These baked pop-tart donuts are a fun treat inspired by everyone’s favorite breakfast pastry! Light, fluffy donuts are topped with fruity strawberry icing and chopped bits of pop-tarts.
½cup(115 grams) unsalted butter, partially melted (about 30 seconds in the microwave)
¼cupstrawberry jam
6Strawberry Pop-Tarts, chopped into small pieces(for topping)
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Instructions
Donuts:
Preheat oven to 400ºF.
Spray donut pans well with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside. For 18 donuts, I used donut pans that make 3” sized donuts.
In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. Set aside.
In a large bowl, beat together butter, vegetable oil and sugar on high until well mixed (about 1 minute).
Beat (on high) eggs and vanilla extract into the wet ingredients until well mixed (about 1 minute).
Beat (on a low setting) ½ of the flour mixture into the wet ingredients just until combined. Do not overmix.
Add in all the buttermilk and beat (on low setting) until combined.
Add in remaining flour mixture and beat (on low setting) just until fully combined. It’s okay if the batter is still slightly lumpy. Do not overmix or the donuts won’t bake up fluffy.
Gently stir in sprinkles until mixed well.
Place donut batter into a large piping bag and pipe batter into donut pans. Fill each donut up only ¾ of the way full so they have room to grow without overflowing.
Bake for 15-16 minutes or until toothpick inserted in donut comes out clean.
Cool for 15 minutes in pan before removing from pan to cool completely. Let cool completely before frosting.
Frosting:
In a large bowl, beat together confectioners’ sugar, butter and jam until light & fluffy (about 5 minutes).
Pipe icing over cooled donuts.
Sprinkle chopped Pop-Tarts on top of frosted donuts.
Store at room temperature in a sealed container for up to 3 days or in the fridge for up to 5 days. Bring back to room temperature before serving.
Notes
If you don’t have buttermilk, you can substitute ¾ cup of regular milk and stir in 1 tablespoon of white vinegar or 1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes and stir once more before using it as a substitute for buttermilk. Read more about how to make buttermilk.