Doughnut Recipes

Forget your morning doughnut run—we have plenty of delicious doughnut recipes you can make right at home, including ring doughnuts, baked doughnuts and fried doughnuts. Sprinkles optional (but encouraged!).

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Bear Claws

You don't have to head to gourmet bakeries to indulge in this sweet pastry. This recipe lets you master rich...


Portuguese Doughnuts

1 review

Fresh warm doughnuts—felozes (sometimes also spelled filhos)—are a tradition in my Portuguese heritage, especially during the Easter season. Some people...


Big-Batch Bismarks

3 reviews

"These delicious jelly-filled doughnuts will disappear before your eyes - especially when youngsters are around," predicts Araminta Adams of Soldiers...


Cinnamon Breakfast Bites

10 reviews

This cinnamon bites recipe is the perfect breakfast treat with a sweet, crispy coating.—Ruth Hastings, Louisville, Illinois


No-Fry Potato Doughnuts

3 reviews

Jill Shramek of Powell, Wyoming adapted a recipe from her Czechoslovakian in-laws to make the dough for these sweet treats...


Buttermilk Doughnuts

4 reviews

It doesn't take long for a platter of these buttermilk doughnuts to vanish. Our grandkids go for them in a...


Idaho Spudnuts

6 reviews

Raising eight children on a potato farm in Idaho, Mother was very creative at using an abundant crop. We especially...


Pennsylvania Dutch Potato Doughnuts

4 reviews

My relatives have been making these tasty doughnuts for years. The potatoes keep them moist, and the glaze provides just...

Frosted Pumpkin Doughnuts

2 reviews

Our three children grew pumpkins to sell. During harvest, it was time to make these scrumptious doughnuts. The orange frosting...


Orange-Glazed Crullers

2 reviews

I enjoy preparing this lovely cruller recipe with my grandchildren. The make-ahead dough is great for a gathering. —Muriel Lerdal,...


Applesauce Drop Doughnuts

10 reviews

"I made these tasty cake doughnuts often when our children were growing up," says Frances Poste of Wall, South Dakota....


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Apple Cider Doughnuts

29 reviews

Apple doughnuts remind me of family trips to South Dakota. We’d stop at Wall Drug for a dozen or so...


Sweet Potato-Cranberry Doughnuts

2 reviews

I grew up near Idaho, which is famous for spudnuts, a doughnut made from mashed potatoes. I reworked a recipe...


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Sufganiyot

1 review

Sufganiyot are believed to have first come from Spain, adapted from a similar treat, the sopaipilla. Others say the sopaipilla...


Gluten-Free Apple Cider Doughnuts

11 reviews

I wanted to make a gluten-free apple cider doughnut that tasted so good, the fact that it’s gluten-free is beside...


Maple-Bacon Doughnut Bites

3 reviews

While these delicious bite-size treats are ready in minutes, they’ll disappear in a flash. And don’t relegate the deep-fried goodness...


Delicious Potato Doughnuts

3 reviews

I first tried these tasty treats at my sister's house and thought they were the best I'd ever had. They're...

Classic Long Johns

5 reviews

I came across the recipe for these wonderful raised doughnuts many years ago. I remember Mom making some similar to...


Banana Beignet Bites

25 reviews

When I was a little girl, my grandmother took me aside one day and taught me how to make her...


Sugared Doughnut Holes

9 reviews

These tasty, tender doughnut bites are easy to make. Serve them warm in a small paper bag, as is done...


Brunch Beignets

2 reviews

Enjoy breakfast the New Orleans way with these warm, crispy bites. Topped with powdered sugar, they are a delight! —Lois...


Carrot Cake Doughnuts

2 reviews

For an easy doughnut recipe which everyone will love, I make these doughnuts. I love carrot cake so I wanted...


Long Johns

4 reviews

The tattered recipe in my files is a good indication of how popular these long john doughnuts have been in...

Mashed Potato Doughnuts

4 reviews

As a special treat in winter, my parents would make a double batch of these doughnuts to welcome us six...


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Feather-Light Doughnuts

3 reviews

When I was growing up, our farm family always had an abundance of mashed potatoes at the supper table. We...


No-Fry Doughnuts

5 reviews

Meet the Cook: We have four boys - 13, 7, 6 and 5 - and these doughnuts never last long...


Snowman Doughnuts

4 reviews

No need to bundle up to build this snowman—you construct it in the kitchen out of doughnuts and candy! T


Pumpkin Doughnut Drops

3 reviews

I always have a few special treats handy when the grandchildren visit. These cake doughnuts are one of their favorite...


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New Orleans Beignets

15 reviews

These sweet French doughnuts, inspired by the ones found in Cafe du Monde in New Orleans, are square instead of...