Red Velvet Donuts are so pretty and delicious. Perfect for your Valentine on Valentine’s Day!

What’s better than a homemade, made from scratch donut? Anyone? Anyone? Nothing I tell you! It was snowing like crazy and I thought I was going to go out of my mind, again. My saving grace is to turn on the oven and to keep baking. It is my peace and serenity.

Since Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, I wanted to bake some delicious and beautiful red velvet donuts. Aren’t they so pretty? Too bad they disappeared so quickly, or I guess that’s a good thing!

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Name: Red Velvet Donuts
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 cup flour; 2 tbsp cocoa; ½ cup brown sugar; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp baking powder; ½ cup buttermilk; 2 ½ tbsp butter, melted; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 egg; 2 tsp red food coloring (or 1 ½ tsp red velvet flavoring/coloring); 2 cups powdered sugar; 1 tsp vanilla; Pinch of salt; 3-4 tbsp milk; ¼ tsp extract, optional (If you do not want a flavored glaze, add just ¼ tsp more of vanilla)

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Red Velvet Donuts turned out absolutely perfect. Soft and chewy without being too cakey. They were awesome for my first time attempting to make donuts.

Let me tell you that these donuts are so moist! The great thing about baked donuts, they really absorb the moisture from the glaze and become melt in your mouth tender. No need to heat up all of that oil and grease! They are super easy and you will want to make up another batch whenever friends or family stop by. The donut pan is a game changer!

My kids loved the different glaze colors, they are so pretty and festive, plus fabulous to photograph!

I hope that you have a wonderful Valentine’s day with your sweetie pies!

Make sure to have lots of treats for your celebration!

Let’s make these donuts!!

In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, cocoa, brown sugar, salt, and baking powder.

In a second bowl, combine the wet ingredients: buttermilk, melted butter, vanilla extract and egg.

For the dry ingredients, make a well in the middle of the bowl. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry.

Mix together. Add in the red food coloring or red velvet flavoring/coloring.

Grease the donut pan. (Tip: Grease the pan well!)

Bake for about 10 minutes or until the tops spring back. Allow to cool completely.

In a bowl add powdered sugar and salt. Mix. Add the vanilla, the flavoring extract if you choose, and 2 tbsp milk. Stir.

Slowly add 1 tbsp of milk at a tip until you get the consistency that you want. (I added about 3 – 3 ½ tbsp of milk total.)

Aren’t they beautiful? Almost too pretty to eat…almost…well they were all eaten!

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12 donuts

Red Velvet Donuts

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Additional Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup flour
2 tbsp cocoa
½ cup brown sugar
½ tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
½ cup buttermilk
2 ½ tbsp butter, melted
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
2 tsp red food coloring (or 1 ½ tsp red velvet flavoring/coloring)
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Pinch of salt
3-4 tbsp milk
¼ tsp extract, optional (If you do not want a flavored glaze, add just ¼ tsp more of vanilla)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350.

In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, cocoa, brown sugar, salt, and baking powder.

In a second bowl, combine the wet ingredients: buttermilk, melted butter, vanilla extract and egg.

For the dry ingredients, make a well in the middle of the bowl. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry.

Mix together.

Add in the red food coloring or red velvet flavoring/coloring.

Grease the donut pan. (Tip: Grease the pan well!)

Bake for about 10 minutes or until the tops spring back.

Allow to cool completely.

To make the glaze:

In a bowl add powdered sugar and salt. Mix.

Add the vanilla, the flavoring extract if you choose, and 2 tbsp milk. Stir.

Slowly add 1 tbsp of milk at a tip until you get the consistency that you want. (I added about 3 - 3 ½ tbsp of milk total.)

Separate your glaze into smaller bowls and use food coloring to get your desired colors.

Dip the tops of the donuts into the glaze.

While the glaze is still wet, add sprinkles.

Allow to fully set.

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Nutrition Information

Yield

Serving Size

1
Amount Per ServingCalories 184Total Fat 3gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 1gCholesterol 24mgSodium 204mgCarbohydrates 36gFiber 0gSugar 26gProtein 3g

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Nettie is a wife and mother who is passionate about cooking and baking… especially when easy meals are involved! With 5 children, Nettie insists that all meals, snacks, and desserts come together quickly! You will find a wide variety of easy yet scrumptious recipes on her very popular website Moore or Less Cooking.