Top Pot in Seattle. Voodoo in Portland. Gourdoughs in Austin. Doughnut Plant in New York City.
You name the iconic doughnut spot and chances are my taste buds and I have made the trek by plane, train, automobile or foot (See: The Just a Taste Doughnuthon) to sample the chosen city’s Holy Grail of Glaze. Put simply, doughnuts are my favorite food. My edible obsession. My caloric kryptonite.
Lucky for me, and unlucky for my pants, I’m now a DIY doughnut machine thanks to a sleek mini doughnut pan that has me ditching the deep-fried dough in favor of a baked variety. Slather on a silky Nutella glaze and a shower of sprinkles and you’ll be bypassing the store-bought doughnuts in favor of these hot, fresh two-bite beauties. But the goodness doesn’t end there.
It’s time to step aside Oprah because … YOU get a mini doughnut pan and YOU get a mini doughnut pan and YOU get a mini doughnut pan. And it’s all thanks to one of my favorite bakeware companies, Wilton, who has graciously offerred to give away not one, not two, but three mini doughnut pans.
UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winners, Laura (comment #53), Jackie (comment #74) and Sarah (comment #115).
Make sure you’re following Just a Taste on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram for all of the latest updates, and then enter for your chance to win by leaving a comment on this post that answers the following question:
What type of doughnut would you make with your new Wilton mini doughnut pan?
Three separate winners will be selected via Random.org and announced on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. This giveaway closes on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 12 p.m. EST and is open to U.S. participants only. The winner will be contacted via email, so please include a valid email address in the email address entry box.
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Ingredients
For the doughnuts:
- Vegetable cooking spray
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
For the Nutella glaze:
- 1/2 cup Nutella, at room temperature
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- Assorted sprinkles, chopped nuts or toasted coconut (optional)
Equipment:
- mini-doughnut pan
Instructions
Make the doughnuts:
- Preheat the oven to 425°F and spray the mini-doughnut pan with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Whisk in the buttermilk, vanilla, eggs and melted butter just until combined.
- Fill each pan cavity approximately ⅓ full (about ½ Tablespoon per cavity). Tap the pan on the counter to release any air bubbles and level out the batter.
- Bake the doughnuts for 4 to 6 minutes, or until the tops of the doughnuts spring back when touched. Let the doughnuts cool in the pan for 5 minutes then transfer them to a cooling wrack to cool completely while you make the Nutella glaze.
Make the Nutella glaze:
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the Nutella and heavy cream until combined. If the glaze is too thick, whisk in an additional 1 to 2 tablespoons heavy cream.
- Dip the tops of the doughnuts into the glaze, shake off any excess (or use a spoon to smooth on the glaze) and immediately sprinkle them with chopped nuts, sprinkles or other garnishes.
Kelly's Notes:
- Cake flour is located alongside other flours in most grocery stores. One of the most popular brands is called Swans Down Cake Flour, which is packaged in a bright red box.
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Doughnut recipe adapted from Wilton.
Is this doughnut recipe will work if I use an electric doughnut maker?
I haven’t tried that so I can’t say with certainty what the results would be. Let me know if you give it a shot, Olga!
Is there an alternative to cake flour? Can I use all purpose flour instead??
Hi Lisa – I’ve never tried this recipe with all-purpose flour so I’m not sure! But you can make your own cake flour by doing the following: 1. Measure 1 cup all-purpose flour then remove 2 Tablespoons. 2. Measure 2 Tablespoons cornstarch and add it to the flour. 3. Sift well together then measure amount needed for the recipe.
Hey! Is there any chance to deep fry this instead of baking, or os it just bake?
Hi Nikki! I have a deep-fried doughnut recipe that you may be interested in. Here’s a link to the recipe: https://www.justataste.com/easy-homemade-glazed-doughnut-holes-recipe/ :)
Can you use whole milk I stead of buttermilk?
Yes, but you’ll need to add a tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar to make sure you have the acidic component! So mix the milk and acidic component together, let it curdle, then proceed.
Hey Kelly
Thanks for this recipe, so easy.
However, I wondered why mine didn’t really puff up like yours? I measured everything exactly as detailed.
Any thoughts?
Hi Mary – It’s hard to say what might cause this. Is your baking powder fresh?
