Baked Donuts  (Master Recipe)

Baked Donuts Ingredients

– ▢ ½ cup sugar – ▢ ⅓ cup light brown sugar (packed) – ▢ ¼ cup butter (salted, at room temperature) – ▢ ¼ cup cooking oil – ▢ 2 large eggs (beaten, at room temperature) – ▢ 2 teaspoon baking powder – ▢ 1 ½ tsp  vanilla extract – ▢ ¾ teaspoon salt – ▢ 2 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour – ▢ 1 cup milk (or buttermilk, at room temperature)

Make The Donut Batter

In a medium-sized mixing bowl, add the room  temperature softened butter, cooking oil, sugar, and light brown sugar.  Cream together the wet ingredients, then add the beaten eggs, baking  powder, vanilla extract, and salt. Mix until evenly distributed.

Make The Donut Batter

Add the all-purpose flour and milk into  the wet ingredients, alternating and adding each in gradual amounts. You  want the batter thoroughly combined, but do not over-mix once it comes  together.

Fill Donut Pan & Bake

Transfer the batter into your prepared donut pans, filling each donut cavity approximately ⅔ full.

Fill Donut Pan & Bake

Place  the donut pans onto the center rack in your preheated oven and bake for  8-10 minutes until they have risen, and are golden on the bottom (you can see the lightly browned edges).

Fill Donut Pan & Bake

Remove  the baked donuts from your oven and leave them in the pan for 5 minutes  before flipping them out onto a wire cooling rack. Add your desired sugar, cinnamon sugar, icing, and any other toppings once cooled.

Enjoy!