baked strawberry glazed doughnuts
Fresh, light, and perfect for springtime.
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp butter, melted and slightly cooled
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperture
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup plain whole milk Greek yogurt, at room temperature
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup good quality strawberry preserves
strawberry glaze
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp dried strawberry powder (see note)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3-4 tbsp milk, to thin, plus more as needed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 6-slot doughnut pans with oil or butter.
- In a bowl, beat the sugar and melted butter until combined. Whip in the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla and Greek yogurt. Add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer running, stream in the buttermilk. If the batter seems too thick, add milk 1 tablespoon at a time to reach the desired consistency. Swirl in the strawberry jam with a rubber spatula. Do not overmix - you should see ribbons of jam in the batter.
- Transfer the batter to a piping bag or a ziptop bag with a corner snipped off. Pipe into the prepared donut pans, filling 2/3 of the way full. Bake 10-12 minutes until the centers are set and an inserted toothpick emerges with just a few moist crumbs.
- Cool 10 minutes in the pan, then run a knife around the edges of each doughnut and move to a wire rack. Cool completely.
- When the doughnuts are cool, make the glaze. Whisk the powdered sugar, strawberry powder, vanilla, and milk. Add milk as needed, in 1 tablespoon increments, to thin. The glaze should be thick, but not as thick as frosting.
- Lay a piece of parchment paper under a wire rack. Dunk one side of each doughnut into the glaze, letting excess drip back into the bowl. Let the glaze set for 5 minutes. Enjoy!
Notes
*Strawberry powder: Pick up a bag of freeze-dried strawberries at your grocery store (Target and Whole Foods carry them). Measure about 1 cup into a food processor and blitz until a fine powder is formed.