Description
Simple to make soft berry loaded blueberry donuts with accents of bright lemon flavor to get your day going in a way just a little more fun than a classic blueberry muffin. If you use fresh berries, this is a true one-bowl recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
Lemon blueberry donut batter
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted (57 g)
- 1 large egg
- 2/3 cup whole milk, (156 mL)
- 1/3 cup yogurt (75 g)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla paste or vanilla extract
- 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (276 g)
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar (50 g)
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 2 and 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 /4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
Blueberry glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar (120 g)
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted (57 g)
- 3 Tablespoons blueberry jam
- 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
- Reserved lemon zest
Instructions
Make the batter
- Preheat the oven to 375 F (180 C).
- Melt the butter in a small pan. Brush 2 6-cavity donut pans with a little bit of the butter.
- Break the egg into the butter and then beat until the egg is smooth.
- Whisk in the milk, yogurt, half the lemon zest, and vanilla.
- Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt, in a bowl. If you’re using frozen blueberries, toss about 1/4 cup of the dry ingredients with the berries in a small bowl. This is not necessary for fresh berries.
- Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the milk mixture.
- Stir to create a thick batter. Fold the flour-coated berries in, just until the flour disappears.
- Use a small cookie scoop to scoop 2 scoops of batter into each well of your pans. Drop the batter into the edges of each well, and then use lightly damp hands to press the dough into the pan.
Baking and finishing the donuts
- Bake the donuts for 18-20 minutes until the tops spring back when you touch them. Turn out the donuts onto a wire rack.
Make the glaze
- Mix all the glaze ingredients in a small bowl.
- Dip the tops of the donuts into the glaze, and then scatter over some of the leftover lemon zest into the wet glaze. Set the donuts to drain and for the glaze to set on the wire rack.
- Enjoy the donuts right away with a good cup of coffee.
Set the donuts to drain and for the glaze to set on the wire rack. 
Notes
Swap your berries: Use whatever berries you have. Any frozen berries will make a good glaze, though you might want to adjust the spices. In place of the nutmeg, use 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom with strawberries, 1 tablespoon of vanilla sugar with raspberries, or cherries with 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract .
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Morning breads
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
