These baked blueberry streusel donuts are fluffy and flavorful buttermilk cake donuts with bursts of fresh blueberries, with a sweet and crumbly streusel topping.
Do you love the taste of warm, fresh donuts, but hate the oily mess that comes with frying them?
These baked blueberry streusel donuts are fluffy and light because they’re baked and not fried!
They’re moist and tangy, thanks to some buttermilk, and bursting with fresh and juicy blueberries, all topped with a crunchy and sugary streusel topping.
Baking donuts instead of frying them eliminates having to deal with a pot of hot oil and leaves your house smelling like a delectable bakery.
And the best part is, they’re super easy to whip together!
Trust me, once you try these baked blueberry streusel donuts, you’ll never go back to fried.
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Ingredients for baked blueberry streusel donuts
For donuts:
- All-purpose flour – A common baking ingredient that will make up the batter for our donuts.
- Granulated sugar – Granulated sugar will add sweetness to the donuts.
- Baking powder – Baking powder will help the donuts to stay fluffy and light.
- Buttermilk – Buttermilk will give the donuts a moist and tender crumb, with a slight tanginess.
- Melted butter – Butter will add moisture to the donuts.
- Egg – The egg will help emulsify the batter so that all of the ingredients are blended together.
- Blueberries – Fresh is best! Blueberries will give little bursts of sweet berry flavor throughout the donut.
For streusel topping:
- All-purpose flour – This will comprise most of the streusel topping.
- Granulated sugar – Granulated sugar will add sweetness to the topping.
- Melted butter – Melted butter will help the ingredients come together and form the crumbles.
Using frozen berries
If you can’t find fresh blueberries for these baked blueberry streusel donuts, you can substitute them with frozen ones!
Frozen berries are a great alternative because they’re flash-frozen at the peak of ripeness, so they’ll always be sweet and full of flavor.
More stuff about freezing
You can also freeze these donuts for later!
Bake as directed, and let the donuts cool completely.
Then simply wrap them in plastic wrap, and then a layer of aluminum foil, and pop them into the freezer for up to 2 months.
To eat from frozen, just let them thaw at room temp!
Storage and leftovers
These baked blueberry streusel donuts can be stored in an airtight container and kept on the counter at room temperature for up to 2 days.
If they last that long!
More donut recipes
- Love cozy flavors? Try my Banana Cinnamon Donuts
- Want something sweet? Try my Baked Apple Cider Donuts
- Need something chocolatey? Try my Chocolate Strawberry Baked Donuts
- Like to show off? Try my adorable Robin’s Egg Baked Donuts
Baked Blueberry Streusel Donuts
Ingredients
For streusel topping:
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
For donut batter:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cups fresh blueberries
Instructions
For topping:
- In a small mixing bowl add all ingredients and mix until crumbly.
For donuts:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 6-count baked donut pan with nonstick spray, set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, and kosher salt.
- Add in buttermilk, melted butter, egg, lemon zest, and vanilla extract. Stir to combine.
- Fold in blueberries.
- Add an equal amount of batter to the prepared donut pan.
- Top each donut with an equal amount of the streusel mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and fully cooked.
- Let the donuts cool in the pan.
Nutrition
Shadi Hasanzadenemati
Monday 24th of July 2023
Thank you for sharing this fantastic recipe that satisfies my sweet cravings in the most scrumptious way.