Lemon Sugar Baked Donuts
Lemon Sugar Baked Donuts are soft and bursting with lemon flavor they are an amazing dessert for breakfast or anytime of the day! They are perfect sunny treat that’s light, citrusy, and coated in a crunchy, lemon/zest infused sugar.
Lemon Sugar Baked Donuts
Ingredients
Baking & Spices
- 1 3/4 cups All purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup Cornstarch
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tbsp Freshly-squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tsp Grated Lemon zest
Refrigerated
- 2 Eggs
Dairy
- 3/4 cup Buttermilk
- 2 tbsp Butter, melted
For the Coating
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 4 tsp Grated lemon zest
- 6 tbsp Butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees,. Spray two 6-cavity donut pans with nonstick spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and cornstarch. Whisk in sugar, baking powder, and salt until well combined. Whisk in the buttermilk, eggs, lemon juice, butter, vanilla, and lemon zest until batter is smooth and combined, but don not over-mix. Evenly divide the batter between the prepared donut pans.
- Bake for 7-10 minutes until the edges of the donuts begin to turn a light golden brown and the tops of the donuts spring back when lightly touched. Allow donuts to cool for about 5 minutes in pans before placing on a cooling rack.
- For the coating, In a bowl have the melted butter and in other bowl whisk together the sugar and lemon zest. Dip one side of each donut into the butter, and the press into the sugar/zest mixture.
- Serve warm or at room temperature. ENJOY!