Rejoice the vacation that celebrates love with these baked Valentine doughnuts. They make the cutest breakfast, and so they’re really easy to make, too!
Get the entire household concerned in baking and adorning these scrumptious little treats. They’re a lot simpler (and fewer messy) than frying.
Additionally they make a stunning reward for buddies! Adorn them with colourful frosting and sprinkles, and package deal them with love, after all.

Who can resist this heat and fuzzy vacation? Not me, or no less than I can’t resist these heat and scrumptious little doughnuts.
We love baked donuts, and they’re such an excellent deal with all yr lengthy. It’s a lot enjoyable to decorate them up for holidays, although – don’t skip my Christmas Donuts, too!
These candy treats are baked in a doughnut pan, coated in candy icing and naturally, sprinkles. They’re too cute for phrases, and they’re greater than only a enjoyable breakfast – they make an excellent reward, too.
Let’s make these enjoyable Valentine doughnuts at this time!

Why You’ll Love these Valentine Doughnuts
- Candy and Enjoyable
- Nice for Adorning
- Youngsters love Them
- Package deal for Items
- Simply Personalized
Elements and Substitutions
- All-Goal Flour – To make these baked doughnuts gluten free, remember to select a 1:1 gluten free flour meant for baking.
- White Granulated Sugar – For added sweetness.
- Baking Powder – For rise
- Salt – To stability out the candy in these baked donuts.
- Egg – Dimension giant
- Complete Milk – You possibly can sub with 2% or no matter you’ve readily available.
- Butter – Unsalted, melted
- Vanilla Extract – Use actual vanilla, not imitation. Discover ways to make your personal homemade vanilla extract.

Topping
- Icing – We used a typical retailer purchased container of pink frosting, and warmed it by. See under for extra icing options or learn my full Frosting Guide, with 25+ icing recipes!
- Sprinkles – Select your favorites!
The way to Make Valentine Doughnuts
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease doughnut pans with baking spray to forestall sticking.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk collectively flour, sugar baking powder, and salt. Put aside.
- In a big mixing bowl, mix egg, milk, butter and vanilla. Regularly add dry elements to moist combination till simply mixed.
- Spoon batter into pans, filling simply over ¾ full.
- Bake 14-Quarter-hour. Enable to chill 5 minutes earlier than eradicating from tray.
For Topping
- Soften icing in a small bowl. Evenly dip every Christmas donut in melted icing and add sprinkles or any ornamental icing and components. Serve heat.

Ideas
- Need assistance with baking conversions? Take a look at my Essential Measurement Conversion Chart or use the servings bar within the recipe card.
- This recipe made 24 small baked Valentine doughnuts for us. Nevertheless, in case you use a pan with bigger cavities, you’ll get much less donuts general, after all. This additionally means your bake time could be just a little longer, and the dietary notes needs to be adjusted in accordance with completed amount.
- Don’t overmix the batter, the elements needs to be simply mixed. Over mixing may cause them to grow to be chewy moderately than gentle and fluffy.
- Don’t overfill the cavities of your pan – Fill 3/4 full to permit for rise.
- Use the Toothpick Take a look at – Insert a toothpick within the middle. When it comes out clear, it’s finished.
- On the lookout for these enjoyable sprinkles? We’ve the very best choice of sprinkles at our native Walmart, of all locations!
- In case you’re hoping to package deal these as presents, permit the frosting to take a seat for a pair hours to harden first.

Incessantly Requested Questions
In case you’re craving a standard, yeasty doughnut with a crispy exterior and melt-in-your-mouth inside, that’s not what these doughnuts are! Nevertheless, skipping the fryer is best for you, and these Valentine donuts are extra cake like, and fewer chewy than a standard fried donut.
Baked donuts are cooked in an oven (extra like cupcakes), and conventional fried donuts are fried in sizzling oil on the stovetop. Each sorts of doughnuts could be topped with icing, adorning sprinkles, and extra.

The way to Retailer
- Room temperature – Retailer these baked donuts at room temperature for as much as two days, in an hermetic container.
- Fridge – Retailer within the fridge for as much as three days, warming for just a few seconds within the microwave earlier than serving.
- Freezer – If you’re going to freeze, bake and funky utterly. Merely place them in a plastic-freezer storage bag, seal tight, label, date, and retailer in your freezer for as much as 2-3 months.
To defrost from frozen, microwave for 20-30 seconds or miss at room temperature for 1-2 hours.
Dietary Issues
- Nut Free
- Vegetarian
- To Make Gluten Free: remember to select a 1:1 gluten free flour for baking.

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Valentine Doughnuts
Rejoice the vacation that celebrates love with these baked Valentine doughnuts. They make the cutest breakfast, and so they’re really easy to make, too! No frying required.
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Directions
Baked Valentine Doughnuts
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Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease doughnut pans with baking spray to forestall sticking.
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In a medium mixing bowl, whisk collectively flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Put aside.
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In a big mixing bowl, mix egg, milk, butter and vanilla. Regularly add dry elements to moist combination till simply mixed.
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Spoon batter into pans, filling simply over ¾ full.
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Bake 14-16 minutes. Enable to chill 5 minutes earlier than eradicating.
Ideas
- This recipe made 24 small baked doughnuts for us. Nevertheless, in case you use a pan with bigger cavities, you’ll get much less donuts general. This additionally means your bake time could be just a little longer, and the dietary notes needs to be adjusted in accordance with completed amount.
- Don’t overmix the doughnut batter, the elements needs to be simply mixed. Over mixing may cause them to grow to be chewy moderately than gentle and fluffy.
- Don’t overfill your donut pan – Fill 3/4 full to permit for rise.
- Use the Toothpick Take a look at – Insert a toothpick within the middle. When it comes out clear, it’s finished.
- On the lookout for these enjoyable sprinkles? We’ve the very best choice of sprinkles at our native Walmart, of all locations!
- In case you’re hoping to package deal these as presents, permit the frosting to take a seat for a pair hours to harden first.
Diet Data
Energy: 287kcal (14%), Carbohydrates: 54g (18%), Protein: 4g (8%), Fats: 7g (11%), Saturated Fats: 3g (15%), Polyunsaturated Fats: 1g, Monounsaturated Fats: 3g, Trans Fats: 0.1g, Ldl cholesterol: 22mg (7%), Sodium: 148mg (6%), Potassium: 172mg (5%), Fiber: 1g (4%), Sugar: 37g (41%), Vitamin A: 119IU (2%), Calcium: 68mg (7%), Iron: 1mg (6%)
Estimated diet data is offered as a courtesy and isn’t assured.