Strawberry Frosted Donuts
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These strawberry frosted donuts are super soft and packed with real strawberry flavor – no artificial stuff here! Made with fresh strawberries, these baked strawberry donuts are drizzled with a simple strawberry glaze. Plus, you can easily make these dairy-free!
You guys know how much I love baking with strawberries! From my vegan strawberry shortcakes to my strawberry cheesecake cookies, I can’t get enough of that strawberry flavor.
After making so many chocolatey donuts (shout out to my fave chocolate glazed donuts!), I wanted to make a fresh strawberry donut for spring and summer! These super soft strawberry donuts are packed with chopped fresh strawberries and then covered in a naturally pink strawberry frosting!
You can even make these strawberry frosted donuts into mini donuts. How cute is that?
Why You’ll Love These Strawberry Frosted Donuts
- You don’t need a mixer to make these strawberry frosted donuts!
- You can easily make these donuts dairy-free, so they’re perfect if you have food allergies.
- No artificial flavors here, just fresh strawberries!
- These strawberry donuts are baked instead of fried, so they’re way more simple to make.
Ingredients Needed
- Milk: You can use regular milk or dairy-free milk.
- Strawberries: I recommend using fresh strawberries instead of frozen strawberries. Frozen berries will have too much moisture!
- Oil: Use a neutral oil like vegetable oil, canola oil, or sunflower oil. We want something that doesn’t have a strong taste! In a pinch, you can swap it out for melted butter, but the donuts won’t be as fluffy.
- Vanilla: I recommend using real vanilla extract if you can.
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350°Fahrenheit and grease a donut pan with cooking spray.
Step 2: In a mixing bowl, whisk together the oil, sugar, and vanilla extract. Mix in the egg and then the milk.
Step 3: Add the flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix until just combined.
Step 4: Stir in the finely chopped strawberries.
Step 5: Fill the donut cavities so they’re ½ full with batter. I recommend placing the batter in a ziploc bag and cutting one of the corners to easily pipe the batter out.
Step 6: Bake in the preheated oven for 9-15 minutes, or until the donuts spring back when you gently press your finger into them. Let them cool in the pan for a couple of minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack to cool completely. Place a large baking sheet or piece of parchment paper under the cooling rack to help avoid making a mess when you glaze the donuts!
Step 7: In a blender or food processor, blend the strawberries until pureed. Add the powdered sugar and melted butter and continue blending.
Step 8: Transfer the strawberry glaze to a wide bowl. Dip the strawberry donuts upside down in the icing. Transfer the donuts back to the wire cooling rack so the glaze can set.
Expert Tips
- I always recommend using a kitchen scale to weigh out your ingredients, especially your flour! It’s so easy to add too much flour to your donuts, making them dry and dense.
- If you don’t have a kitchen scale, then be sure to use the scoop and level method to weigh out your flour.
- When you’re adding the dry ingredients to the wet, make sure you stop mixing as soon as it’s just combined. Over-mixing the donut batter will change the texture.
- Make sure to chop up the strawberries into very small pieces! If the pieces are too large, they’ll make the donut batter too moist and will take longer to bake in the oven.
- Only pipe the donut cavities so they’re halfway full, otherwise the donut batter will overflow in the oven.
Storage Instructions
I recommend eating these strawberry donuts on the same day that they’re baked. If you have any leftovers, you can store them in an airtight container for up to 2 days. Just note that depending on how warm your kitchen is, the glaze might melt!
To freeze, wrap unglazed donuts in plastic wrap and then place in an airtight container or freezer bag.
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Strawberry Frosted Donuts
Ingredients
Strawberry Donuts
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- ¼ cup (54 ml) neutral oil, (like sunflower, canola, or grapeseed)
- ½ Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- ½ cup (125 ml) milk, (regular or dairy free)
- 1¼ cup (156 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup minced strawberries, (be sure to cut into very small pieces)
Strawberry Glaze
- ½ cup fresh strawberries
- 2 cups (240 g) powdered sugar (icing sugar)
- 1 Tablespoon melted butter, (regular or vegan)
Instructions
Strawberry Donuts
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and lightly grease donut pans with cooking spray. This recipe makes roughly 10-12 donuts.
- Add oil, sugar, and vanilla to a mixing bowl and whisk together until combined. Mix in the egg, then whisk in the milk.
- Add flour, salt, and baking powder to the bowl and mix until combined. Do not over mix.
- Stir in the strawberries (remember to chop them very small!), until just combined.
- Fill the donut cavities ½ way full with batter. I recommend squeezing the batter out of a ziploc bag to make it easier. To do this, add the batter into the ziploc bag, then cut the corner off of the bag and pipe the batter into it.
- Bake for 9-15 minutes, or until the donuts spring back when you gently press your finger into them. Let cool in the pan for a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Place a large baking sheet under the wire rack (or a piece of parchment paper), to avoid making a mess once the donuts are glazed.
Strawberry Glaze
- In a food processor or blender, add strawberries and pulse until pureed, then slowly add powdered sugar and melted butter. Stop every so often to scrape the sides and blend until the glaze comes together.
- Transfer glaze to a small wide bowl. Dip the donuts upside down in the icing, covering the top. Transfer the donuts back to the wire rack to let the glaze set.
Equipment
Notes
The calorie information provided for this recipe is an estimate. The accuracy of the calories listed is not guaranteed.
Hi Gabby, thank you so much for sharing such amazing recipe! I was wondering if I can make the glaze using frozen strawberries, will it change the results? Thank you in advance
Frozen strawberries hold more liquid so it will make the glaze a bit runnier. You can add more powdered sugar to counteract this but it could result in less strawberry flavor.
i got too impatient to wait for glaze to set so i just ate it right away!! SOOO DELICIOUS. i love how it’s made with fresh strawberries, like it is soo soft and the glaze reminds me of a strawberry julius from orange julius 😀
So happy to hear that! Thank you for your review Celine!
would I be able to use a gluten free blend for the flour?
Yes, try a 1-1 gf substitute WITH xantham gum like bobs red mill.