Description
Easy baked vanilla bean doughnuts make a delicious treat! Dunked in vanilla glaze, these doughnuts come together in minutes and make a perfect weekend breakfast!
Ingredients
Doughnuts
- 2 cups cake flour (see note below)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tsp vanilla paste
Vanilla Bean Glaze
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla paste
- 3–4 Tbsp milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°F and spray a standard doughnut pan with nonstick spray.
- Whisk together cake flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Combine buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla paste in a medium bowl; add to flour mixture and fold in just until incorporated.
- Spoon batter into a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip and fill each doughnut cup 3/4 full.
- Bake about 8 minutes, until the tops spring back when touched. Turn doughnuts out on a wire rack to cool completely. Repeat with remaining batter, allowing pan to cool completely and spraying with nonstick spray in between batches.
- For the glaze, whisk together melted butter, powdered sugar, salt, vanilla paste, and milk until smooth. Set rack with cooled doughnuts over a piece of waxed paper. Dip doughnut tops into glaze. If desired, top with sprinkles and let set before serving.
Notes
To make your own cake flour: For every 1 cup of cake flour, place 2 tablespoons cornstarch in an empty 1-cup measure, then top up with all-purpose flour. Sift the mixture several times to evenly distribute the cornstarch.
Keywords: Doughnuts, Donuts, Vanilla, Vanilla Paste