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Soft and melting in the mouth are these vanilla glazed donuts baked without yeast. This colorful dessert is a welcome splurge for the entire family, with or without guests. I also love to offer a rainbow of colorful donuts for my high tea parties, baby showers and picnics. Who would say a NO to delicious homemade baked donuts?
For a bite-size dessert, check my recipe for Homemade Baked Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts.

How To Make Baked Donuts that Rise Without Yeast?
To bake donuts without yeast is one of my favorite things. Every now and then I do not have yeast in my pantry, but I do want to create something delicious right away.
These homemade baked donuts rise during the baking thanks to baking soda! A small amount of this white magic goes a long way.
Please take into account that this particular recipe calls for a donut baking pan. You can get it HERE. I use mine frequently with this recipe and get a lot of use out of it.
There are recipes with the dough that can be shaped into a donut ring and not use a donut pan. But this recipe is for pumping the dough into the baking cavity. Using a regular spoon or a Ziploc plastic bag, you can fill donut cavities with precious liquid dough.
When donuts are ready, the upper part of the baked dessert will be of lighter color than the side which was inside the cavity of the donut pan. This is normal. I decorate the lighter part with royal icing.

Coloring for Royal Icing or Vanilla Glaze
When it comes to coloring, I like to use food grade colors. This one from Watkins has no artificial coloring inside and is perfect for 4 colors and their variations during mixing them with each other.

If you love natural colors, there are some premiums on the market. This truly mesmerizing pink pitaya supercolor powder is a perfect coloring agent for any of your recipes. You can use in royal icing, cakes, smoothies, creams, lemonades, pastries and pancakes. This product is Non-GMO, Gluten Free, has zero preservatives, plant-based. And what is even more exciting, it gives a brilliant pink color and its hues. You can buy it HERE.

Without further ado, here’s a truly marvelous recipe for Vanilla Glazed Donuts baked within minutes. You can easily double the recipe to receive a full dozen of these amazing donuts.

Homemade Vanilla Glazed Donuts Baked Without Yeast In A Donut Pan
A delicious small batch of baked donuts can be used for your breakfast, lunch and even high tea parties. Choose colorful glase on donuts to celebrate your occasion.
Ingredients
1st Bowl Dry Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour sifted
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
2nd Bowl Wet Ingredients
- 1 egg
- ⅓ cup + 2 Tbsp milk sometimes I use half-and-half as a substitued for milk
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter melted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Vanilla Glaze
- ½ cup Confectioner's sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 2 Tbsp milk or half-and-half
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Food coloring of choice optional
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350F
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Use any oil to grease a donut pan. Set aside.
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1st Bowl: Combine all dry ingredients and carefully whisk them together.
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2nd Bowl: Combine all wet ingredients and add them to the 1st Bowl. Combine all ingredients until they become one smooth batter.
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Use a teaspoon to spoon the batter and fill each cavity of the donut pan at 3/4 of its capacity. You can use a batter bag or a ziplog bag to pip the batter into each cavity. But I use a spoon just fine.
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Place a donut pan with batter into the oven for about 10 minutes. Every oven is different. So watch the donuts carefully to determine if they are baked.
Please note that the top of each donut will be much lighter than the bottom. This is how it should be. Because there's no frying involved, only the part that touches the walls of the pan will be really brown.
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Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
Prepare the Glaze
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In a bowl combine together confectioner's sugar, salt and vanilla.
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Add 1 Tablespoon of milk and combine well. Add another spoonful of milk if the mixture is too thick.
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Add food coloring of your choosing.
Dipping of the Donuts
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Dip each donut into the glaze, return to the cooling rack or board and immediately decorate with sprinklers, if you choose to do so. Glaze dries up fast, and sprinklers won't stay on a donut if you leave the decoration for later.
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Allow the glaze to settle for about half an hour and then serve to enjoy.

