Don’t you love strawberry season? It’s that magical time when you can grow or buy the most juicy strawberries that taste so delicious!
We’re picking juicy strawberries by the basket in the garden right now. Even though most time they don’t even make it back to my kitchen (pregnant woman + toddler = EAT ALL THE STRAWEBRRIES), I was able to save a couple as I’ve been dreaming up these fluffy strawberry donuts!
Fruit and baking go together perfectly. Just like when I make my Blueberry Buckle Cake, Slow Cooker Blueberry Cobbler, Strawberry Pie or Cherry Clafoutis, I think strawberries are the perfect match for donuts. This recipe makes 12 fluffy, moist inside, beautiful strawberry donuts! And since these donuts are only 154 calories a piece, they won’t give you too much guilt if you eat one (or 2!) for breakfast or dessert!
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How to Make Strawberry Donuts
First grab your fresh strawberries. Gorgeous aren’t they? Clean them off and eat a couple. No, this isn’t part of the recipe. They’re just so delicious so treat yourself! 🙂 Tip: Here’s how to store strawberries.
When you’re done eating them, dice up 1/2 cup strawberries. You want to chop them up pretty finely so they aren’t too big in the donuts. Also I recommend draining them if you find they’re too juicy.
Once the batter is ready (vegetable oil, buttermilk, eggs, sugar, salt, baking powder, vanilla and flour) in a bowl, then add in the diced strawberries. PS. If you don’t have buttermilk check out my buttermilk recipe substitute below.
Very carefully with a wooden spoon mix the strawberries into the batter. Don’t be too aggressive here or you’ll end up with red batter. Instead just do a couple flips with a spoon and the strawberries will be equally distributed.
This recipe makes 12 donuts, but if you want to cut it in half you can. Alternatively you could double it and make 24. Either way, fill up your donut pan about 3/4 of the way in each spot.
Bake for 17 minutes, and out comes fluffy beautiful donuts!
If you want to glaze these and add sprinkles go for it, but honestly I like these strawberry donuts more on the simple side, so I like to cover them with cinnamon sugar. To do this add your cinnamon and sugar into a plastic bag and give it a little shake.
After you let the donuts cool down a little bit, put the donuts in the bag (one at a time) and give them a soft shake to get covered in cinnamon sugar. Now remove and repeat until all the donuts are done.
And just like that you have Baked Strawberry Donuts that are ready to be devoured! You can store these in a bag for 2-3 days, but they’re always gone within a day in my kitchen!
Buttermilk Substitute with Lemon Juice
This recipe calls for 1/2 cup buttermilk but honestly I hardly ever have buttermilk in my fridge. I’m a “no waste” kinda girl so I hate having to buy a big container and only use it for 1/2 cup. Instead I make my own homemade buttermilk using lemon juice. Here’s how to make it.
You only need lemon juice and milk. I find that whole milk works best! Add 1 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice into a measuring cup. Now fill up with milk until you reach 1/2 cup. Give it a little stir and let sit for 5 minutes.
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I hope you enjoy these strawberry donuts as much as I do!
Other Donut Recipes
Looking for more donut recipes? Of course you are! Try these:
Chocolate Chip Donuts Pumpkin Donuts Jelly Donut Holes Glazed Carrot Cake Donuts Dairy Free Chocolate Donuts Chocolate Christmas Donuts
