Baked Strawberry Donuts
Do you ever get in food ruts? I don't mean that as a bad thing. I mean it as a REALLY good thing. When I do it, it's that I want that one thing ALL THE TIME. All day, every day. I just can't quit with that particular food.
I do it a lot, to be honest. I'll go a week where all I want is salad, but then I will balance it by going a week when all I want is donuts.
Guess which kind of week it is.
BOO-TO-THE-YAH.
I've been basically wearing a path between Dunkin' Donuts and my usual haunts lately. I'll be the first to admit that Dunkin' isn't even all that good, but it is convenient. I mean, I drive a couple of miles past where I was going anyway and BAM. Somebody trades me a $1 for a donut. It's a pretty good deal.
But it was time to upgrade to better donuts.
I basically spent the entire evening making all sorts of different flavors of donuts. This one was Alexis' favorite.
Strawberry.
Absolutely a good choice.
(There are no bad choices when it comes to donuts.)
Baked Strawberry Donuts (Makes about 6 donuts)
1/2 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 large egg
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup strawberry yogurt
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 cup finely chopped strawberries
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray a donut pan with nonstick spray.
3. Dry stuff goes in a bowl. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda, and you'll be doing just fine.
4. In a separate bowl, stir the egg, sugar, milk, vanilla, and yogurt until well blended. Then add the melted butter and stir some more.
5. Fold in the strawberries. Note: if you want to prevent the strawberries from creating little pockets of moisture in your donuts, toss them in a baggie filled with flour and shake to lightly coat them before adding them to your dough. I didn't bother because I have no patience for these sorts of things.
6. Place the donut batter into your pan. You should fill each hole about 2/3 full.
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 11-14 minutes. They're done when you can poke one with a toothpick and it comes out clean.
8. I like these just fine without frosting, but if you want to frost them, a simple glaze works really well.
9. Allow the donuts to cool for a minute or two in the pan then transfer them to a cooling rack. Eat one before they cool off completely, though. It's there in the instructions, so you HAVE to do it.
Recipe
Reader Comments (3)
These look delicious...and relatively healthy! Thanks....now all I need is a donut pan.
Is the pan you use the Mrs. Field pan? Or if you can show me the pan?
@Mary --I have this one:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NXJ6V6C/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00NXJ6V6C&linkCode=as2&tag=burbab-20&linkId=JJUXZFQINVQXN5VX
I found it at Target for $12.99. I wish I had been more patient and gotten this one from Amazon, though:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004CYELOQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B004CYELOQ&linkCode=as2&tag=burbab-20&linkId=VE3KCWEMOUHGNX3S