Is it possible to make any type of vanilla frosting for these donuts? If so, how?
Hi Joseph! You could use the frosting recipe from my Frosted Soft Sugar Cookie Bars. Here’s a link to the recipe: https://www.justataste.com/frosted-soft-sugar-cookie-bars-recipe/ I hope this helps!
What do you use? Vanilla extract or vanilla sugar? I have both and I am comfused about what to use!
Extract!
Just made these for breakfast and they were a hit! I love getting my kids involved with cooking, so they glazed and added their own toppings. So much fun!
Love this! So glad you all enjoyed the recipe!
How long can one store the glaze and in what should I store it in
Hi Esther! I’ve never tried making this glaze in advance so I’m not sure how long it’d last. I worry that it might firm up if left uncovered (and not used) for too long of a time frame.
Can you just put them in mini cupcake pan to make donut holes?
Hi Blair – That should work! Just be sure to adjust the baking time accordingly. :)
It’s not that easy to find heavy cream in my country. Do you have any suggestion for the substitute of the heavy cream?
Thank you.
Hi there! You can make your own heavy cream by combining 2/3 cup of whole milk with 1/3 cup melted butter. Hope that helps!
Can you use regular flour instead
I’ve never tried this recipe with regular flour so I’m not sure!
Could you use a regular donut pan instead of a mini, and how long would you bake? Thanks.
Hi Cindy! That should work, but I haven’t tried it so I’m not certain how long you’ll need to bake them. Definitely let me know if you give it a shot!
I had just purchased my first “donut” pan….and am very anxious to try these ….how can you go wrong ?
thank you so much for this recipe….I was wondering too , you could probably add Hershey cocoa to
the batter , somewhere to allow for chocolate donuts ?
You are so welcome, Nancy! And you may also be interested in my recipe for Glazed Chocolate Doughnut Holes: https://www.justataste.com/homemade-glazed-chocolate-doughnut-holes-recipe/
I was wondering about chocolate as well. Could you use that chocolate doughnut hole recipe but bake it instead of frying it?
Hi Andrea! I haven’t tried making that recipe in a pan so I’m not sure.
Hey there ! Can I substitute egg with some extra baking powder or flaxseeds?
Hi Abirami! I’ve never tried that substitution in this recipe so I’m not certain what the results would be.
That sounds real good and a drizzle of maple syrup with sausage would also be good.
That would be delish, Patrice!
Can this recipe be doubled/tripled?
Hi Julie! It should be able to. I’ve never tried doubling it, but I don’t see why that wouldn’t work. Enjoy!
Wow these sound absolutely delicious. Thanks for sharing this recipe…
Simon
Oh, these look delicious! Can’t resist the Nutella glaze!
hi! these are so cute. have you ever made them ahead of time? like the night before?
I made these doughnuts with creme fraiche and a little bit of milk instead of buttermilk and they cooked perfectly but had a slight chemical taste to them. Do you think this is because of the substitute I used or something else?
Hi Alex – My guess is that the taste would be altered by the creme fraiche, as I’ve made these many times with buttermilk and never experienced a chemical flavor. Glad they cooked well!
Hi Kelly,
I Have made the mixture for these yummy looking dooughnuts. It looks a bit thick and stiff… is that how it is supposed to look?
Rizna
Hi Rizna – It should be thick enough to spoon into the pan.
this is the best recipe for my donuts maker machine. In 15 minutes we can eat fresh and healthy donuts in our family. Adding zest of lemon or orange in the dough as well as a little of fresh juice you can make variations in the flavor each time
I’ve been a little on the fence about whether or not I should get a donut pan…but after seeing these pictures, I’m convinced that I need one!!
These look perfect! I love the various toppings – and the Nutella of course!
These look exactly like, if not better than krispy kremes!!!
You are a total professional baker!
My god the pictures look soooo delicious!
Tina
Mini donuts – yes, that’s what I need a mini donut. These look yummy!
Black & White doughnuts!!! :)
I recently saw a recipe for mini pumpkin donut pops on Pinterest, and that’s what inspired me to stumble across this post in search of a mini donut recipe!
I think I would attempt a mini version of Doughnut Plants delicious PB&J donut. Yummy!
I’d make chocolate donuts!