For a group dessert that is bursting with flavor and taste, check out this Healthy Mango Crisp Crumble Pie. It is unique, for sure.
48 thoughts on “Vanilla Glazed Donuts Baked Without Yeast In A Donut Pan”
Recipe sounds delish!!! One question though is the batter supposed to be somewhat runny???
How many calories are each donut??
This sounds really delicious. I might have to try these sometime.
Mary,
I like this recipe as it is a small batch, and there are only 6 donuts in it. No way to overdo on this sweetness.
Having read this, l went and brought the supplies to make them. Amazing and will be sharing them around!
Pyotr,
Once you have the donut pan, the rest is easy.
Enjoy the sweetness of life!
Oh this looks so yummy! I want to make these now! I bet my kids would go crazy for them.
Bree,
Even kids can make these donuts. Besides, they would adore decorating them.
I love Donuts too!!! But I just find it too tedious to make, although I haven’t really attempted at making one, haha.
Amy,
This recipe is exceptional – dump and mix all the ingredients into the bowl. Then spread the dough into donut cavities of the baking pan. Unless you need to get a donut pan, the rest is so easy.
Those glazed donuts are looking absolutely delicious! I bet that kids would love eating this.
Lyanna,
The kids love these! I double the recipe to satisfy everybody’s taste buds in the family.
These look really well made! The pink just brings it out and makes it even more delectable!
Rosy,
Thank you. My favorite part is decorating these donuts. I make them in different colors every time I bake. This time, I decided to go with the pink.
I need to get that pan, but can’t wait to make fresh donuts for my family!
Claudia,
If you like donuts, yes, this pan is a savior.
Plus, the recipe is very simple and ready in minutes.
This article got me craving for a doughnut so much . Love the design,so cute.
Rose Ann,
Yep, I feel you! These donuts are so tasty. The recipe calls only for 6 of them, but I need to double it each time, knowing the kids would ask for more.
The donuts look so delicious! I like that you’ve baked instead of frying them, makes them so much healthy.
Joanna,
I love the fact that no extra fat is added during the cooking.
But the donuts don’t lose in their softness and taste.
Yummy and the colors on there! I can’t believe it has no yeast, wow. My kids love donuts, they would definitely enjoy this.
Kevin,
Nope, no yeast in this recipe! It is made in minutes, so everybody could enjoy fresh donuts asap.
This article just makes my taste buds lift to my refrigerator to get anything to satisfy my craving. Wohoss! Thanks for sharing this article it will definitely give us great ideas.
Papa Jack,
These donuts are really, really good. I am not a big donut eater, but this recipe hits the spot. Plus they make a good display for any party.
The colour of that glaze makes them look to good to eat. They’re beautiful!
Thank you, Rachel,
They taste really great.
I’ve tried a lot of different variations for a donut recipe, this is my top winner.
This recipe now in the list of my most essential ones. My kids loved it and it is a great mood-lifter.
Hi Olya,
Oh, my, yes to the donuts! I am making a batch today as well per my kids’ request. But I make just 6, as per recipe. Or the kids would have too much sugar in one gulp!
my boyfriend loves glazed doughnuts, I was thinking about baking some these weekend for him!
Nina,
These would be great to serve this weekend. Super easy. Super delish. Super fast.
I like the way the donuts are presented here. And it looks so yummy.My daughter will make this recipe since she likes donuts, too.
Ramil,
That would be awesome for your daughter to make this recipe.
Share the pictures, if you can!
I like the way the donuts are presented here. And it looks so yummy.
Ramil,
They are really smooth and moist. This is one of my favorite recipes.
Oh my goodness! I am drooling over these donuts! Love how inviting they look!
Thank you, Catalina,
So great to hear from the greatest chef alive!
That looks really delicious! I would love to give it a try!
Toni,
I wish we could exchange our recipes! Would be amazing.
The shared beautiful vanilla glazed donuts looks good, the recipe is useful for readers.
I hope that my audience would try this recipe!
I’ve been making a lot of baked donuts lately. I have those same pans. Super easy to use!
Kathy,
I love this recipe! Make sure you double the ingredients if you wish to make more than 6!
That’s great that you don’t even need yeast. I’m going to have to give these a try. My daughters have been wanting to make donuts soon too. I have almost all the ingredients on hand too.
Kathy,
This is my favorite as of today. I love this recipe for a great dough and colorful donuts we can make.
I need to make these as they look so yummy. I love the pink color
Tara
You’ll love these. They are light and smooth. And they are not dripping with grease either.
Let me go add the ingredients to my insta art order! These sound so good!
Robin,
I have a ton of recipes I’ve saved to make. Hard to keep up with the posting. My phone is bursting at the seams with food pictures.