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Choose your own adventure with these easy baked donuts that you can make three ways: Maple Bacon Donuts, Milk and Cereal Donuts, or Coffee and Chocolate Donuts!
Spring is here in Southern California and that always makes me want to enjoy lazy mornings, stay in my pajamas, throw open all the windows to let in the morning breeze, and make something indulgent for breakfast.
And today I’m partnering with Safeway to do just that. So, put on some comfy pajamas, open up those windows, and let’s bake something yummy.
How do donuts sound?
I’m a big fan of baked over deep-fried donuts. Traditional donuts are great, but with the baked version, you don’t have to heat up huge quantities of oil, they’re fast to make, and they are SO EASY. Plus, they just plain taste good, especially the donuts I’m sharing today.
These little babies are SO good. They are made with sour cream in the batter, so they are moist, soft, and just a little bit tangy, which is the beeeest. And the recipe is super simple. You just need one bowl, five minutes to mix everything together, and you are 12 minutes of oven time away from some seriously fabulous donuts.
And since a baked donut without toppings is basically just a muffin with a hole in it, I shopped Safeway’s Signature line to create THREE fabulous topping options for you.
This was a really fun post to put together. There were so many ways I could have gone with these toppings because the Signature line, available exclusively at Safeway, is HUGE (more than 4,000!! products), with everything from coffee to juice, soup to cereal, and produce to fried chicken.
I use a lot of Signature products since I genuinely do find them to be the best meeting of quality and price, but I didn’t realize just how big the line was until I was walking around Safeway and actually started looking. The Signature line includes Signature SELECT™, Signature Kitchens®™, Signature Farms®™, Signature Cafe®, Signature Home™, and Signature Care™, which encompass everything from fresh produce and pantry staples to prepared foods, and all of their products come with a 100% money back guarantee.
I actually had trouble narrowing down which products I wanted to use (seriously, this post could have been Baked Donuts 599 ways), but I eventually narrowed it down to three faves, starting with MAPLE BACON DONUTS!!
Yes, they are as amazing as they sound. The maple glaze on these donuts is *the best*. It tastes exactly like the frosting you get on a really good bakery maple bar. And to add to the amazing, you sprinkle some crispy Signature Farms Thick Cut Hickory Smoked Bacon over the top.
These donuts are fabulous. Enough said. Moving on.
Next up, Milk and Cereal Donuts.
These donuts are made with a simple milk glaze and then dunked in a bowl of cereal. They are basically the cutest things ever, and the crunch of the Honey Nut Toasted Oats is such a fun contrast with the soft and fluffy donut.
Finally, we come to the Coffee and Chocolate Donuts. For those worrying about the coffee in the recipe, don’t. I used Safeway’s House Blend, which is a very smooth medium roast. There are just a couple tablespoons of it in the glaze, so the coffee taste is mild and there to enhance the chocolate flavor, and that chocolate flavor is FAB because this glaze is made with real melted chocolate, not cocoa powder. If you are a traditionalist and bacon and cereal on your donuts is too far out there, these are the way to go!
Which donut topping would you try first?
Easy Baked Donuts Three Ways
Ingredients
Special Equipment
Easy Baked Donuts
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 large egg
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons (75g) granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons (25g) brown sugar
- 1 cup (120g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Pinch of nutmeg
Maple Bacon Donuts
- 6 slices Signature Farms bacon cooked until crisp
- 2 tablespoons (1oz) butter
- 1/4 cup (50g) brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon and 1 1/2 teaspoon milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoon corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 1 cup (120g) powdered sugar sifted
Milk and Cereal Donuts
- 2 cups Signature SELECT Honey Nut Toasted Oats
- 1 1/2 cup (180g) powdered sugar sifted
- 1 tablespoon (.5oz) butter melted
- 1 1/2 to 3 tablespoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Coffee and Chocolate Donuts
- 2 tablespoons Signature SELECT Coffee
- 2 tablespoons (1oz) butter
- 2 teaspoons corn syrup
- 1/2 cup (3oz) chopped semi-sweet chocolate (high-quality chips are fine)
- 1 cup (120g) powdered sugar sifted
- Sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F and grease your donut pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk together sour cream, egg, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, granulated sugar and brown sugar until smooth.
- Add flour, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg and stir until just combined. Transfer mixture to a disposable plastic bag (drape bag over a large empty cup for easy filling), snip off a small triangle from the corner, and pipe batter into donut pan, filling each ring 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake for 11 to 14 minutes, until the top of the donuts spring back when lightly pressed. Immediately turn out onto a cooling rack and cool completely before glazing.
Maple Bacon Donuts
- Roughly chop bacon and set aside for topping.
- In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, combine butter, brown sugar, milk, and corn syrup. Cook, stirring occasionally until butter is completely melted and brown sugar dissolved. Stir in maple extract and remove from heat. Whisk in the powdered sugar. Transfer glaze to a bowl and dip the first donut before topping it immediately with chopped bacon. Repeat with the remaining donuts and enjoy!
Milk and Cereal Donuts
- Pour cereal into a bowl wide enough to dip your donuts.
- In a medium bowl, combine powdered sugar, melted butter, 1 tablespoon of the milk, vanilla, and salt. Whisk together and add milk by the 1/2 teaspoon until glaze is just thin enough to drizzle.
- Dip each donut first in the glaze then in the cereal. Allow donuts 5 to 10 minutes for glaze to set and enjoy!
Coffee and Chocolate Donuts
- In a medium saucepan, over medium heat, combine coffee, butter, and corn syrup. Cook until butter is melted. Add chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Remove from heat and whisk in powdered sugar. Transfer glaze to a bowl wide enough for dipping.
- Dip first donut in the glaze and top immediately with sprinkles if desired. Repeat with remaining donuts and enjoy!
