Who doesn’t love doughnuts, especially when topped with Nutella glaze? These baked doughnuts are not only healthier but also incredibly delicious. Plus, you don’t need a doughnut pan or special cutter to make them. I simply used two round cutters of different sizes, and they worked perfectly.
As long as the doughnuts are not overbaked, they remain soft and fluffy inside. You can top them with your favorite glazes and sprinkles. This Nutella glaze is both delicious and easy to prepare, and it was a hit with everyone. For the best experience, serve these Baked Doughnuts with Nutella Glaze immediately after baking to delight your taste buds.
How to make baked doughnuts with Nutella
Begin by preparing the dough. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, and 1/3 cup sugar.
In a small bowl, stir fresh yeast with 1 tsp sugar until it liquefies. Dissolve the yeast in 1/3 cup milk, then add this to the flour mixture. Add the butter, egg, and remaining milk, and start kneading until the dough is smooth and begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rest for about 1 hour at room temperature (in a warm space) until it has doubled in size.
How to cut the doughnuts
On a floured surface, use a rolling pin to roll the dough to a thickness of 1/2 inch (1 cm).
Use a doughnut cutter or a 3-inch (7.5 cm) round cutter to cut out the doughnuts, and an 1 1/4 inch (3 cm) round cutter for the inner circle. Re-roll the remaining dough and cut out more doughnuts until no dough is left.
Place the doughnuts on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Cover with plastic wrap and let them sit for about 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
Bake the doughnuts for 8-10 minutes until they are slightly golden brown. Be careful not to overbake them.
While the doughnuts cool slightly, prepare the Nutella glaze. In a bowl, combine Nutella with cream. If the mixture is too thick, gradually add more cream until the desired consistency is reached.
Dip the doughnuts halfway into the glaze. Use a knife to spread the glaze where necessary. Add nuts or sprinkles on top if desired.
Enjoy your freshly baked, glazed doughnuts!
Hope you will try these amazing Baked Doughnuts with Nutella Glaze. if you do, make sure to share the photos with me on Instagram. Would love to see how these turn out for you.
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Baked Doughnuts with Nutella Glaze
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups (315g) all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp (2g) salt
- 1/3 cup (66g) sugar
- 15 g fresh yeast (1 tsp active dry yeast)
- 1 tsp (5g) sugar
- 2 tbsp (28g) butter , melted
- 2/3 cup (160ml) lukewarm milk
- 1 egg , beaten
- extra flavor if desired: vanilla , lemon zest
Nutella Glaze
- 1/2 cup (140g) , Nutella
- 1/3 cup (80ml) whipping cream
Instructions
- In a large bowl whisk together the flour, salt and 1/3 cup sugar.
- In a small bowl stir fresh yeast with 1 tsp sugar until it liquefies. Dissolve yeast in 1/3 cup milk and then add to the flour mixture. Add the butter, egg and rest of milk and start kneading until smooth and slightly pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Cover with plastic wrap. Let it rest for about 1 hour at room temperature (warm space) until doubled in size.
- On a floured surface, using a rolling pin roll the dough until ½ (1 cm) inch thick.
- Use a doughnut cutter or 3 inch (7.5 cm) round cutter to cut the doughnuts and an 1 1/4 inch (3 cm) round cutter for the inner circle.
- Re-roll the rest of the dough and cut into doughnuts until no dough is left.
- Place the doughnuts on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, about 2 inches apart. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit for about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375F (190C).
- Bake the doughnuts for 8-10 minutes until slightly golden brown. Make sure you don’t overbake the doughnuts.
- While they cool slightly prepare the Nutella glaze.
- In a bowl combine Nutella with cream and if it still too thick gradually add more cream until desired consistency is reached.
- Dip the doughnuts halfway into the glaze, use a knife to spread the glaze where necessary and add nuts or sprinkles on top. Enjoy!
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ahhhh NUTELLA-Y GOODNESS! I’m dying over that glaze
can we fry these instead of bake them? Our oven is not working…they look great..can’t wait to try them…
Its winter and its coldand theres no warm place for it to rise.what should i do?
It’s winter and it’s cold and there’s no warm space for it to rise what should i do
Hi these look sinful. Can they be made egg-free? Would really appreciate if you could provide a substitute for eggs
These came out pretty well, except they were more bagel-like than donut-like. They were healthier though, plus the delicious glaze, which I guess kind of made up for that. Great recipe, though!
“In a small bowl stir fresh yeast with 1 tsp sugar until it liquefies. Dissolve yeast in 1/3 cup milk and then add to the flour mixture.”
Is this the same for active dry yeast? Thanks in advance
Hi,
Can we make and glaze them in advance and freeze them like 5 today’s before the event?
Thanks
on youtube they look very very dry,it’s true?