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Baked Strawberry Donuts with Fresh Strawberry Frosting

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Do you have flavors that you shy away from in some baked goods? I do and one of them is strawberry. Some cookies, cakes and donuts that have “strawberry” in the title have no real strawberry taste.

Though they have lots of red color, it’s just a general red flavor.

Strawberry Frosted Baked Strawberry Donuts Recipe l www.a-kitchen-addiction.com

But, I love strawberries in baked goods and really wanted a donut that was filled with real strawberry flavor. So, I made some. . .baked strawberry donuts with fresh strawberry frosting.

Fresh strawberries are mixed into a vanilla base and transfer an ordinary donut into something special!

Fresh Strawberry Frosted Baked Strawberry Donuts Recipe l www.a-kitchen-addiction.com

The frosting for these donuts really couldn’t be easier. Fresh strawberries are mashed into a puree and stirred into confectioner’s sugar and butter, that is it. The butter in the frosting is optional, but I highly recommend it.

It adds a rich creaminess that makes the donut so much better! If you close your eyes while you take a bite, you can almost imagine that it’s warm out and the sun is shining!

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Baked Strawberry Donuts with Fresh Strawberry Donuts
 
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • For the Donuts
  • 1 C white whole wheat flour
  • 1 C all-purpose flour
  • ½ C sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ¾ C non-fat buttermilk
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 3 tbsp butter, melted and cooled
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ⅔ C strawberries, finely chopped
For the Frosting
  • ¼ C strawberries, chopped
  • 1 tbsp butter, softened (optional)
  • 2 C confectioner's sugar, sifted
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray donut pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  3. In a small bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, butter, and vanilla. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Gently fold in strawberries.
  4. Using a pastry bag or plastic bag with the tip cut off, pipe batter into donut pan filling each cavity about ⅔-3/4 full.
  5. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges just start to turn golden brown.
  6. Remove pan from oven to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes before removing donuts from pan.
  7. Repeat with remaining batter.
  8. While donuts are cooling, prepare glaze.
  9. Mash strawberries into a pulp, add butter, and stir in 1 cup of the confectioner's sugar. It may seem like the frosting isn't coming together, but keep stirring. Continue adding confectioner's sugar ¼ cup at a time until you reach desired consistency. If you find that you added too much confectioner's sugar, let it sit for a couple of minutes to allow the strawberries to juice or add a few more pieces of chopped strawberry.
  10. Spread frosting on donuts. Serve.

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  8. When I was a teenager there was a Amish store that my mom and I would always do our grocery shopping in in PA. They had the MOST amazing strawberry donuts and this makes me think of them. They look delicious!

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  14. I just had some fresh strawberries on the weekend and they didn’t taste very good. I guess it’s not the time of the year for them here. I have to wait for June for fresh ones. In the meantime, I’ll dream about these yummy donuts! 🙂

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  21. I can’t wait until strawberry season so I can make some of these donuts. I love strawberry anything and this is making me long for strawberry season.

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  29. I love strawberry everything, but you’re definitely right that there usually just isn’t enough fruit flavor to make it worth my while. But these…these are perfect. I love that the frosting is essentially just strawberry puree!

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  36. While I hate artificial strawberry stuff, I looooove real strawberries in baked goods, and especially in frostings and glazes. These donuts sound SO perfect – totally my type of afternoon snack with a cup of hot tea.

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