A great way to celebrate with your sweetheart or the ones you love is to make these Valentine’s Day Donuts either together or as a sweet treat! The sweet strawberry flavor of the donuts will have everyone coming back for more.
Want more Valentine’s Day ideas? Then try our 20 Valentine’s Day Treats, Valentine’s Day Puppy Chow or our Love Bug Valentine’s Day Cookies.
While it is not essential to buy something for Valentine’s Day for your special someone, it is always appreciated. Even more so, a homemade treat is a treasured gift, or getting the family together to make something is fun and festive, too.
Why I Love This Recipe
- So fun for Valentine’s Day
- Edible craft you can do with the family
- Sweet treat for a teacher
- Easy to make
- Let’s you be creative
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What Ingredients go into These Valentine’s Day Donuts?
Recipe Ingredients
All-Purpose flour – Standard flour for baking.
Baking soda and baking powder – These are leavening agents to help your donuts rise.
Granulated sugar – White sugar works best for these donuts.
Eggs – Also gives the donuts height, plus moisture.
Strawberry extract – You can also use a strawberry emulsion if you like.
Melted butter – Adds richness to the donut.
Strawberry Milk – You can get strawberry milk in single servings.
White, Red, and Pink Melting Chocolates – You can use all three or whatever you like for decorating.
Valentine’s Day Sprinkles – Get a nice collection of sprinkles so you have a choice for decorating.
Coconut Oil (optional) – Coconut oil helps chocolate to be smoother, shinier, and it dries harder, too.
Supply List
Wire Rack – For cooling your donuts.
Parchment Paper – Use for decorating to make clean-up a breeze.
Piping Bag – For filling the donut pan and also for decorating if need be.
Donut Pan – You can use a metal or silicone pan.
Cooking Spray – Necessary to have the donuts release easily.
How to Make These Valentine’s Day Donuts
Step by Step:
Start by adding your flour, baking soda, sugar and baking powder to a mixing bowl. Whisk together.
Add in your eggs, strawberry extract, melted butter, and milk. Mix on high until well combined and smooth.
Pour batter into a piping bag, spray baking pan with Baker’s Joy cooking spray, and pipe batter into each well. Only fill wells halfway; otherwise, they will spill over when baking.
Bake at 350 degrees for 7 to 10 minutes, just until baked through. Do not overbake, or they will become dry. Remove from the oven and let cool. Repeat until the batter is used up.
Place your melting chocolates into separate bowls (I do roughly a cup of each) and place each in the microwave one at a time. Microwave in one-minute intervals, stirring after each, until smooth. You can add a teaspoon of coconut oil to make melted chocolate smoother if you desire, but not necessary.
Place parchment paper under a wire rack. Dip the top half of each donut in melted chocolate and place on the wire rack to set. Decorate with sprinkles, or place some chocolate in a piping bag and decorate as desired. Get creative! The possibilities are endless.
Once chocolate has set, serve and enjoy. The perfect donut for Valentine’s Day!
Recipe Pro Tips!
FAQs
Don’t overfill your donut pan or the donuts will spill over in baking. Fill just to the halfway point or slightly less.
Be creative in decorating, but do the less expensive; you can easily just do one color of melting chocolate and some sprinkles.
Storage
Baked donuts last about 1-2 days at room temperature but up to one week when refrigerated.
You can store them in an air-tight container with wax paper between layers for up to 2-3 months in the freezer.
DO YOU WANT MORE DONUT RECIPES?
We love making baked donuts in our house. Once you invest in an inexpensive donut baking pan, then why not!! Here are some of our faves.
Valentine’s Day Donuts
Ingredients
- 2 cups Flour
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¾ cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 teaspoon Strawberry Extract
- 2 tablespoons Melted Butter
- ¾ cup Strawberry Milk
- Melting Chocolates White, Red, and Pink
- Valentine’s Day Sprinkles
- Coconut Oil optional
Instructions
- Start by adding your flour, baking soda, sugar and baking powder to a mixing bowl. Whisk together.
- Add in your eggs, strawberry extract, melted butter, and milk. Mix on high until well combined and smooth.
- Pour batter into a piping bag, spray baking pan with Baker’s Joy cooking spray, and pipe batter into each well. Only fill wells just to halfway, otherwise they will spill over when baking.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes, just until baked through. Do not overbake or they will become dry. Remove from the oven and let cool. Repeat until the batter is used up.
- Place your melting chocolates into separate bowls (I do roughly a cup of each) and place each in the microwave one at a time. Microwave in one-minute intervals, stirring after each, until smooth. You can add a teaspoon of coconut oil to make melted chocolate smoother if you desire, but not necessary.
- Place parchment paper under a wire rack. Dip the top half of each donut in melted chocolate and place on the wire rack to set. Decorate with sprinkles, or place some chocolate in a piping bag and decorate as desired. Get creative! The possibilities are endless.
- Once chocolate has set, serve and enjoy. The perfect donut for Valentine’s Day!
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