I have always wanted to make my favorite cookie into a donut. So, I would make a Snickerdoodle donut: cinnamon-infused cake with a sugar glaze!
I follow you all 4 ways and I would make some Chocolate Iced Cream Filled doughnuts! How yummy!
Awesome! I have never made donuts before but I have been dying to get a pan. I think I’d have to start with something basic, but definitely something with chocolate.
I have always loved maple doughnuts. That’s probably what I would try first! My brother has Celiac’s, a gluten free doughnut would be #2. :)
I am going apple picking next weekend and then making my own cider. I would love to make apple cider doughnuts. It’s probably one of my favorite kind of doughnuts!!
I’m currently crazy for anything with coconut and dark chocolate, so that would be my first try at doughnuts. And I’m wondering if a “Cronut” type doughnut would work in this pan as well, since I’d rather not deep fry food.
I like white icing with sprinkles on donuts
I would make lemon doughnuts first!
Too awesome! I would bake strawberry cake donuts with a simple white icing to top with sprinkles or mini-pearls. Nom!
Snickerdoodle donuts!
Bananas Foster donut with salted caramel glaze
I’d go with strawberry donuts with strawberry-lime glaze!!!
Wow, bringing doughnuts into absolute perfection !
We lived in the Middle East for many years, and during most of that time, doughnuts were not available. I made my own raised doughnuts, fried them and glazed them. I like the idea of baking them for my 19 grandchildren!
Chocolate donuts.
I could cheat on my diet! After all, these are just MINI donuts. Chuckle, chuckle!
I would make these Coconut Cream Mini Donuts: http://www.barbarabakes.com/2012/02/coconut-cream-mini-donuts/
I would make chocolate chocolate chip donuts with coconut topping! Yumm!
Chocolate donuts with slivered almonds! or caramel glazed donuts…or coconut cream donuts…or….
I will make any kind I can find a recipe for if I win!!
Always love your pix! I swear I gain weight just looking at them. My favorite donut has always been chocolate with chocolate glaze and chopped salted almonds or peanuts so that would be my first choice.
Oh plain donut with nutella glaze and coconut sprinkled on top.
Probably confetti donuts with multi colored pastel sprinkles…my daughter wants everything with sprinkles :)
These little cuties would make the perfect homemade gift. Just wrap some up in a colorful food bag, tie the bag with your own crafted bag-tie, maybe put the bag in a crafted basket – not only homemade, personal, and delicious, but a crafter’s dream as well. Thanks!
These are so pretty! My first donut attempt would have to be plain old sugar – my favorite!!
My two little cousins love donuts. I would bake them donuts if I had the mini donut pans. I think they would like it very much and they can put whatever toppings they want on their donuts.
I’d want to make pretty much any vanilla/clear glazed donut!!! YUMMY. =P
I would make blueberry donuts with a vanilla/lemon glaze to cut through the sweetness—delicious!
I would make your recipe and then venture out on my own and experiment.
I would make a strawberry cake donut with cream cheese glaze. And sprinkles.
The question for me would be… what kind of donuts would you NOT make!! Yum!!
When it comes to donuts, anything involving chocolate is a win in my book.
I’ve never tried baked doughnuts. Would love to bake them.
maple glazed with bacon for me, powdered sugar for my daughter, and chocolate cake with chocolate icing for my son. YUM YUM
So many different, clever ways to make doughnuts but nothing beats a plain cake doughnut with chocolate glaze. Except maybe a chocolate doughnut with peanut butter frosting or maybe a carrot cake doughnut with cream cheese/pecan frosting or maybe a ……..
I’d make chocolate donuts! Maybe chocolate donuts with chocolate icing with chopped pecans.
I’d make a batch of chocolate chip brownie donuts with a peanut butter glaze.
Just my size! Perfect and half the calories of the much larger commercial size!
Then I could eat half dozen of my favorite, chocolate covered anything!
I would make your chocolate donuts with sprinkles and add espresso to the mix!!
Buttermilk with salted caramel glaze for the adults and/or chocolate with chocolate glaze with blue sprinkles for the grandson.
Apple Cider Donoughts – Yum! Thanks for the chance.
I would make a red velvet donut with cream cheese glaze and crumbled bacon
I would use honey greek yogurt and a little of a some almond paste to make a greek-tasting doughnut. Maybe a lemon frosting/glaze on top with shaved almonds on top! Great giveaway!
