Homemade Baked Peach Donuts with Brown Sugar Glaze

Use up those sweet summer peaches in this recipe for homemade baked peach donuts with brown sugar glaze. They're a fun and delicious summer breakfast treat!

One of my absolute favorite parts of summer are the sweet, juicy peaches that leave a trail down your arm as you eat them over the sink. The smell of peaches alone is enough to make my mouth water! If you find yourself with a few too many peaches to eat plain, this is just the recipe for you! Fluffy baked buttermilk donuts filled with fresh, sweet peaches and topped with a slightly hardened brown sugar glaze are fun to make with your little ones and so delicious as a weekend breakfast treat.

Why You'll Love These Baked Peach Donuts

These baked donuts so delicious! They are fluffy and cakey with a bit of buttermilk tang, and have just a hint of nutmeg that makes them reminiscent of your favorite donut shop cake donuts. Studded with juicy peaches and topped with the most addicting brown sugar glaze, you won't be able to stop at one!

How To Make Baked Peach Donuts with Brown Sugar Glaze

1. First, you'll whip up the donut batter. Mix the melted butter with the brown sugar, egg, and buttermilk.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk the flours, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Then gently fold in the peaches.
3. Add the batter to a pastry bag or a zip top bag with a large hole cut from the corner. Pipe the batter into a greased donut pan.
4. Bake the donuts for 10 minutes. The donuts are ready when they spring back when lightly pressed. Then turn up the oven and broil them for 1-2 minutes until the tops are golden. Remove from the oven and let the donuts cool before removing them from the pan.
5. Then, make the brown sugar glaze. Add brown sugar and milk to a saucepan. Heat it over low heat until it comes to a boil, stirring to prevent the milk from curdling.
6. Once the mixture reaches a boil, let it boil untouched for 2 minutes.
7. Turn off the heat and add the butter and powdered sugar. Whisk until smooth.
8. Dip the donut tops into the hot glaze and then place them on a rack to harden.

Tips For Making The Best Baked Peach Donuts

• Try not to over-mix the batter once you add the dry ingredients to the wet. Just stir until the flour disappears, and gently fold in the peaches.
• Watch the donuts carefully while broiling. You want them just golden and a little crunchy, but not burned!
• Keep the heat on low and stir often while bringing the glaze to a boil so that the milk doesn't curdle.
• If the glaze hardens before you dip all of the donuts, simply reheat it until it is liquid again.

Do I Need A Donut Pan?

To make baked donuts, yes, you need a donut pan. (I use these ones.) There's really no way around it. But if you don't have one and still want some amazing peach donut goodness, you could make little donut hole-esque muffins by baking the batter in a mini muffin tin and dipping them in the hot glaze.

How To Store Baked Donuts

These baked donuts are best stored at room temperature loosely covered for a few days. If you seal them in an airtight container, the moisture will cause the glaze to get soggy. You can use a cake stand with the top propped up open a bit, or a box similar to the donut shop if you have one.

More Delicious Peach Recipes You'll Love

• Whole Wheat Peach Galette
• Peaches and Cream Pancakes
• Peach Almond Overnight Oats
• Honey Lavender Peach Ice Cream
• Blueberry Peach Crumble

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Homemade Baked Peach Donuts with Brown Sugar Glaze

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Use up those sweet summer peaches in this recipe for baked peach donuts with brown sugar glaze. They're a fun and delicious summer breakfast treat!

• Author: Kaleigh
• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 15 minutes
• Total Time: 25 minutes
• Yield: 9 donuts 1x
• Category: breakfast
• Method: baked
• Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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For the Peach Donuts:

• 3 tbsp salted butter, melted
• ⅓ cup brown sugar
• 1 large egg
• ½ cup low fat buttermilk
• ⅔ cup white whole wheat flour
• ⅓ cup all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 peach, peeled and diced (about ⅔ cup)

For the Brown Sugar Glaze:

• ½ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 tbsp butter
• ½ cup powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 400°F. Grease a donut pan with oil spray.
2. In a large bowl, whisk the butter, brown sugar, egg and buttermilk.
3. In another bowl, whisk flours, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Pour into wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Gently fold in peaches.
4. Use a pastry bag or large zip-top bag with the corner cut out to pipe batter into prepared donut pan. Alternately, you can spoon the batter into the donut pan.
5. Bake 10 minutes, or until donuts spring back when lightly pressed. Turn oven up to broil and broil for 1-2 minutes, or until golden. Remove from oven and cool before removing donuts from the pan.
6. To make the brown sugar glaze, place the milk and brown sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over low heat, careful not to curdle the milk. Boil the mixture for two minutes, then turn off the heat and stir in butter and powdered sugar until smooth.
7. Pour the glaze into a shallow bowl and dip the top of each donut into the glaze. Place on a cooling rack to let the glaze cool and firm up before enjoying.

Notes

• You can use all purpose flour for all of the flour in this recipe if you prefer.
• Try not to over-mix the batter once you add the dry ingredients to the wet. Just stir until the flour disappears, and gently fold in the peaches.
• Watch the donuts carefully while broiling. You want them just golden and a little crunchy, but not burned!
• Keep the heat on low and stir often while bringing the glaze to a boil so that the milk doesn't curdle.
• If the glaze hardens before you dip all of the donuts, simply reheat it until it is liquid again.
• Store donuts on the counter very loosely covered to keep from getting soggy.

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