This baked maple donuts recipe with maple glaze may be your answer to the perfect homemade fall breakfast pastry. The real maple syrup flavor is infused not just into the glaze on this donut, but also the dough itself.
Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy one of these maple glazed donuts!
Maple Glazed Donuts: Perfect Fall Treat
This is one of my favorite donut recipes and these donuts with maple frosting are one of my daughter's most loved fall treats. I'm a little extra keen on them myself as well. In this recipe, the maple donuts are baked rather than fried, which is not only lower in fat, but far less hassle to prepare.
The combination of maple batter and maple glaze really make the flavor shine through in these donuts.
Baked Maple Donuts: Perfect Fall Brunch Recipe
Making a batch of this baked maple frosted donuts recipe doesn't take very long at all. I think they are a great alternative to making waffles, which need to be made in multiple batches.
While the baked donuts do need to cool off before applying the maple glaze. The entire batch is ready at once so everyone can eat together without someone's food getting cold, making them a great choice for brunch gatherings.
These donuts with maple icing are also the perfect treat to delight in while sipping a hot coffee on a chilly day.
Ingredients
Here's what you'll need to make these scrumptious donuts.
- Flour
- granulated sugar
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Baking Powder
- Buttermilk
- Eggs
- Butter
- Vanilla extract
- Maple Syrup
- Confectioner's Sugar (Powdered Sugar)
You will also need a donut pan.
How to Make the Donuts
- Start by preheating the oven to 350 degrees F and prepare a donut baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking powder.
- In another bowl, mix the buttermilk, egg, butter, vanilla, and maple syrup.
- Pour half of the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix well. Then add the remaining mixture and mix until smooth.
- Scoop or pipe the donut batter into the donut pan cavities. Fill to the top.
- Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes, until set and edges are golden brown.
- Remove the pan from the oven and place the doughnuts on a cooling rack until they reach room temperature.
How to Make the Maple Glaze
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Combine the glaze ingredients (maple syrup, sugar, cinnamon, and butter) and whisk until smooth.
- Dip one side of each maple donut in the glaze.
- Allow the glaze to firm up for a few minutes before serving.
No Donut Pan?
While I encourage you to get one of these donut pans, in a pinch mini muffin tins could be used to make a donut hole type dessert. A cupcake pan could be shallow filled, and you could serve them without holes, out cut out the centers.
How to Freeze Them
If you want to make an extra-large batch and save some in the freezer, that's a fantastic idea. Here's how to freeze the donuts so they stay fresh and don't stick together in the freezer.
- Place a sheet of parchment paper on a baking sheet.
- Put the baked and cooled donuts on the baking sheet in a single layer, not touching.
- Place the baking sheet in the freezer, uncovered, for about 2 hours, just long enough for them to freeze completely.
- Take the baking sheet out of the freezer and place the frozen donuts in a zippered plastic bag. They should stay frozen without sticking together.
When you are ready to eat them, just take the bag out of the freezer and put it in the refrigerator until they thaw completely (about a day). You can heat them up again in the oven at 300 degrees F for about 10 minutes. Keep an eye on the glaze, it will melt in the oven.
More Fall Brunch Ideas
- Old Fashioned Glazed Yeast Donut Recipe
- Apple Cinnamon Scones
- Cranberry Orange Donuts with Orange Ginger Glaze
- Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal
Baked Maple Glazed Donuts
Ingredients
Maple Donuts:
- 2 Cups flour
- 2 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ Cup buttermilk
- 2 Eggs
- ½ Cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ Cup maple syrup
Maple Spice Glaze:
- ½ Cup maple syrup
- 1 Cup powdered sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F and prepare a donut baking pan with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, add the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and baking powder.
- In another bowl, mix the buttermilk, egg, butter, vanilla, and maple syrup.
- Pour half of the wet ingredients into the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix well. Then add the remaining mixture and mix until smooth.
- Scoop the donut batter into the donut pan cavities. Fill to the top.
- Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes, until set and edges are golden brown.
- Meanwhile, in a bowl combine the glaze ingredients (maple syrup, sugar, cinnamon, and butter) and stir until smooth.
- Remove the pan from the oven and place the doughnuts on a cooling rack until they reach room temperature.
- Dip one side of each maple donut in the glaze.
- Once the glaze has firmed up, serve and enjoy.
Nutrition
Bonnie says
Should the butter be melted for either the batter or the frosting?
Robin Gagnon says
Thanks you for asking. The recipe has been updated.
Colleen says
In the ingredients you list 2 tsps of baking powder? Did you mean teaspoon or tablespoon?
Robin Gagnon says
That is the abbreviation for teaspoon.