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Cute little one-bite baked donuts, perfect for portion control (unless you eat 8), but less guilt-ridden than fried!

mini chocolate donuts on a pink linen with sprinkles

These mini baked donuts are the perfect one-bite treat and are super cute. Make a bunch of them and give them away, or eat the entire batch yourself while watching old movies alone, in the dark. Whatever works for you!

There are plenty of donut recipes out there, this one is my favorite because it comes together so quickly and the cooking time is so short! I typically get about 36 donuts out of this recipe, so bake it, dump them out and get the pans filled up again!

If you don’t have a donut baking pan, use a mini muffin pan. They won’t be the same shape, but they’ll still taste awesome!

Try my Donut Muffins or this Easy Blondie Recipe! I know you will also love these Oreo Dirt Pudding Parfaits!

Why you’ll love this recipe

It’s super easy, and makes a lot of donuts!
The donuts are baked, not fried, so you can feel better about eating them!.
A fun project for kids to decorate! Get creative with sprinkles and decorations.
This one is fun to make for pretty much any holiday you like.
- Green frosting for St Patrick’s Day. Pink frosting with heart sprinkles for Valentine’s Day. Your imagination is the only limit!

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Recommended Equipment/Tools

Baked donut swith pink frosting and sprinkles with 2 mugs

How to adjust this recipe

Add a little vanilla extract to the batter for super vanilla flavoring).
Use a simple sugar and cinnamon mix (dip in a little melted butter)
Add some mini chocolate chips to the batter!
Switch up your glazes! Any flavor you can dream up – do it!
Any kind of milk will work. I do like buttermilk for that tang, but this recipe can use almond milk too!

Ingredients

The full list of ingredients and quantities is found in the printable recipe card below.

How to make this recipe

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The full list of ingredients, quantities and instructions can be found in the printable recipe card below.

collage showing the process of making baked donuts

Preheat the oven and grab your stand or hand mixer (or a large bowl and a spatula). In the large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt (or bowl of your stand mixer) and mix.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, egg and melted butter.
Add in the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients (flour mixture).
Mix until JUST combined.
Pour the batter into a piping bag (or a large zip-top bag, and snip the corner off).
Spray the donut pan with cooking spray and fill each cup about halfway (don’t overfill – they will rise during baking and you definitely want to see holes!)
Bake for 6 minutes, then cool in the ban for a few minutes – and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Make the glaze (see recipe card – I use powdered sugar, milk and whatever extract you like) and dip the cooled donuts in and set back on the wire rack. Go nuts with sprinkles.

More Sweet Treats

Apple Dumplings. Tart apples wrapped in a flaky biscuit, and smothered in a buttery vanilla sauce. Topped with crunchy cinnamon sugar, this is a super easy recipe that delivers on taste!
Easy Biscotti Recipe. Crispy Italian cookies with the addition of dried fruit and zest. Dipped in white chocolate, these are a wonderful treat!
Blackberry Pie Bars. Using a buttery shortbread crust, creamy custard-y filling, topped with more shortbread as a crumble over the top.

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Update: This was originally posted in February of 2016, and has been updated to improve reader experience.