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Sweet, simple, and delicious, Baked Strawberry Glazed Doughnuts. We all love a classic strawberry glazed doughnut, but making them at home? Yep, even better. Homemade baked strawberry doughnuts with both strawberry jam and dried strawberries for double the strawberry flavor. These light pink berry-filled doughnuts are glazed with a cream cheese strawberry icing, and they do not disappoint. Each sweet bite is perfectly soft, doughy, and topped with a creamy glaze – so good!
I’ve wanted to make doughnuts all summer long. I’ve had ideas from banana bread, to chocolate-coated doughnuts, and everything in between.
But then the new Rhode strawberry glaze lip treatment launched and the second I saw those Krispy Kreme doughnuts, I was sold. I had to make strawberry glazed doughnuts. But BAKED, because I actually think they’re better than fried.
And a side note here, Rhode sent me the new strawberry glaze and it’s my favorite lip treatment yet. The color is gorgeous! I’d join that waitlist you all. It’s a SOLID product that once you try you’ll love.
It’s funny the things that can excite me and how they end up inspiring me. Fashion and beauty always give me my favorite ideas, so I LOVED creating this recipe.
These doughnuts are so yummy. Personally, I think they’re even better than the originals at Krispy Kreme.
Some details
Step 1: make the batter
For the doughnut batter, it’s pretty simple. Mix melted butter with vanilla, two large eggs, honey or maple syrup (for added sweetness), your favorite strawberry jam, and some milk.
That’s all your wet ingredients. For the dry, I love to use whole wheat pastry flour, a spoonful of freeze-dried strawberries, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Mix the wet and dry until just combined.
Step 2: bake
Once the batter is ready to go, bake it in a doughnut pan. If you don’t have a doughnut pan, make doughnut holes using either a regular muffin pan or a mini muffin pan. Either option works just the same.
Step 3: the strawberry glaze
This is the most important step. The glaze really makes these doughnuts delicious.
Mix cream cheese with sweet sugar, more strawberry powder, and vanilla. And honestly, the doughnut holes always turn out cute!
Dip the baked doughnuts into the glaze, then let the glaze set up for a few minutes. Not too strong, not too sweet, but just right. Especially when spread on top of a warm doughnut.
Looking for other summer desserts? Here are my favorites:
Iced Strawberry Milk Matcha Latte
Strawberry Chamomile Naked Cake
Lemon Strawberry Dutch Baby with Ricotta Cream
Creamy Strawberry Mango Popsicles
Giant Double Blueberry Muffin Cookies
Cream Cheese Swirled Cinnamon Carrot Cake Muffins
Lastly, if you make these Baked Strawberry Glazed Doughnuts, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
Baked Strawberry Glazed Doughnut.
Servings: 12 doughnuts
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons salted butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
- 1/4 strawberry jam
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or all purpose)
- 1 tablespoon freeze dried strawberry powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Glaze
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons freeze dried strawberry powder
- 1/4 cup hot milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 350° F. Grease a 6-cup doughnut pan or 12-cup muffin pan with melted butter.2. In a mixing bowl, stir together the melted butter, eggs, vanilla, honey, strawberry jam, and milk until combined. Add the flour, strawberry powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, mix until just combined.3. Divide the batter evenly among the prepared pan, filling 1/2-2/3 of the way full. Bake 10-12 minutes, until just set. Remove and let cool 5 minutes, then run a knife around the edges to release and invert the pan.4. To make the icing, mix all ingredients in a bowl with 3-4 tablespoons strawberry powder. Add additional milk to thin, as needed. Dip or drizzle the doughnuts into the glaze. Let set for 5 minutes. Snack, and enjoy!
Notes
To Make Strawberry Powder: In a blender or food processor, process 3 cups freeze-dried strawberries into a fine powder.
Made these this morning and oh my God!!! I didn’t have a donut pan, so I used a muffin tin. The only downsize to that is the icing to cake ratio isn’t as evenly distributed as I imagine it would be on a donut. Nonetheless, it was heavenly, especially that icing! I’m so glad I read the reviews beforehand or I would have dumped all 1/4 cup of the milk into the bowl. I barely used half of the liquid to make it really thick. Thank you for this recipe, and I love that it uses natural sugar in the cake!
Amazing!! So glad this worked in a muffin pan as well! xT
First Day of school breakfast treat! Kids loved it and I made it with GF flour for my celiac kiddo!!
Thank you so so much Bria!
What a crowd pleaser! They came out so delicious, especially the icing! In my first batch I overfilled the pan so they turned out like little cakes but the second batch was perfect. Thank you for the wonderful recipe.
Hi Kay! Thank you sooo much for giving the recipe a try! I am so glad you enjoyed it! xT
I used King Arthur gluten free flour and they turned out amazingly!! Will be making these again.
Thank you so so much! I appreciate you giving the recipe a try! xT
Great flavor and fun to make! My icing didn’t harden like yours. Any tips for improving that?
Hi there! Did you let the icing sit for a bit to harden?
Delicious! My glaze wasn’t as thick and pink as yours so I think maybe less milk would help? My toddler loved making and eating these together!
Hi Maria! Yes, if you’d like a thicker glaze I would add a little less liquid! xT
The recipe was ok. I don’t think it’s worth the time to make these again. The doughnut is lacking flavor and the icing is more sugar flavor than strawberry.
Hey Whitnie, thank you for letting me know! Is there anything else I can do to help?
What’s the best way to store these? These were delicious, thank you!
I would store these covered or in an airtight container! So glad you loved these doughnuts Anna! 🙂
I saw this on an Instragram post, and with granddaughters arriving from Whistler, I jumped on it! They were all finished, and I was cleaning up, within 30 minutes. The only change I made was to use freeze dried raspberries, and raspberry jam, as that is what I had. That icing is a game changer – so so so good.
Sooo glad you enjoyed these doughnuts! xT
So delicious! Made them with my granddaughter today and we had so much fun. We used a mini pan and it yielded 24 donuts and a little individual mini cake. We sprinkled some of the strawberry powder on top and it was just beautiful. Thanks for giving us this recipe and a day of memories.
Hi Rita! Thanks so much! I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed this recipe! xT
I have fond memories of going to my Nana’s house and eating fried donuts made out of biscuit dough for breakfast. My Nana is also known for her homemade strawberry cake, so these donuts are a combination of my Nana’s best recipes! I have never made baked donuts, so I look forward to trying this recipe.
Aww love that sweet memory! Thank you for sharing! xT
If the strawberry freeze dried mixture is left out, will it just taste like a vanilla style donut?
I haven’t ever tried this without the strawberry powder so I can’t say for sure! So sorry! xT
The link for freeze dried strawberry powder leads to Good and Gather freeze dried slices. Is that what you are referring to? Thank you! Can’t wait to make these!
Hi there! Yes, I just put those freeze dried slices in a food processor to make a powder! xT
Super excited to make these. They look delicious! Quick question. What’s the unit of measurement for the strawberry jam?
1/4 cup! Sorry for the confusion! xT
Hi! The recipe says “1/4 Strawberry jam” – is that 1/4 a cup?
Thanks! Looking forward to making these!
Yes, it’s a 1/4 cup!
I’m going to try making these gluten free. I LOVE donuts! Using freeze dried strawberries is how I make strawberry buttercream too. The flavor is so intense and delish!
Yummy! I really hope these turn out for you with GF flour!
Hi There!
We have an egg allergy. Do you think they would turn out with flax egg or would you suggest something different ?
Thank you!
Hey Angie! I personally haven’t tried this with flax egg so I can’t say for sure! Let me know if you give it a try! xT