ cups of the cereal and milk; let stand until softened, about 15 minutes.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt.In a large measuring cup, whisk together the oil, egg, and sugar. Stir the oil mixture into the cereal mixture.
- Fold in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Stir in the chopped strawberries.
- Prep a piping bag by cutting tip to make a hole about ½ inch wide. Put the donut batter in the piping bag and pipe into donut wells. Top with sprinkles of crushed cereal flakes.
- Bake the donuts for 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a donut comes out clean. Cool in baking pan for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack; let cool completely.
- Combine 1 cup of powdered sugar, strawberry puree, and vanilla. Stir until well combined. Add remaining ½ cup powdered sugar and stir until smooth.
- Drizzle donuts with the strawberry glaze.
Megan @ MegUnprocessed says
What great flavor combos!
Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons says
Oh these are lovely! They look fabulous!
Jocelyn (Grandbaby cakes) says
These donuts are absolutely fantastic!!!
Susan Salzman says
I am always trying to be super conscious about what I eat. And I am so trying to eliminate white sugar. These look great!
Felesha Bell says
These don't look healthy at all!! Yum!!
Maria @ kitchenathoskins says
Great idea to incorporate cereal into donuts. Brilliant mash-up!
Constance Smith says
What a great idea for doughnuts!
Cricket Plunkett says
That glaze makes these look so delicious! Love that they're baked!
Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious says
I loved that these are baked! They look so tasty!
The Food Hunter says
that strawberry sauce looks yummy
The Ninja Baker says
Love that your donuts allow us to eat in a healthy and delicious fashion. Admire your attitude of allowing the imperfect to be perfect =)
Shaina says
I'm really not huge on fried desserts, so I love that these are baked! They sounds delicious!
Julie | Bunsen Burner Bakery says
I am obsessed with my Fitbit and steps - 16,000 steps per day or bust!
I get that these are healthier donuts, but I love that everyone is sharing detox soups and paleo, gluten free, dairy free, Whole 30 chicken dishes today, and you're sharing donuts. You speak my love language.
Elaine @ Dishes Delish says
I love how hearty these donuts are! I especially love the cereal you used! And good for you, trying to get 10,000 steps a day. That is definitely hard to do!
valentina says
If I can be healthy and eat donuts, I'M IN! 🙂 These are just lovely!
Kim @ Three Olives Branch says
I love this idea! What a great combination of flavors. Berries are one of my favorite things to have in breakfast food, yum!
Sarah @ Champagne Tastes says
I keep meaning to get a fitbit.. and haven't yet! These look tasty- I still don't have a donut mold... apparently I need to go shopping LOL
Liz says
You are so good with your fitbit. I kept forgetting to charge mine or would lose it in one of my pockets! Love that these are healthier donuts. I love the added texture!!!
claudia says
sounds perfect to start my day!