Perfect for breakfast during the holiday season, these Glazed Gingerbread Baked Donuts are quick and much easier than fried donuts!
If you love these holiday donuts, you’ll also love these Baked Peppermint Donuts!
It’s no secret that I have a little obsession with baked donuts. So of course I needed a Christmas-y donut. I loved the flavor of these. Perfectly spiced, and I’m thinking perfect for Christmas morning. Don’t skip the glaze because it gives these just the right amount of sweetness. What a great way to wake up on Christmas morning!
Ingredient Notes & Substitutions
- Flour: I’m just using all-purpose flour.
- Baking Soda & Baking Powder: You will need both to get the texture and lift that you need in these donuts.
- Spices: I just used cinnamon, ginger, and salt. You can always add in some pumpkin pie spice, though!
- Sugar: You will need light brown sugar. Dark brown sugar will probably work as well, although the molasses flavor will be even stronger.
- Eggs: I use large eggs.
- Applesauce: The applesauce will not only add a little bit of sweetness, but helps to keep the donuts moist.
- Molasses: I usually stock up on molasses at the start of the fall/winter baking season because it seems to sell out at the grocery store. If needed, you can always order molasses online.
- Oil: You will need some fat – I used vegetable oil. You could use another neutral oil, like avocado oil, or you could sub in melted butter. Oil tends to keep the donuts more moist, but butter would give you great flavor.
- Milk: You just need a little bit of milk. I use 2%, but since the amount is so small here, you really could use another milk that you have on hand.
- Glaze: The glaze is a simple glaze made from powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, and hot water. You probably have all of these on hand already.
Tips and Tricks
- If you don’t have a donut pan, you can bake these as muffins, although the baking time will change. I have not tested it, so I could not say for sure how much time they would need to bake.
- These donuts are best eaten the day they are made. If you do have leftovers, store them in an airtight container at room temperature. The Icing will get soft, but they will still be good for a few days.
- I only have 1 donut pan, so I have to bake half of the batter, then wait for the pan to cool and make the second batch. It works, but if you have 2 pans it goes a lot faster.
- Make sure you spray the donut pan with cooking spray, or the donuts might have a hard time coming out in one piece.
More Gingerbread Recipes
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Gingerbread Cupcakes
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Glazed Gingerbread Baked Donuts
Perfect for breakfast during the holiday season, these Glazed Gingerbread Baked Donuts are quick and much easier than fried donuts!
Ingredients
Donuts
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons milk
Glaze
- 2 tablespoons hot water
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a donut pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and salt.2 cups all-purpose flour, 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/4 teaspoon salt
- In the bowl of a mixer, mix together the brown sugar, eggs, applesauce, molasses, vegetable oil and milk until completely combined. Add in the dry ingredients and mix just until combined. Transfer the batter to a ziptop bag. Cut off the corner and pipe the dough into the prepared donut pan, filling 2/3 full.1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 eggs, 1/4 cup applesauce, 1/4 cup molasses, 4 tablespoons vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons milk
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 10 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes then turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Once cool, make the glaze. In a small bowl, combine all glaze ingredients and dip the tops of the donuts into the glaze. Return to the cooling rack to let the glaze set up.2 tablespoons hot water, 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Keywords: baked donuts, gingerbread
J'Marinde says
Perfect!!! to try with my new donut baking pan – – heart-shaped no less! PERFECT!!! Thanks!!!
Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious says
I’ll take a dozen please!
Melanie @ Just Some Salt and Pepper says
I need to finally use the donut pan I bought a few months ago AND I’m looking for a Christmas morning recipe. Perfect!