Homemade Christmas Donuts are the perfect Christmas breakfast treat! Surprise your guests with these adorable homemade donuts that are festive and made with simple ingredients. You can decorate these Christmas morning donuts any way you want. Santa donuts, Reindeer Donuts, Christmas present donuts. The possibilities are endless for easy Christmas donuts.
Baked Christmas Donuts recipe is popular in December when all things Happy Christmas are in full swing! This easy donut recipes uses healthier ingredients than traditional Krispy Kreme donuts and these are easy to make at home.
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Why You'll Love Baked Christmas Donuts Recipe
Homemade Christmas Donuts are perfect for the holiday season. Use minimal ingredients and are super fun for the entire family to decorate! They also make the perfect breakfast treats!
🍩 Ingredients for Christmas Themed Donuts
What you need for Christmas Donut Recipe
Dry Ingredients for Easy Christmas Donuts
- Flour: Use an unbleached high-quality flour for the homemade donuts. My all. time favorite baking flour is King Arthur.
- Granulated Sugar: Granulated cane sugar works best for this recipe. Do not use brown sugar. If you use brown sugar, the donuts will not come out right.
- Baking Powder: Use aluminum free baking powder. It's better for you and your kiddos.
- Baking Soda: We use baking soda and baking powder in this donut recipe so that the donuts rise properly.
- Nutmeg: Nutmeg is a game-changer and should be used in all donut recipes. Don't skip it!
- Sea Salt: Himalayan sea salt is a great choice for this recipe, but regular table salt works fine too.
Wet Ingredients for Donuts for Christmas
- Buttermilk: The buttermilk gives the donuts that rich taste and makes the donuts super moist. Nobody like dry donuts.
- Whole Milk: You can also use heavy cream but note if you use heavy cream the batter will be thick!
- Vanilla Extract: I love vanilla extract and tend to go a bit overboard with it. But a little vanilla never hurt anyone. 😉
- Eggs: Two large pasture raised eggs with the golden yellow yolks. No one is buying bleached eggs anymore right???
- Coconut Oil: Melted Coconut Oil works great for this Christmas themed donuts recipe and will make the donuts easier to bake and super moist!
- Candy Melts for the donut glaze: Candy melts are so fun and you can get them in so many colors! I stuck to the traditional Christmas colors of green and red for this recipe.
- Christas Themed Sprinkles: This is where the Christmas decorating fun really comes it. Decorate your donuts to your hearts content and do any designs you want! Fun ideas include: Snowman Donuts, Reindeer Donuts, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer Donuts, Star Donuts, Christmas Tree Donuts, or Christmas wreath donuts. The donut-bilities are endless! *see what I did there?*
Equipment for Christmas doughnut recipe
- Silicone Donut Mold: These are so cool and you can buy them in a variety of colors. They are super easy to use and wash well.
- Baking Sheet: You need a baking sheet to place the filled donut mold on. Don't try to bake christmas doughnut recipe without a baking sheet. It will be a disastrous mess.
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🍩 Instructions for How to make the best easy Christmas donuts
Prep Step: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). and place the donut mold on your baking sheet. Spray the donut mold well with cooking spray.
- Step 1: Mix the dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, sea-salt, and nutmeg until well combined. Set aside.
- Step 2: Next, add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Add the buttermilk, whole milk, melted coconut oil, vanilla extract, and eggs one at at time.
- Step 3: Spoon or pipe the batter into the donut cavities, filling each one about ⅔ full. Piping the batter gives the cleanest donut shape.
- Step 4: Bake at 350°F for 10–12 minutes, or until the tops spring back when touched or when a toothpick inserted, comes out clean.
- Step 5: Allow the donuts to cool on a cooling rack completely before decorating them. Once cooled, melt the candy melt colors of choice and place the donut frosting in separate bowls.
- Step 6: Dip each donut in the red or green glaze and place on a cooling rack so that the frosting can drip off. Do this step quickly as we need to add the sprinkles immediately before the frosting sets on the donuts.
Step 7
Top with the sprinkles and more icing glaze if desired. Decorate your Christmas Donuts however you want. The more creative and fun, the better! Let stand for 10-minutes before adding to a donut box or gift package.
Pro Tip for Christmas Sprinkle Donuts
- This Christmas donut recipe is best to be eaten and devoured immediately!
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Baked Christmas Donuts Recipe | Glazed and Homemade
Equipment
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients for Christmas Donuts
- 2 cups unbleached All-purpose Flour
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ teaspoon Himalayan Sea Salt
- 1 teaspoon Nutmeg
Wet Ingredients for Baked Christmas Donuts
- ½ cup Buttermilk
- ¼ cup Whole Milk
- 2 large Eggs
- 2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- ¼ cup Melted Coconut Oil
Instructions
- Prep Step: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). and place the donut mold on your baking sheet. Spray the donut mold well with cooking spray.
- Mix the dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, sea-salt, and nutmeg until well combined. Set aside.
- Next, add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Add the buttermilk, whole milk, melted coconut oil, vanilla extract, and eggs one at at time.
- Spoon or pipe the batter into the donut cavities, filling each one about ⅔ full. Piping the batter gives the cleanest donut shape.
- Bake at 350°F for 10–12 minutes, or until the tops spring back when touched or when a toothpick inserted, comes out clean.
- Allow the donuts to cool completely before decorating them. Once cooled, melt the candy melt colors of choice and place the donut frosting in separate bowls.
- Dip each donut in the red or green glaze and place on a wire rack so that the frosting can drip off. Do this step quickly as we need to add the sprinkles immediately before the frosting sets on the donuts.
- Top with the sprinkles and more icing glaze if desired. Decorate your Christmas Donuts however you want. The more creative and fun, the better! Let stand for 10-minutes before adding to a donut box or gift package.
- This Christmas donut recipe is best to be eaten and devoured immediately!
Deb
We made a practice run for Christmas and these will definitely be going on the Christmas morning menu! My family devoured these donuts and they were so easy to make!
Lory
I baked these Christmas donuts today, and they came out soft, sweet, and super easy—such a fun little treat to make for the holidays.
Jacqui
These Christmas donuts are so much fun to make and delicious too! I made a few to try them out and will be making more at Christmas.