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4.7 from 129 reviews

Homemade Baked Sugar Donuts

30 minutes
By: Pamela Reed
Posted:2/6/17
Updated:6/27/23
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HOMEMADE BAKED Sugar Donuts recipe that is easy to make and ready in 15 minutes.  These simple and extra soft donuts taste just like raised sugar donuts from your favorite bakery! 

HOMEMADE BAKED Sugar Donuts recipe that is easy to make and ready in 15 minutes.  These simple and extra soft donuts taste just like raised sugar donuts from your favorite bakery! 

How to Make Sugar Donuts

We live in a world filled with crazy and exciting donut flavors and combinations. Remember the half donut/half croissant craze? Have you checked out the exotic flavors that bakeries are offering for donuts?

There’s Blood Orange, Cafe Au Lait, Hibiscus, Passion Fruit, Horchata, Matcha and more. And while these unique flavors are exciting, sometimes it’s just not practical nor economical to hunt down the ingredients.

Maybe I’m just not an adventurous foodie.  Sugar, Glazed, Chocolate  donuts – now you’re talking my language.  So, because I was craving donuts today, I came up with this simple Homemade Baked Sugar Donuts recipe. I think you’ll love it. Who else loves homemade baked donuts? Me, me, me!

Homemade Sugar Donuts Recipe

When you make your own donuts at home you know exactly what is going into them. There are no fillers and extra junk that donuts really don’t need. And let’s face it, as delicious as those exotic donuts are, do we really know what’s in them?

This recipe is so simple and requires almost nothing that you don’t already have around the house. You will need a donut pan!  Make the $10 investment and buy one because it’s worth it!

Homemade Baked Sugar Donuts recipe that is easy to make and ready in 15 minutes. These simple and extra soft donuts taste just like sugar donuts from your favorite bakery!

These homemade donuts are so delicious and extra soft! They are made with buttermilk so you know they are going to be moist and soft. These donuts are not heavy at all but instead have a light, airy texture to them, more like a raised donut.

Homemade Baked Sugar Donuts recipe that is easy to make and ready in 15 minutes. These simple and extra soft donuts taste just like sugar donuts from your favorite bakery!

Buttermilk Substitute With Vinegar

Not everyone keeps buttermilk around the house, but it is easy to substitute if you cannot make a run to the store. I know how it is when you want your donuts NOW! So instead, you can use 1 1/2 teaspoon of white vinegar or lemon juice plus enough milk to measure 1/2 cup. Stir it and let stand for 5 minutes. Then you’re good to go!

Buttermilk Substitute With Yogurt

Another option is using 1/2 cup of plain yogurt instead of the buttermilk. It’s much more common to have regular milk or yogurt in your house than buttermilk, unless you are someone who bakes all the time.

Homemade Baked Sugar Donuts recipe that is easy to make and ready in 15 minutes. These simple and extra soft donuts taste just like sugar donuts from your favorite bakery!

This recipe is so quick and easy. Mix up your batter, throw your donut pan in the oven for 15 minutes, let cool for a few minutes and then shake the donuts in a bag of sugar and your Homemade Baked Sugar Donuts are ready to be eaten and enjoyed! 

It really is that quick! You’ll be eating your own delicious donuts in no time. Eat them while they’re still warm, yummmm.

Homemade Baked Sugar Donuts recipe that is easy to make and ready in 15 minutes. These simple and extra soft donuts taste just like sugar donuts from your favorite bakery!

They are great for breakfast, a snack and dessert. They are so simple that you can make up a batch anytime you feel like it with no trouble at all. It’s so easy that many of my readers have told me they had fun baking them (and eating them!) with their kids too.

Homemade Baked Sugar Donuts recipe that is easy to make and ready in 15 minutes. These simple and extra soft donuts taste just like sugar donuts from your favorite bakery!

I hope you like them as I do (and I really, really like them)! Feel free to mix it up too. Add some raw cacao to make chocolate donuts. Make a simple glaze with powdered sugar and milk and glaze them. The possibilities are endless.

Enjoy!

