Halloween Donuts (Baked)

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Tender, moist and delicious, these baked donuts are super easy and fun to make. Made with a simple donut batter, topped with sweet glaze and decorated with melted white chocolate, these Halloween donuts get all the delicious flavor of a traditional donut without the mess of frying! The best part? You can make them as cute or as spooky as you want.

Course Baking, Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine American

Keyword Halloween Baked Donuts

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 8

Total Time 28

Servings donuts

Calories 568kcal

Author Chef Kathy McDaniel

Ingredients

FOR THE DONUTS:

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
1 egg
1/3 cup + 1 1/2 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

FOR THE GLAZE

3 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk plus more if needed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Halloween Purple orange or green food coloring
6 oz white melting chocolate
Piping bag
Small round tip

Optional: A black food coloring gel pen can be used for black webs

Instructions

To MAKE THE DONUTS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Using nonstick cooking spray, spray the donut pan and set aside.
Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl.
In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, milk, butter, and vanilla extract.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir together until well combined. Try not to overmix the batter.You can spoon the batter into the baking pan or you can place the batter in a pipping bag. Pipe the batter into the wells of the pan filling ¾ of the way full.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow the donuts rest for 3 minutes then, remove them from the pan and place them on a cooling rack.
Remove from the oven and transfer the donuts onto a wire rack until cool enough to handle but still warm.

MAKE THE GLAZE

In a medium bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract. If the glaze is too thick, add additional milk, ½ teaspoon at a time until the desire consistency is reached.
Add food coloring and mix until the color is blended well.

ASSEMBLE

Set up a wire rack with parchment paper underneath.
Dip each donut halfway into the icing then, place on the wire rack.
In a microwave save bowl, melt the chocolate in 30 second increments. Prepare a pipping bag with a small round tip (such as round tip #2)
Pipe 8 lines equally spread apart from the center of the donut to the outside of the donut.
Make a wide “U” shape connecting two of the lines near the center of the donut. Continue connecting the rest of the lines with that “U” shape all the way around the donut.

Notes

Don’t overmix the batter. Remember that over-mixing the batter can make the donuts chewy rather than light and fluffy.
Don’t overfill the donut pan. The donuts will rise when baked, so each donut well should be filled 3/4 of the way full.
The donut batter can be made the night before and then stored covered in the refrigerator until ready to use.
Let the donuts cool before pouring the glaze over them. If they are too warm, the glaze will melt.
You can use this baked donut recipe and glaze recipe for any holiday using a different color.
These Halloween Baked Donuts taste amazing as is but if you want to spice them up a bit, you can add pumpkin spice, a little extra ground cinnamon and a little ground nutmeg to the dough before baking them.

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