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We are so excited to make these Patriotic Donuts this 4th of July! I love making homemade donuts. I was pretty nervous the first time thinking it was much more difficult than it was. Now that I’ve done it I don’t know why I didn’t try it earlier.
Patriotic Donuts
Donut Ingredients:
- 2 2/3 C Flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 C sugar
- 1/2 C whole milk
- 1/4 C melted unsalted sweet cream butter
- 1/2 C sour cream
- 2 large egg
- 1/4 C canola oil
- light blue, white, and red cookie icing
Vanilla Glaze ingredients:
- 1/2 C milk
- 2 C powder sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Donut Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Use a baking spray to prep your doughnut pan.
- Set the pan to the side.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and sugar in a large bowl.
- Whisk together the whole milk, sour cream , and eggs into a separate bowl.
- Whisk in the melted butter, vegetable oil, and vanilla
- Gradually whisk in the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir just until combined
- Spoon the batter into the doughnut pan.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 9 minutes.
- Allow doughnuts to cool a few minutes in the pan.
- Transfer the donuts to a wire rack to completely cool.
Glaze Directions:
- Combine all ingredients into a large mixing bowl and mix until smooth
- Pour glaze over doughnuts and let dry for an hour before decorating
- Once dry, using the blue cookie icing, pipe a line on the top left corner of the doughnut and fill it in
- Pipe 5-7 lines using the red icing onto the doughnuts
- Using the white icing, pipe on 10-12 dots on the blue part for the stars in the flag
- Let dry for another hour to two hours before enjoying.
- ENJOY!!
More Great Donut Recipes
- Baked Lemon Donuts
- Easy Biscuit Donuts
- Boston Cream Donuts
- Cinnamon Sugar Air Fryer Donuts
- Strawberry Donuts
- Cinnamon Donuts
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Ingredients
Donuts:
- 2 2/3 C Flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 C sugar
- 1/2 C whole milk
- 1/4 C melted unsalted sweet cream butter
- 1/2 C sour cream
- 2 large egg
- 1/4 C canola oil
- light blue, white, and red cookie icing
Vanilla Glaze:
- 1/2 C milk
- 2 C powder sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Donuts:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Use a baking spray to prep your doughnut pan.
- Set the pan to the side.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and sugar in a large bowl.
- Whisk together the whole milk, sour cream , and eggs into a separate bowl.
- Whisk in the melted butter, vegetable oil, and vanilla
- Gradually whisk in the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir just until combined
- Spoon the batter into the doughnut pan.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 9 minutes.
- Allow doughnuts to cool a few minutes in the pan.
- Transfer the donuts to a wire rack to completely cool.
Glaze:
- Combine all ingredients into a large mixing bowl and mix until smooth
- Pour glaze over doughnuts and let dry for an hour before decorating
- Once dry, using the blue cookie icing, pipe a line on the top left corner of the doughnut and fill it in
- Pipe 5-7 lines using the red icing onto the doughnuts
- Using the white icing, pipe on 10-12 dots on the blue part for the stars in the flag
- Let dry for another hour to two hours before enjoying.
Nutrition
Calories: 462kcalCarbohydrates: 74gProtein: 6gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 59mgSodium: 267mgPotassium: 191mgFiber: 1gSugar: 44gVitamin A: 335IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 96mgIron: 2mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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