Cranberry Almond Donut Recipe for a Valentine’s Day Treat

Last Updated on December 18, 2020 by Diane Hoffmaster

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I am pretty sure that the smell of warm, yummy donuts is about the best aroma on earth.  We live right near a Krispy Kreme donut bakery and the kids love getting them on a Saturday morning for a special treat.  I decided to try my hand at making homemade donuts as a pre Valentine’s Day breakfast.

The donut recipes I came across online all seemed very simple so I bought myself a donut pan on Amazon and got to work!  If you would like to treat your kids on Valentine’s Day (or any day!) I highly recommend you try out this donut recipe!

The batter for this donut recipe was incredibly easy but I did add WAY too much batter to the pans. As they baked, these homemade donuts looked more like muffins as they rose up out of the pan and lost the donut hole completely!

Well, I am definitely not the perfect cook but they tasted so heavenly I decided to share the recipe anyhow.  Just make sure you fill the donut pan only half full unless you want cranberry almond muffins instead of donuts!  Still tasty, just not quite a donut!

 Cranberry Almond Donut Recipe

Yield: 12 to 18

Cranberry Almond Donut Recipe

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Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh cranberries
• 1/3 cup almonds
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup coconut oil
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 2 whole eggs
• 1 tsp orange zest
• 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 cups milk
• FOR THE GLAZE
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 TBSP heavy cream
• 2 TBSP cranberry juice

Instructions

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
3. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt
4. In a food processor combine the fresh cranberries, almonds, and brown sugar. Process on high until chopped
5. In a large mixing bowl, combine the coconut oil and the white sugar. Beat on high until combined. Add in almond extract, orange zest, and eggs. Beat until smooth.
6. Add flour mixture gradually into the oil/sugar mixture, alternating with the milk. Once they are both completely added in, mix only until combined.
7. Add in the cranberry, almond, brown sugar mixture and stir gently until incorporated into the batter.
8. Fill the donut pan HALF WAY full. Do not overfill!
9. Place in oven. Turn heat down to 325 degrees and bake 12 to 14 minutes or until just starting to brown.
10. Remove from oven and let cool
11. TO GLAZE
12. Mix glaze ingredients in a medium sized bowl. Stir until smooth. Dip donut into the glaze and set on a wire rack. Let dry. Glaze should set in 15 minutes.