Baked Grapefruit Poppy Seed Donuts
These baked grapefruit poppy seed donuts are the perfect citrus-kissed breakfast, snack, or dessert treat! The subtle grapefruit donut is refreshing, and the grapefruit glaze has just the right touch of sweetness to make it hard to eat just one.
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Servings: 24 donuts
Ingredients
For the donuts:
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 ts[ salt
- 2 1/2 Tbsp poppy seeds
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 Tbsp grapefruit zest
- 2 1/2 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg, at room temperature
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk
For the glaze:
- 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1-2 Tbsp grapefruit juice
Instructions
For the donuts:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray muffin tins with cooking spray (with flour works great!) and set aside.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and poppy seeds in a small bowl and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the granulated sugar and grapefruit zest using your fingers to mash together until zest is evenly distributed in the sugar. Add in the melted butter and mix until combined, the add the egg and vanilla; mix to combine and then stir in milk.
- Add in the dry ingredients and gently fold the mixture together using a rubber spatula, stirring only until mixture is evenly combined.
- Spoon the batter into the molds of your prepared pan, filling each mold up 2/3 of the way. Batter will be very thick. Bake for 10-11 minutes, or until firm and lightly golden on the tops.
- Remove pan from oven and allow to cool for at least 10 minutes in the tray before transferring to a cooling wrack to cool completely. Prepare the glaze while they are cooling.
- Once cool, dip each donut in glaze and allow to sit for a few minutes for the glaze to set.
For the Glaze:
- Combine the powdered sugar and grapefruit juice in a bowl wide enough to dip the donuts into easily. You can add more sugar to thicken or juice to thin out, to your desired consistency.
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