These Baked Buttermilk Blueberry Donuts are a special breakfast treat! Loaded with blueberries and dipped in sugar, they’re easy to make and a family favorite!
It’s Monday morning, and Mondays just call for something special, don’t you think? So today I made us something awesome for breakfast! Donuts. Baked Buttermilk Blueberry Donuts.
Yes, you read that right. I said baked! So technically, since these donuts are baked they are better for you! That means we can eat more than one and not feel as guilty. YAHOO! And what’s even better is they are filled with blueberries! So they’re baked, loaded with blueberries AND taste great!
We all know blueberries have the highest anti-oxidant capacity of all fresh fruit, right? Blueberries are also reported to reduce belly fat, but since I am putting them in a donut I guess we have to scratch that! Oh well, we can’t have it all but we can have donuts! And with my handy-dandy donut pan from Wilton it makes whipping these babies up a piece of cake donut! I added some cinnamon and a tablespoon of lemon zest to give these donuts added flavor and some buttermilk to keep them super moist. You won’t need to run to the donut shop for something special to go with your coffee when you can make these beauties in the comfort of your own home.
Monday is looking better already! Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar divided
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp. grated lemon zest
- 1/2 cup one stick butter
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 large eggs slightly beaten
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat standard size donut pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and lemon zest.
- In a small saucepan melt butter over low heat. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and melted butter for 2 minutes.
- Pour egg mixture into flour mixture and mix until well combined.
- Carefully fold in blueberries. Do not over mix.
- Pour dough into gallon-sized ziploc storage bag.
- Cut a 3/4 inch whole in bottom one corner of bag.
- Pipe dough into donut molds filling 3/4 full.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until donuts spring back when touched.
- Remove from oven and let cool in pan for 5 minutes, then invert onto cooling rack.
- Dip both sides of warm donuts into extra 3/4 cup sugar.
Yummy!!
Oh, they’re yummy alright! Enjoy!
I’m in! A wonderful way to begin the week! Monday comes around all too fast!
I’m glad Deb!! I agree! Have a great week!
I don’t need it all when it come to life, Mary Ann. I simply need ALL these blueberry donuts. ALL day. EVERY day. Twice on sundays. Because sundays equal fundays. I am in love with these! The fact that they are baked makes them allllll the better. I can indulge and not feel guilty- cheers to that!! <3 pinned!! Happy Monday girl, but you have these terrific baked blueberry beauties, of course it's a happy day! ;) xo
Thanks so much Cheyanne! I hope you have a great week! :)
Monday can’t get any better if you have donuts like this. They look so good ! Have a great week!
I agree Gerlinde! Thanks so much and have a great week!
These look so delicious!! I love making donuts and blueberry lemon is the perfect combination!! I need these!
Thanks Jessica! I love blueberry and lemon together! Enjoy your week!
These look delicious! I bought a donut pan about 6 months ago and I love using it and My kids love baked donuts. I’m always on the lookout for a good baked donut recipe and I think this one sounds perfect!
Thanks so much! You should try it. I think you’ll really like it! I love the blueberries and lemon flavor!
Blueberry donuts are my absolute fave. These look spectacular!!!
Mine too Jocelyn! Thanks so much! Can’t wait for your cookbook!!
These are gorgeous Mary Ann!! I am such a sucker for buttermilk doughnuts and I never would have thought to put blueberries in them, but I am completely smitten!! These are on my to bake list! Absolutely mouthwatering! And even though I’m a week late, it’s still Monday, so I can have DOnuts!! Thank you for this my dear!!
Thanks Traci! Absolutely! Donuts are for any day of the week! Right?
Made these last night and they were delicious. I didn’t have a lemon on hand, so I used 2 T. of lemon juice & it worked perfectly. Doughnuts baked beautifully & were not too sweet. Will definitely be making these again. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe!
I am so glad you enjoyed them Nora! So glad they turned out beautifully for you. Great idea to use the lemon juice! Thanks so much for following!
Would these be nice if I made with wholemeal flour?
Hi Steph. I have not tried them with wholemeal flour, but I think they may be a little bit denser. I think I would probably use 3/4 cup wholemeal flour for the one cup all-purpose flour. Thanks for the comment. Hope you enjoy them!
Stumbled upon this recipe and these are delicious! My son is going to devour them tomorrow at breakfast! I only had 1tsp vanilla left, no lemon zest and closer to 3/4 cups of sugar and they are still delicious! I can’t wait to try other recipes of yours!
Yay Nicole! So glad you found the BHK! And so glad you liked the donuts. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
Would a wheat free flour work with this. I’m trying to back off the wheat but I gotta have my donuts. What do you think?
Hi Aaron. I haven’t tried this with gluten-free flour, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. I’ve substituted gf flour for regular flour at a ratio of 1:1 in other recipes and it’s worked fine. Let me know!
Hi, Mary Ann,
First french being my language please be indulgent with my English post.
Cooking is one of my greatest passion, and when I found out your amazing blog and beautiful photos I immediatly wanted to suscribe and try your recipes . I’d like to realize your delicious donuts but I’m not sure to understand correctly the pan you use to put your donuts before cooking
Is it one special pan that fits for donuts ? The final shape of your donuts is so perfect the donuts are certainly not touching in the mold so I have a doubt about my understanding . Thanks and have a lovely day
Thanks so much for following Shirley! Yes, it is a special pan that’s made for making donuts. In the post, if you click on the Wilton link, it will forward you to the details of the pan I use. Hope you can grab one!
Thanks to you Mary, I found one, and now, I’m going to make delicious donuts!
Woohoo Shirley! Enjoy! Making donuts is sooo fun!
These were delicious! Very moist, and the lemon blueberry combination is a winner! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
So happy you enjoyed them Cathy!
Hello! So I made these last night and they came out great. The only issue I had was that when I opened my container this morning the sugar had absorb or melted. Do you know or have an idea why?
Hi Maria. After I dip the warm donuts in the sugar I let them cool before placing in a container. You can just re-dip in some sugar. They’ll be just as tasty.
DO these freeze well?
Yes, you can freeze in a Ziploc freezer bag and then take out and let come to room temp. Once at room temp I like to heat mine in the microwave for just a few seconds to warm up. Enjoy!
This recipe is not good. Dough came out like cookie dough, really think. Followed recipe exactly. Poured into a cake pan. We’ll see if that works or just waisted an hour of my time.
Hi Theresa. So sorry these didn’t work out for you. Not sure why really, because there have been so many positive comments about them.