I would make Chocolate Doughnuts with Salted Caramel icing.
A simple chocolate covered doughnut… mmmm!
I would try your recipe first!
I would make a mixture – start with your buttermilk donut recipe and blueberries, strawberries, chocolate chips, etc so I would end up with an assortment.
II stumbled across these banana doughnuts months ago and they have not left my mind. Can you get much better then a healthy banana doughnut? I don’t think so! Uunfortunately, I don’t have a doughnut pan and have not been able to make them.
http://peasandthankyou.com/2013/03/24/super-healthy-banana-breakfast-donuts/
My absolute favorite doughnut – a cider doughnut!
These doughnuts look amazing! With this fabulous doughnut pan I would first make cinnamon and sugar, my kiddos favorites, then some with nutella for sure for myself.
Chocolate doughnuts with speculoos frosting
I would make blueberry crumb doughnuts for my family.
Strawberry glazed doughnuts!
Cinnamon and cream cheese … yum.
I would love to make my own mini chocolate doughnuts with sprinkles!
My boys would love me if I made these this weekend! I just got a mini donut pan and have not used it yet. These look so delicious.
Cinnamon sugar donuts!
chocolate glazed!
I have never made doughnuts before so this would be so much fun! I think I’d start with a banana doughnut, cream cheese frosting and duh…sprinkles!
Your doughnuts are absolutely adorable! I’d make chocolate glazed doughnuts for sure!
Hm, either regular cake donuts with chocolate glaze and sprinkles (kid’s pick) or cinnamon and sugar!
I would totally make strawberry donuts with a vanilla glaze. These look pretty good.
The more appropriate question: Why kind would I NOT make?
Maple bacon …ahhh I can taste it alreadyyy
blueberry doughnuts
cinnamon doughnuts with maple bacon glaze
I would make mini red velvet doughnuts with cream cheese icing.
I love these, they are so cute. I’ve just made these and they were so delicious. I wouldn’t know which one of yours to choose first, all the toppings look great. I can’t enter as I live in the UK.
IF I had a mini doughnut pan (which I currently do not), I’d like to say I’d make something super-exciting, like lemon-cream-frosted blueberry doughnuts or apple-flavored doughnuts garnished with sprigs of candied thyme… but in reality, I would simply ADORE a simple cinnamon-sugar doughnut hot from the oven.
If I had a mini doughnut pan I’d bake s’mores donuts with a graham cracker flavor cake, chocolate filling, then topped with marshmallow creme. Another kind would be red velvet donuts with cream cheese frosting. Thanks for the recipe and giveaway! :)
Raspberry donut with cream cheese icing yummy. Can already taste um.
Pumpkin with cinnamon sugar!
Chocolate raspberry!
These are the cutest, love your fun toppings!
Double chocolate!!! Yum!
I’m totally running with the coconut and nutella donuts. I’d love to try them!
These are too dang cute! I love baking donuts, and I’d love mini ones even more. I’d like to make chocolate-banana donuts!
These donuts are so much fun! I could eat all of these in a single sitting!
I would make buttermilk with a hint of lemon, with a caramel nut glaze.
I’ve never made doughnuts before so I would start with your buttermilk recipe with the nutella glaze (above).
You got me at the mention of Top Pot (one of my favorites in Seattle) and then your picture pretty much got me drooling. Since I’m not in the States, I’m out, but I would definitely make a classic chocolate glazed…
These are gorgeous and are making my mouth water!! I think my first donuts would be something with biscoff or chocolate peanut butter.. the options are endless!
These are too cute! I want to say a Cronut but that has to be fried (lol), so I’d say my favorite: banana pudding flavored (either pudding injected or pudding flavored glaze) mini donuts! Thanks for the giveaway and recipe
Oh, doughnuts, you have to love them! These are so fun, Kelly!
Ooo…I’d love to make pumpkin donuts! I know it’s a bit early for them, but I saw them last year, and have been meaning to make them….just haven’t bought the pan yet!
OMG yum. I would totally make vanilla doughnuts, chocolate glaze, with rainbow sprinkles. YUM!
I would make chocolate donuts with a chocolate glaze!
I would make Apple Cider Cinnamon Doughnuts!