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4.69 from 129 reviews

Homemade Baked Sugar Donuts

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HOMEMADE BAKED Sugar Donuts recipe that is easy to make and ready in 15 minutes.  These simple and extra soft donuts taste just like raised sugar donuts from your favorite bakery! 
By: Pamela Reed
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes
Total Time 30 minutes minutes
serves 12

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour

For the sugar coating

  • 1/4 cup sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Spray donut pan with nonstick spray.
  • Mix together oil, buttermilk, eggs, sugar, salt, baking powder and vanilla until combined.
  • Stir in flour and continue to mix until smooth.
  • Fill the donut pans up about 3/4 of the way.
  • Bake donuts for 15 minutes.
  • Remove from oven, let cool for 5 minutes, then remove donuts from pan.
  • Put sugar in a sandwich bag.
  • One at a time, drop your donuts in bag and shake lightly to cover.
  • Eat right away or store in container.

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Notes

Recipe makes 1 dozen 3 inch donuts.

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 172kcal (9%)
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: sugar donuts
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  1. Linda Loder says

    November 2, 2024 at 8:47 pm

    Love the donuts came out great moist and delicious thank you

    Reply
  2. Keri says

    November 5, 2023 at 12:25 pm

    I tried this recipe this morning and although light in texture the flavour didn’t wow us! Don’t get me wrong my husband devoured 8 of these for breakfast but said that these are not a make again recipe. Quick, easy and light but just not for us!

    Reply
  3. K Beeg says

    April 16, 2023 at 9:43 am

    Good donuts! I put cinnamon in sugar for coating. Also cooking time was more ovens due vary. Also taking from silicone pan at 5 min was too soon…some fell apart. Will definitely add to my mix!

    Reply
  4. Jeri M. says

    April 15, 2023 at 9:40 pm

    Since I don’t have a donut pan, I will use my mini cupcake pan and make sugar donut holes instead! 👍🏻

    Reply
    • Pamela Reed says

      April 15, 2023 at 10:00 pm

      Love that idea!

      Reply
  5. HARRY MCGOWAN says

    January 15, 2023 at 6:02 pm

    It was so good me and my son made them. Thank you.

    Reply
  6. Lola says

    October 26, 2022 at 9:49 am

    Hi how can I make them eggless?

    Looks amazing 👌

    Reply
  7. Sandra says

    October 18, 2022 at 9:54 pm

    Can you use whole milk if you don’t have buttermilk

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      October 19, 2022 at 8:32 am

      Hey Sandra, please see the section “Buttermilk Substitute” – this tells you how to make buttermilk with whole milk + lemon or vinegar.

      Reply
  8. christina j medina says

    October 8, 2022 at 1:43 pm

    I made these this morning for breakfast and they are gone.Family loved them.I made 6 with just sugar and 6 with cinnamon sugar.My new doughnut recipe.Thank You!

    Reply
  9. Carol Hanson says

    September 2, 2022 at 2:15 am

    I wish there was a picture of the inside of this donut.

    Reply
  10. Stephanie M says

    August 25, 2022 at 8:30 pm

    These are such a big hit at work! Easy and delicious! I added cinnamon to the sugar for the coating! Thank you!

    Reply
  11. Michelle says

    February 22, 2022 at 9:04 pm

    Consider yourself booked marked 😃

    Reply
  12. Jenny says

    October 12, 2021 at 11:20 am

    Best baked donut recipe! Very light and fluffy.

    Reply
  13. Susan Roberts says

    June 19, 2021 at 10:55 am

    I love this recipe! This is the second time I’ve made them but this time they didn’t really brown. Any suggestions as to why? I had to make the buttermilk with milk and vinegar. I wondered if this was the issue that the buttermilk wasn’t ready?

    Reply
    • Pamela says

      June 20, 2021 at 11:03 pm

      Hey Susan, I would bake the donuts 1-2 additional minutes to make them more golden brown. Thank you for stopping by, I’m happy to hear you like the donuts!

      Reply
  14. AnnIe B says

    June 8, 2021 at 4:08 pm

    Donuts did not disappoint! Mixed in cinnamon with the sugar coating and WOW… closed my eyes and instead of waiting in a looong line at the fair, was tap dancing in my kitchen for 15 minutes while waiting for them to bake! Now we don’t have to wait a year for the fair, or in lines… thank you🦩

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