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January 20, 2021January 22, 2022

25 Simple & Easy To Make Homemade Donut Recipes

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Donuts

Sweet snack dessert pastries normal found in coffee shops, fairs and supermarkets can now be made at home following simple and easy recipes. Discover 25+ homemade donut recipes you can try today. 

Homemade Donuts

DIY donuts are easier to make than you think.  Some of the recipes below are baked and others are fried.  But most of the ingredients you probably have in your pantry.  Discover just how easy it is to make donuts from scratch including some of you favorites.

How To Make Donuts

Homemade doughnuts or donuts are made step by step following a recipe.  Even a beginner baker can make donuts from scratch. 

How To Make Homemade Donuts

You cream your sugar and butter together.  Combine the rest of the ingredients and let them rest. The dough is then rolled out and cut or poured into donut molds. They are then baked or fried.  Icing, glaze, fillings and sprinkles are all added at the end. 

Donut Recipe

Old fashioned glazed donuts are a classic donut.  A light and fluffy yeast donut fried to perfection then glazed.  These are the types of donuts most remember from their childhood.  Bless This Mess has a step by step tutorial on how to make glazed donuts. 

How To Make Donuts From Scratch

My favorite donut growing up was a cinnamon sugar cake donut that we got as a treat every once in a while. 

Step By Step Old Fashioned Donut Recipe

Old fashioned cake donuts are the perfect example of donuts from scratch. The Kitchen Is My Playground has a step by step donut recipe that shows you how to make donuts from scratch. 

Basic Donut Recipe

A basic donut recipe includes flour, baking powder, sugar, butter and milk. Cooking Classy shows you how to take a basic donut recipe and turn it into yummy donut holes in under 15 minutes. The perfect afternoon snack. 

Donut Recipe Ingredients

Every donut is different but the most basic donut ingredients include:

  • flour
  • butter
  • yeast
  • milk
  • sugar
  • baking powder

easy homemade donut recipes

Glazed Donut Recipe

Donuts that remind you of your childhood.  Soft fluffy sweet goodness in every bite. Here are some great glazed donut recipes:

The Original Glazed Donut – The Worktop

Glazed Cake Donut – I Am A Baker

Baked Maple Glazed Donuts – Sally’s Baking Addiction

Yeast Donut Recipe

Yeast donuts are traditional light and fluffy donuts.  Here are some unique takes on a traditional yeast donut recipe:

New Orleans Beignets – Immaculate Bites

Perfect Yeast Donuts – Christina Cucina

Keto Donut Recipe

Low carb Keto donut recipes you can have for breakfast or a snack with no guilt.

Samoa Keto Donuts – Clean Keto Lifestyle

Keto Chocolate Donuts – Fun Happy Home

Keto Donut Holes – Keto Diet Yum

Vegan Donut Recipe

You can have your donut dairy free and vegan if you’d like.  Here are some great vegan donut recipes:

Lavender Lemon Donuts – Short Girl Tall Order 

Cinnamon Sugar Vegan Donuts – Nora Cooks

Vegan Boston Cream Doughnut – Mary’s Test Kitchen

Gluten Free Donut Recipe

Here are some inspiring donut recipes that are all homemade and gluten free.

Baked Raspberry Donuts – The Big Mans World

Apple Cider Donuts – Life Made Sweeter

Maple Chai Donuts – Peanut Butter Plus Chocolate

Easy Donut Recipe

Easy donut recipes perfect for the beginner baker.

Old Fashioned Sour Cream Donut – Handle The Heat

Simple Sugar Donuts – Let The Baking Begin

Chocolate Donuts – Bakerish

Krispy Kreme Donut Recipe

Donut recipes that are homemade dessert creations similar to the iconic donut maker.

Krispy Kreme Copy Cat Donut – All Natural & Good

Krispy Kreme Glazed Doughnuts – Dinner Then Dessert

Best Donut Recipe

There are lots of amazing homemade donut recipes world wide but the most popular recipe is the Crispy Creamy Doughnut recipe from Allrecipes.com.  It is a simple and easy glazed donut recipe that resembles those of a donut shop.

Gourmet Donut Recipe

Gourmet donuts go beyond simple and include filling, flavoring and so much more.  Here are some great gourmet donut recipes:

Italian Donuts – Inside The Rustic Kitchen

Tiramisu Donut – Food Duchess

Apple Fritters – Small Town Woman

Mini Donuts

Commonly associated with fair food and summer time.  Mini donuts are a classic guilty pleasure.  Here are some great mini donut recipes with a twist:

Pumpkin Spice Mini Donuts – Lovely Indeed

Chocolate Mini Donuts – Heather’s Homemade Kitchen

Mini Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts – Just So Tasty

Donut Hole Recipes

Baking from scratch is about using it all up and more. Donut holes ensure that every bit of the perfect donut batter doesn’t go to waste. Here are some great donut hole treats:

Easy Donut Holes – Rasa Malaysia

Light & Fluffy Zeppole (Italian Mini Donut Holes) – Baking Beauty

Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes – Let’s Eat Cake

Strawberry Cheesecake Donut Holes – Cafe Delites

Making Extra Income Selling Donuts

Donuts are commonly associated with coffee and brick and mortar shops.  But they can be so much more. If you love making donuts could you not sell your perfect desserts at the farmers market, to the local coffee shops or online or by word of mouth?

Homemade Desserts

People love homemade treats and donuts are exactly that. If stay at home moms or bakers alike can create home based businesses with cakes, cupcakes, cookies and other treats than why not donuts. 

Sweet Side Hustle

Find your market, create your donuts and get the word out.  Creating a side hustle or business around something you love makes the day more meaningful.  Food is better when shared.

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Updated April 27, 2021

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