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Maple Bacon Donuts
Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Total Time
37 mins
 

These Baked Maple Bacon Donuts begin with a baked cake donut topped with an irresistible maple glaze and crispy bacon. A perfect fall breakfast!

Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: maple bacon donuts
Author: Michelle
Ingredients
Donuts
  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk
  • 2 Tbsp sour cream (or Greek yogurt)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
Maple Glaze
  • 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
Topping
  • 2-3 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
Instructions
Donuts
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and coat your donut pan with baking spray. Set aside. 

  2. In a large bowl, whisk flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and cinnamon together. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients.

  3. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg, buttermilk, sour cream, and vanilla extract together.

  4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, then mix until just combined. 

  5. Add in melted butter and mix until combined.

  6. With a spoon, scoop the batter into each donut cavity, filling about 2/3 of the way full. (This recipe yields about 7-8 donuts, and most donut pans have 6 cavities, so you will have some leftover batter for another batch.)

  7. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the donuts are lightly golden brown and spring back when touched. 

  8. Allow to cool a few minutes before removing from the donut pan. 

Maple Glaze
  1. In a small saucepan, melt butter and maple syrup together over low heat. Once melted, pull off of the heat.

  2. Sift the powdered sugar into the maple syrup, then whisk until smooth.

  3. Add in the vanilla extract and cinnamon. Whisk until combined.

  4. Allow the glaze to cool for a few minutes so it can set up. You’ll know it’s set up when it hardens on top. Once it does that, give it a quick whisk.

  5. Dunk each donut about halfway into the glaze, then place it on a wire rack to let the excess glaze drip off. If desired, dunk each donut again to double glaze the donuts.*

  6. Top each donut with your cooked and crumbled bacon while the glaze is still wet. 

  7. Serve.

Recipe Notes

*If you plan to double glaze, let the first round of glazing set before you dunk them a second time. It only takes a couple of minutes for the glaze to set.