Mmmm what donut would I make first……something with cinnamon and sugar!! Or maybe some sort of glazed donut. Thanks for the giveaway!
Here in Philly, our doughnut Holy Grail is a locale called Federal Donuts. What’s better (or worse…) is that they also have the best fried chicken in the city. So I’d make like them and try my hand at a Nutella pomegranate doughnut – one of their signatures!
I have always wanted to try to make donuts but hated the thought of frying so this is perfect! I love love cakey donuts with semisweet chocolate icing so I think that would be first on the list! And then your recipe with cinnamon sugar – yummy!
OMG I have been wanting to make make Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts and would love to win this Wilton mini doughnut pan!
Maple-bacon, of course!
So many favorite flavors…I’d love to try making a red velvet donut, but I’d have to try fruit flavors too: blueberry, cherry, and strawberry!
I would make pans and pans of doughnuts with pink glaze for my best friend’s baby shower!
Apple cinnamon donuts !!
Chocolate glazed is always my doughnut of choice – I’d definitely try to make those first!
These look amazing, Kelly! So soft and fluffy, and super cheerful with those sprinkles. Love the glaze, too! Great recipe and giveaway – thanks. I’d make pumpkin donuts!
I need this mini donut pan!!! So adorable!! Swoon!
I would do a cinnamon sugar sprinkle or blueberry doughnuts or chocolate with chocolate glaze and toasted coconut… Or… I think the possibilities would be endless!!
Recently discover your blog and love all the recipes!!!
I would love to make some pumpkin spice or some apple cider donuts!
Ohhh yes, make allll the donuts! My fav is chocolate, the old standby!
I love all mini foods!! Especially desserts! I would make lemon raspberry donuts with a white chocolate glaze!
My kids love a plain cake donut with strawberry icing and sprinkles! I’d love to try and recreate that! I’d love a chocolate donut with some nice vanilla glaze!
I would make chocolate cake donuts glazed with a simple icing sugar glaze and then dipped in shredded coconut. mmmmmm
Looks fun and easy.
Since the winners will be picked on my birthday I would make myself some birthday donuts! Buttermilk with Nutella and coconut. Yum!
I would make chocolate cake donuts!
Kelly, your pictures are just amazing. Everything looks beautiful and tastes equally amazing, I’m sure. On the donuts, I’d make vanilla and chocolate donuts. I love the simple nutella glaze…would love to try that with it! : )
This recipe sounds delicious and I love the look of these doughnuts!!! Yum.
The 1st batch would have to be my favorite – maple glazed!
8 am a big fan of “old-fashioned” doughnuts. Your buttermilk recipe sounds yummy on its own. This is the doughnut. I would try.
Thank you
These look adorable! You take gorgeous pictures!
So cute!! I love that Nutella glaze and the toasted coconut on a few of those? YUM!
Your doughnuts look absolutely scrumptious, Kelly! I would try a chocolate cake doughnut with a raspberry glaze. Happy baking!
love these! Very fun giveaway!
I would love to be able to make my own donuts at home! I think Key Lime Pie would be my first batch :)
Buttermilk doughnuts in any size would be delicious. First on my list to make.
I have been wanting a doughnut pan for forever!!! I have tons of doughnut recipes that I haven’t made because I have no pan. If I won this pan, I would love to make these buttermilk doughnuts with nutella glaze. Nutella is a new discovery at my house, and I think a glaze would be so yummy!
I NEED a doughnut pan in my life. I recently made doughnuts with biscuit dough, which was awesome, but I love the idea of baking them too!
LOL love the Oprah bit… and holy sprinkles! That made me happy. Sprinkles are the best.
These are so freaking cute!! I’d make vanilla sprinkle donuts. Sprinkles make me a happy lady! haha
i would make a chocolate donut with a chocolate glaze!
Mini doughnuts are so stinkin’ cute! And, yours…made with buttermilk, a Nutella glaze and sprinkles galore? Adorbs! I already have tons of donut pans in different sizes, but this is such a fun giveaway for others who need them! xo
Kelly I love making donuts! I have donut pans in various sizes and always want more :) I love your little donuts and the sprinkles and the recipe – they look so soft and fluffy. I’d make blueberry donuts if I won!
I would cut it in half and shove a burger and some bacon in the middle…breakfast donut! ;)