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10 Homemade Donut Recipes

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Who doesn’t love donuts?! Powdered, chocolate, glazed, sugar, sprinkles, there are so many choices and yet they all taste DELICIOUS. When I was a little girl, Sunday mornings meant donuts. Before we headed off to church we stopped in the same Dippity Donut store and I got to choose my favorite treat. It was a small, sweet tradition that was always one of my favorites. Today I’m thinking back to those delicious Sunday mornings when I was a kid and sharing 10 homemade donut recipes.

Simpsons donuts
Photo Source: The Flavor Bender

HOMER SIMPSON DONUTS

These creative donuts from The Flavor Bender are a cute spin on The Simpsons’ kind. Not only are they adorable and almost cartoon like, the raspberry frosting is sure to be a fruity crowd pleasure.

Simpsons Donuts
An easy and complete tutorial on how to make Homer Simpson’s absolute favorite snack – these fun, pink glazed doughnuts with sprinkles (The Simpsons Doughnuts) – with perfect results, every time! 
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Simpson Donuts
Homemade Glazed Donuts
Photo Source: The Pioneer Woman

GLAZED DONUTS

You really can’t go wrong with a glazed donut like the ones in this recipe from The Pioneer Woman. Don’t you just love how the glaze that surrounds the donut just melts in your mouth?

Homemade Glazed Donuts
Round. Sweet. Light. Delicious. As close to "those doughnuts" as I've been able to make at home. Try them!
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glazed donuts
strawberry donuts
Photo Source: Marsha’s Baking Addiction

BAKED STRAWBERRY DONUTS

These light and fluffy donuts from Beki Cooks are sure to be a hit. You will have so much fun making them together!

Baked Strawberry Donuts
Baked Strawberry Doughnuts – Deliciously moist and fluffy BAKED doughnuts that are stuffed full of fresh strawberries, and topped with a sweet strawberry glaze!
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strawberry donuts
Starbucks Devils Food Donuts
Photo Source: Katie All Over

STARBUCKS COPYCAT DEVILS FOOD DONUTS

When I was a little girl I would always choose devil’s food donuts. This recipe from Dash of Sanity brings out the best in my favorite donut. Chocolate on chocolate, dry chocolate with moist chocolate, this is perfection.

Copycat Starbucks Devil’s Food Donuts
Copycat Starbucks Devil’s Food Donuts are insanely delicious. Covered in a vanilla-butter glaze, they’re better that the real deal and healthier too!
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Devil's Food Donuts
Sour Cream Donuts
Photo Source: Tastes Better from Scratch

OLD FASHIONED SOUR CREAM DONUTS

This recipe for old fashioned sour cream donuts by Tastes Better from Scratch would most likely make us eat way too many!

Old Fashioned Sour Cream Donuts
You don’t need any fancy equipment or ingredients to make amazing homemade donuts! These old-fashioned sour cream donuts are slightly crisp on the outside and tender in the middle with a simple and delicious donut glaze.
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Sour Cream Donuts
Cinnamon Donuts
Photo Source: Broma Bakery

CINNAMON DONUTS

This recipe for cinnamon donuts from Broma Bakery would make an amazing addition to any breakfast!

Baked Cinnamon Donuts
These Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts are soft, moist, delicious and easy to make. They’re the perfect special breakfast treat for a weekend…or any day of the week
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Cinnamon Donuts
maple bars
Photo Source: The Food Charlatan

Maple Bars

Maple bars are my husbands favorite donut because he loves the creamy maple topping paired with the soft, flaky donut. I’ve had a lot of hints to make this recipe from The Food Charlatan.

Maple Bars
An impossibly soft-and-chewy raised yeast donut, shaped in a long rectangle and topped with maple glaze.
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Maple Bars
vanilla cream filled donuts
Photo Source: Brown Eyed Baker

VANILLA CREAM FILLED DONUTS

This recipe from Brown Eyed Baker creates a yeast donut filled with delicious vanilla cream!

Vanilla Cream Filled Donuts
A recipe for sweet, yeasted doughnuts that are tossed in sugar and filled with a light vanilla cream.
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vanilla cream filled donuts
cake donuts
Photo Source: The Recipe Critic

OLD FASHIONED CAKE DONUTS

Looking for a simple donut to make without any of the bells and whistles? Then look no further than this recipe from The Recipe Critic.

Old Fashioned Cake Donuts
Cake donuts are rich and golden and take the word delicious to the next level! The sweet taste completely melts in your mouth and the delicate frosting with sprinkles will leave you asking for more!
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cake donuts

What’s your favorite donut? Have you ever made homemade donuts? Leave us a comment and share!

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Karen @ The Food Charlatan

Friday 4th of October 2013

This is such a great round-up! Can there ever be too many donuts?? I think not. Thanks for the shout out!

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