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functional image cherry donuts with cherry vanilla glaze piled on a white cake stand with a wooden base and garnished with pink carnations
Heather Wolf

Cherry Donuts with Cherry Glaze

5 from 4 votes
For fresh donuts straight from your oven try this tasty Cherry Donuts recipe. Ready after just 10 minutes of baking, these sweet, fluffy donuts are flavored with cherry preserves and topped with a cherry swirled glaze.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 9
Course: Donuts
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Cherry Donuts
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour unbleached
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg room temperature
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk room temperature
  • 1/4 cup plain Greek yogurt room temperature
  • 2 Tbsp unsalted butter melted and cooled
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract pure
  • 1/3 cup cherry jam
Cherry Glaze
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbsp milk
  • 2 Tbsp cherry jam

Method
 

Cherry Donuts
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour donut pan to prevent sticking then set aside.
  2. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and sugar together in a large bowl.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk egg, buttermilk, yogurt, melted butter and vanilla until combined.
  4. Carefully add wet ingredients to dry, stirring with a wooden spoon until just combined. Take care to avoid overmixing.
  5. Add cherry jam then swirl into the batter with a knife.
  6. Pipe batter into donut pan, filling cavities 3/4 of the way.
  7. Bake for 10 to 11 minutes. Donuts are done after tops spring back when pressed by a fingertip.
  8. Cool donuts in pan for 3 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool completely before adding cherry glaze.
  9. Clean donut pan, grease and flour then repeat the baking process with the remaining batter.
Cherry Glaze
  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together powdered sugar and milk until smooth and lump free.
  2. Add cherry jam then stir until glaze turns pink.
  3. Dip donut tops into glaze then place on a baking rack until glaze sets.
  4. Serve immediately.
  5. Donuts taste best the day they are made but unglazed donuts can be covered and stored at room temperature up to 2 days.