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{ Baked } Coconut Lemon Donuts

These easy lemon donuts are baked in the oven and topped with a lemon glaze and toasted coconut for a sweet breakfast treat!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Course: Donuts
Servings: 6 Donuts
Author: A Latte Food

Ingredients

Donuts

  • 1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 Tbsp lemon zest about the zest of 1 large lemon
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 Tbsp butter

Lemon Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2-3 Tbsp lemon juice

Topping

  • Toasted Coconut

Instructions

Donuts

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees and grease a 6-count donut pan liberally with baking spray.
  • In a large bowl, sift flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt together. Stir in lemon zest.
  • In a second bowl, whisk egg, buttermilk, lemon juice and vanilla extract together.
  • Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add in the wet ingredients. Gently mix the batter until combined.
  • Add in melted butter and mix until combined.
  • Spoon the batter into the donut pan, evenly distributing the batter between the 6 donut cavities.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the donuts are lightly golden and 'spring' back when touched.
  • Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes.

Lemon Glaze

  • In a bowl, whisk powdered sugar with vanilla extract and 2 Tbsp of lemon juice until smooth (if the glaze seems too thick, add in the last Tbsp of lemon juice).
  • When the donuts are cool to the touch, dunk the top of each donut into the glaze. Place the donuts on a wire cooling rack so the glaze excess glaze can drip off the donuts. If you desire, once the first layer of glazed has hardened, dunk the top of each donut a second time for a thicker glaze.
  • While the glaze is still wet, top the donuts with toasted coconut.
  • Enjoy!
  • (Store leftovers in the fridge).