Baked Lemon Glazed Donuts
These baked lemon glazed donuts couldn’t be easier to make and are bursting with fresh, tangy lemon flavor. They are guaranteed to disappear quickly.
It’s time for the spring edition of Freaky Friday and that has me excited. If you’re not familiar with Freaky Friday, it’s a really fun recipe swap that some of my blogger friends and I participate in. We’ve all been assigned a blog to pick a recipe from and then cook and share that recipe on our blog.
The really fun part is that none of us know who has our blog, it’s a secret to be revealed today. It’s a fun way for us to try new recipes and share those recipes with you, our readers, as well as giving you an opportunity to discover some great blogs.
This time I was assigned to An Affair from the Heart, which is run by my friend, Michaela. Michaela is actually one of the few bloggers that I’ve had the opportunity to meet in person. She and I have been able to meet up at a couple of blogging conferences and let me tell you, she is one of the nicest people you’ll meet and is so much fun to be around.
On top of being loads of fun, Michaela is also a fantastic cook. It was hard to choose a recipe from her blog because they all sound so delicious.
Some of her recipes that really stand out to me is her very popular Texas Trash Dip, this 5 ingredient Tortellini Soup with Spinach and Sausage along with these scrumptious Dr Pepper BBQ Pork Sandwiches.
But when it came right down to it, I had to make Michaela’s baked glazed lemon donuts. They’ve been wildly popular for her on Instagram and with good reason, they are SO delicious.
And on top of being delicious, they couldn’t be easier to make. It takes almost no time to whip up the batter and then they get popped into the oven and bake up to be the glorious treat that they are.
To make these donuts even better, they get dipped in tart, lemony glaze. To make them even more lemony, I dipped them in the glaze a second time, because why not?!
Total donut nirvana. Not.even.kidding. So what are you waiting for? Head to the kitchen and make up a batch yourself, you won’t be disappointed.
Baked Lemon Glazed Donuts
These baked glazed lemon donuts couldn’t be easier to make and are bursting with fresh, tangy lemon flavor. They are guaranteed to disappear quickly.
Ingredients
To Make the Donuts:
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- zest of one lemon
- 1 tbsp lemon extract, NO SUBSTITUTIONS
- yellow food coloring, optional, as much as needed for desired color
- 1¼ cups flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
o Make the Glaze:
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- juice of 1 lemon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Coat a 6-count non-stick donut pan with cooking spray, set aside.
- In the bowl of your mixer mix sour cream, eggs, sugar, oil, lemon zest and lemon extract until well combined.
- Fold in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- If using food coloring, add a few drops at a time until the batter reaches your desired color.
- Fill donut pan, and bake for about 13 to 15 minutes, they're done when they're springy to the touch.
- To make the glaze, add powdered sugar and slowly drizzle in the lemon juice while whisking until smooth and combined. You may not need all of the juice.
- If it gets too thin, add more sugar until it's the right consistency.
- Remove the donuts from the pan when they've cooled enough for you to touch them, but are still warm.
- Dip the top in the glaze and let them dry/cool on a wire rack.
- Spray and fill pan up one more time, repeating all of the steps.
- Store in an airtight container up to 4 days.
Notes
If the glaze hardens in between batches, heat it briefly in the microwave.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
10Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 284Total Fat: 11gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 155mgCarbohydrates: 46gFiber: 1gSugar: 32gProtein: 3g
ENJOY!
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Lisa, these look amazing!! I am SO happy that you loved them as much as we did!! “donut nirvana” is well said! 😉 Thank you for the kind words — I, too, have enjoyed getting to know you so much!! <3
Thanks Michaela! These donuts are dangerously good!
I love lemon!!!! These have my name wrote all over them!!! YUM!
Wow, those donuts look to die for! Donuts are my kryptonite and I’d gladly go to the dark side for one of them. Lemon is one of my very favorite flavors too! I’ve got to remember to make this recipe!
Donut nirvana heavenly goodness here! 🙂 I love that these are baked not fried too – mouthwatering!!!
Oh man do these donuts sound so so good! I really love lemon is sweet treats so these need to be made asap here.
Fantastic cover of a treat from one of our favorite sites! We are slightly DO’d here in our family (donut obsessed) and I know these will be going on our must try list soon! Thanks for highlighting this delicious treat recipe – very nicely done!
I want those for breakfast!! I’m addicted to lemon anything!
These look fabulous! I love lemon glazed donuts and these sound like just the perfect balance of sweet and tart!
i need to make these, they look wonderful!
I am a lemon FANATIC so I can’t wait to try these!
I just adore lemon and these look DELICIOUS!!! Cannot wait to give them a try!
I’m a sucker for any citrus baked good. These look fabulous!
I love doughnuts! I grew up on Krispy Kreme and these look like a great alternative when I can’t find them!! I have a doughnut pan that I have not put to use yet and now I need to!
Hi I’ve tried making these, however for some reason my glaze disappeares into the doughnuts within an hour of glazing them. I have tried several times but I still fail to be able to keep a glaze on my doughnut that doesn’t just absorb into the doughnut and make it into a soggy doughnut. Do you have any idea why this may be please
@Anon,
The glaze recipe makes an extremely thin glaze. Try starting with 1Tbsp of lemon juice and reserve the rest of the “juice of 1 lemon” to adjust the consistency of your glaze.