Cherry Donuts

For fresh donuts straight from your oven try this tasty Cherry Donuts recipe. Ready after just 10 minutes of baking, these sweet, fluffy donuts are flavored with cherry preserves and topped with a cherry swirled glaze.

My son is the pickiest eater on the planet. So far today I’ve been vilified for putting cheese on a ham and cheese and because the watermelon is too watery. Seriously, what’s next: the squash isn’t squashy enough? I can’t win a food war with this kid. The last time he ate without complaining he was a fetus, and even then he kicked me every taco Tuesday.

Exposure to Chernobyl-level radiation in my 1st trimester would justify my son’s fickleness as a genetic defect. But since I’ve never been near a Russian nuclear reactor, there’s no rationalizing his palate. The kid’s only redeeming factor is that he never turns down a donut. His donut addiction is so bad that I’m beginning to wonder if Homer Simpson is his father.

It’d explain a lot considering Homer loves donuts and works in a nuclear power plant.

Until my husband demands a paternity test, I’ll keep baking donuts for the family. And the best donut this side of Springfield is a baked cherry donut. Soft, fluffy and swirled with sweet, fruity jam these homemade donuts get a double hit of deliciousness with a dunk in cherry glaze. Fresh from the oven and baked in only 10 minutes, these donuts get 5 stars from my food critic son.

Before sharing the recipe for Cherry Donuts, here are a few tips and tricks to help you out:

For the moistest, fluffiest donuts be sure the egg, buttermilk and yes, even yogurt are at room temperature before beginning.

If you don’t have buttermilk, you can make a sour milk substitution by stirring 1/2 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice into 1/2 cup of whole milk then letting it set for 5 minutes before use.

Pipe batter into your donut pan using a zip-top bag with a bottom corner snipped off.

Donuts taste best the day they are baked, but unglazed leftovers can be covered and stored at room temperature up to 2 days.

I hope you enjoy this homemade Cherry Donuts recipe. Please leave a rating and review below once you’ve tried it for yourself. And, while you’re at it, sign up for my weekly Recipe Newsletter so you never miss a tempting recipe.

Finally, if you like baking donuts then you’ll love this recipe for Neapolitan Donuts. Bite a section at a time or mix and match between vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. You can’t go wrong when every mouthful is a winning combination.