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20 To-Die-For Doughnut Recipes

June 6, 2018 by Melissa Howell 3 Comments

Ah, the ever popular doughnut. Is it a breakfast food? Is it a dessert? Who cares! Doughnuts are delicious! Whether they are fried or baked, filled or frosted, doughnuts have captured the hearts (and stomachs) of Americans for years.

According to Wikipedia (the font of all wisdom and knowledge  🙂 ), doughnuts were a Dutch invention, brought over to the United States and popularized in New York.

In America, the first Friday in June is celebrated as “National Doughnut Day.” It actually has its origins in the Doughnut Day event created by the Salvation Army to remember and honor their members who served doughnuts to soldiers in World War 1. About 250 Salvation Army Volunteers went to France to provide aid to soldiers. Freshly baked goods were hard to produce in abandoned buildings near the front lines, so two members came up with the idea to make doughnuts. Pretty soon, the soldiers began calling them “Doughnut Dollies.”

It’s fair to say that the Doughnut Dollies probably never dreamed of all the varieties of doughnuts we have today! Scroll through this list for some delicious classic (and some unexpected) homemade doughnut recipes.

Cheesecake Stuffed Baked Doughnuts from Handle the Heat

Cheesecake Stuffed Baked Doughnuts feature a fluffy yeast-raised baked doughnut coated in cinnamon sugar, stuffed with sweetened cream cheese, and topped with a dollop of raspberry jam.

Cinnamon Sugar Twist Doughnuts from The Little Epicurean

Cinnamon Sugar Twist Doughnuts

Alligator Jaws Pastry with Cherry Buttercream Frosting from Favorite Family Recipes

Alligator Jaws Pastry

Baked Coconut Doughnuts from Cooking Classy

Baked Coconut Donuts

Easy S’mores Doughnut Holes by Celebrating Sweets

S'mores Donuts - Chocolate donut holes filled with marshmallow cream and topped with melted chocolate and graham cracker crumbs.

Banana Doughnuts with Salted Caramel Glaze from Accidental Happy Baker

Moist banana bread-like donut dipped in a gorgeous buttery dark caramel glaze that sets up so pretty, with a pinch of salt to even out the sweetness. Recipe on www.accidentalhappybaker.com @AHBamy

Old-fashioned Sour Cream Doughnuts from Handle the Heat

Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Doughnuts - just like at your favorite bakery!! No yeast!

Fluffernutter Baked Doughnuts from Buns in My Oven

Fluffernutter Donut Recipe - baked peanut butter donuts with a gooey, messy marshmallow glaze!

Homemade Jelly Doughnuts from Cake Whiz

Easy Sufganiyot Recipe (Jelly Doughnuts)

Double Chocolate Doughnuts from Just So Tasty

Homemade double chocolate doughnuts with chocolate glaze and sprinkles on a wire cooling rack.

Easy 15-Minute Maple Bars from Butter with a Side of Bread

Maple Bars made in minutes with crescent dough & a delicious homemade maple glaze. Never buy store bought again after tasting these warm, fresh maple bars! 

Pineapple Upside-down Doughnuts from Baker by Nature

Pineapple Upside-Down Donuts

Baked Blueberry Lemon Doughnuts from The Recipe Rebel

These Baked Lemon Blueberry Doughnuts are fluffy, packed with citrus flavor and bursting with blueberries and covered in a tangy glaze! Baked donuts are the perfect healthy breakfast or snack. Includes step by step recipe video. | baked donuts | lemon recipe | lemon dessert | baking | lemon donuts

Baked Pumpkin Spice Doughnuts with Maple Glaze from Mom on Timeout

These easy Baked Pumpkin Spice Donuts with Maple Glaze are perfectly moist and bursting with flavor - the quintessential fall breakfast! | MomOnTimeout.com | #pumpkin #donut #doughnut #breakfast #recipe #IDelight

Apple Cider Doughnut Holes from The Domestic Rebel

These Apple Cider Donut Holes are AMAZING! Bursting with a subtle apple flavor and sweet cinnamon sugar, they're the perfect fall breakfast - or dessert!

Krispy Kreme Doughnut Recipe from Baking Beauty

Krispy Kreme Donut Recipe

Egg-less and Dairy-free Caramel Apple Doughnuts from Nerdy Mamma

easy allergy-friendly donut recipe sq

Strawberry Rhubarb Doughnuts from Style Sweet CA

Strawberry Rhubarb Filled Donut Recipe

Doughnut Fries from Delish

Boston Cream Doughnuts from Shugary Sweets

Boston Cream Donuts: easy, fast, delicious with Pillsbury Grands, pudding mix and chocolate ganache!

Which variety do you want to make first? There are so many to choose from! For a bonus doughnut recipe with a step-by-step tutorial, be sure to check out my recipe for Pumpkin Doughnuts with Maple Glaze!

 

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The ever popular doughnut. Is it a breakfast food? Is it a dessert? Who cares! Whether they are fried or baked, filled or frosted, doughnuts have captured the hearts (and stomachs) of Americans for years. Check out this list of 20 homemade doughnut recipes. Some are classic, and some are unusual, but all are delicious!

 

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Comments

  1. Malinda Linnebur says

    June 10, 2018 at 5:25 pm

    Ok these all look SO GOOD!!!! I have only made donuts once in my life and I need to change that, obvi!!

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  2. Julie Evink says

    June 11, 2018 at 7:17 am

    I can’t pick just ONE!!! Ahhhh! They all look delicious!!!!

    Reply
  3. Danielle Green says

    June 13, 2018 at 3:09 pm

    Well, how does one choose which to make first? And so on . . .

    Reply

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