11 Melt-In-Your-Mouth Donut Recipes

By Rosa L. • May 14, 2024

Create your donut favorites right from home! Soft, melt-in-your-mouth, and delightfully sweet — nothing quite beats that first bite of a donut for breakfast, snack, or dessert. And making homemade donuts is easier than you think! Arm yourself with these 11 Melt-In-Your-Mouth Donut Recipes the next time a donut craving strikes and you'll never be left without your favorite bakery treat!

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#1. Spring Jelly Donut Bake

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and it's going to be a great day! Spring Jelly Donut Bake will start your day in a sweet new way! Donuts take on a whole new life when a little orange zest and vanilla are added to a creamy marinade, then baked to bread-pudding-like perfection. Then, the dish gets elevated with the addition of raspberry preserves throughout! Add a little sweetness to your morning with Spring Jelly Donut Bake. It will definitely put the spring back in your step to start the morning off right!

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#2. Homemade Apple Cider Donuts

You guys! These Homemade Apple Cider Donuts are the bomb-diggity and your breakfast will never be the same! Orchard-fresh apples and freshly pressed apple cider with all of the classic fall seasonings get cooked down and incorporated into a tender dough that's shaped and fried to a golden-brown. But wait, the best is yet to come... both the donuts and the donut holes (the bonus of making your own donuts) are dunked in a creamy rich glaze and dazzled with a delightful cinnamon-sugar topping to help ensure these sweet treats take center stage at all your fall breakfast and brunch gatherings. Melt in your mouth Homemade Apple Cider Donuts are oozing with all that great apple and cinnamon flavor you love, no matter the season.

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#3. Baked Strawberry Donuts

Ah, how to get Valentine's Day started properly? Always a particularly fraught question; you want to set the right tone for the day and show just how much you care. So, take the anxiety out of the decision with speedy and sweet Baked Strawberry Donuts! These rosy, fruity, and joyous treats are filled with the summery, floral notes of strawberries in each tender bite and then topped with a glistening homemade strawberry glaze. Baked Strawberry Donuts might be better than buying a bouquet of roses because nothing invokes the spirit of Valentine's Day better than an indulgent treat like this!

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#4. Easy Baked Pumpkin Donuts

Bundling up this autumn has never tasted quite so good. Easy Baked Pumpkin Donuts lets you skip the line at the donut shop and instead enjoy the seasonal warmth and sweet spiciness of pumpkin from the comfort of your own home. Made in less than 25 minutes and with no need for frying, Easy Baked Pumpkin Donuts are perfect for getting into the fall spirit and for satisfying your sweet tooth whenever it strikes. These donuts are best enjoyed while admiring the leaves changing color.

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#5. Healthy Iced Vanilla Donuts

Such miracles shouldn't be possible! Healthy Iced Vanilla Donuts have the moist, cake-like texture and the sweet floral vanilla icing of a donut shop treat! However, instead of frying, Healthy Iced Vanilla Donuts are baked, reducing their fat content and calories so you can enjoy them guilt-free! Plus, you can make them in 30 minutes or less! Why would you ever stop by the coffee shop for a snack when you could have these instead?

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#6. Copycat Krispy Kreme® Donuts

No need to worry about whether the "hot light" is on when you can make Copycat Krispy Kreme® Donuts in your very own kitchen! The fluffy dough is topped with the melty sweet glaze to make these delectable treats. You can have them for breakfast, as a snack, or as dessert! Copycat Krispy Kreme Donuts taste so much like the original, people won't believe you made them at home.

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#7. Almond Claws

These donuts are fierce! Almond Claws are the nutty cousin of the classic pastry, filled with sweet almond paste and covered in crunchy almond slivers. The pastries themselves are flaky, buttery, and crispy: you can hear them crackling with excitement as you bite into each one. It bears repeating: Almond Claws are a delicious and fun addition to the breakfast or brunch table. You might even be tempted to high-five them before you eat them!

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#8. Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls

Valentine's Day is such a fun, little holiday to celebrate! All the pinks and reds and treats and flowers and love taking over everything for the day brings so much joy! Knowing that, we must make sure to enjoy every last drop of it, starting bright and early with breakfast! Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls bring the festive colors and the sweetness and they're sure to steal your heart. Get ready to fall in love with these fluffy, perfectly crunchy-on-the-outside, gooey-on-the-inside delights. They gift you hints of rich cinnamon and chocolatey cocoa powder all swimming in a sugary vanilla frosting. Step aside, pink-frosted donuts, Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls are the new stars of lovey-dovey sweet morning treats on love day!

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#9. Almond Tea Bread

So many of us get a little puckish around 3 o'clock. In England, they have a whole midday meal dedicated to having a little something to help them recharge, regroup, and just enjoy life. Perhaps it's time to take a page out of their book, grab a cup of tea and a slice of something indulgent and whimsical, and just catch your breath. This Almond Tea Bread fits the bill and then some! Tender and buttery, with the infused toasty, nutty flavor of almonds, this cake is delicious all on its own. But it doesn't stop there; little jewels of sweetness and tartness from gorgeously scarlet cherries further brighten each bite. Serve up a slice of Almond Tea Bread and you'll certainly feel like your cup runneth over!

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#10. Fall Fritters

Mmmm, Fall Fritters are just tops! It really is that simple; jammy apples surrounded by a golden, tender, donut-like coating and drizzled with a cinnamon-sugar and cider glaze. It's apples and cinnamon, the classic fall flavor pairing, all the way down! Time to run to the orchard and pick a bunch of apples, because you'll be craving more Fall Fritters for a long time after eating them!

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#11. Sweet Corn Holes

Sweet Corn Holes are a new twist on homemade donuts that will leave you ga-ga! The donuts are, of course, tender, melt-in-your-mouth confections, deep-fried to a gorgeous golden brown, and then coated in cinnamon sugar. But the secret to their delight lies in their hearts — their creamy, summery sweet fillings with notes of vanilla and cinnamon. Sweet Corn Holes are perfect for bringing a Labor Day barbecue to an amazing end or to really spice up your breakfast. You might just find new reasons to whip up a fresh batch!

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