Sharing a simple Valentine’s Day Donut Recipe that can really double as a recipe for anything under the sun! Let’s be honest, Valentine’s day is just a Hallmark Holiday & frankly I don’t really even celebrate it unless it’s with girlfriends! I would much rather get flowers or a gift on a random day then on a make shift holiday, anyone else!? Okay so to be honest the first time I tried this recipe I tried to replace the flour with almond flour to make it a little bit more healthy and it was a total FAIL. The dough didn’t rise enough, it was soggy, fell apart, you get the picture! So I tried it for a second time with normal flour and it was way better & actually resembled a donut! Once I finally figured out the proper way to go about this recipe it was so fun to get to decorate them! I opted for edible flowers & a light pink homemade icing – included in recipe. I found the edible flowers at my local Sprouts!
Love Day Donuts
Notes
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 2 Cups of All Purpose Flour
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Sea Salt
- 2 Medium Eggs
- 1 ¼ cups Low Fat Buttermilk
- 2 tbsp Melted Butter
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar (sifted)
- ½ tsp Cherry Juice
- 2 tbsp Low Fat Milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 Degrees F
- Mix the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a medium sized bowl. In a large bowl whisk the buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and melted butter. Slowly add dry mix into wet mix & whisk.
- Lightly grease donut pans with cooking spray, or some melted butter.
- Fill the donut pans 3/4 full with the donut batter.
- Bake for about 15-17 minutes or until the donuts are golden and spring back when lightly touched.
- Once out of the oven, leave to cool for about 5-10 minutes then place on a rack & leave to cool completely before glazing.
- ICING - mix together the powdered sugar & milk. Add Cherry juice for a natural pink color. *If the glaze is too thin add some more powdered sugar to thicken it up.
- Dip into glaze & decorate while wet!