Sugar Cookie Donuts
For a festive twist on a sugar cookies, celebrate the season with these tasty Sugar Cookie Donuts. Delicious, fluffy and filled with holiday flavor, these donuts are coated in a sugar cookie glaze then decorated with candy sprinkles. Make a batch for Christmas breakfast and another for everybody left on your gift list.
Equipment
- 6 cavity donut pan
Ingredients
Sugar Cookie Donuts
- 1 cup all-purpose flour unbleached
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg at room temperature
- 1/3 cup milk at room temperature
- 1/4 cup Greek yogurt at room temperature
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter melted
- 1 tsp vanilla pure
Sugar Cookie Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 Tbsp sugar cookie flavored coffee creamer (substitute milk if desired)
- 1 drop pink gel food coloring
- decorative sprinkles
Instructions
Sugar Cookie Donuts
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease donut pan with olive oil and set aside.
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar together in a large bowl.
- In a separate bowl, whisk egg, milk, yogurt, melted butter and vanilla until combined.
- Carefully add wet ingredients to dry, stirring with a wooden spoon until just combined. Take care to avoid overmixing. Note: Batter will be thick.
- Pipe batter into donut pan, evenly distributing between the six cavities.
- Bake for 9 minutes. Donuts are done when tops spring back when pressed by a fingertip.
- Cool donuts in pan for 3 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool completely before adding glaze.
Sugar Cookie Glaze
- In a medium bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, sugar cookie flavored coffee creamer and food coloring until smooth and lump free
- Dip donut tops into glaze then immediately decorate with sprinkles.
- Donuts taste best the day they are made but can be covered and stored at room temperature up to 2 days.