Homemade Valentine Heart Donuts
These Homemade Valentine Heart Donuts are soft, fluffy, and decorated with love. A simple recipe perfect for breakfasts, desserts.
Homemade Valentine Heart Donuts
These Homemade Valentine Heart Donuts are soft, fluffy, and made extra special with a festive heart shape. Perfect for Valentine’s Day, they’re easy to make at home with simple ingredients. Serve them for a sweet breakfast, dessert, or homemade gift. Decorate with icing and sprinkles to add a touch of love to every bite. 💕🍩Find more ideas 👉Cookies, Biscuits and snack bars, brownies. Make for a Sweet Breakfasts idea for special person.
FAQ’s and Tips
Can I make these Valentine heart donuts ahead of time?
Yes, you can make them a day ahead and store them in an airtight container once completely cooled.
Can these donuts be baked instead of fried?
This recipe is best fried for a soft, fluffy texture, but they can be baked using a donut pan if preferred
Can I freeze homemade donuts?
Yes, freeze undecorated donuts in an airtight container for up to 2 months, then thaw and decorate before serving.
Tips
- Roll dough evenly so the donuts cook at the same rate.
- Keep oil temperature steady to avoid greasy donuts.
- Let donuts cool completely before icing to prevent melting.
- Add sprinkles while icing is still wet so they stick nicely. 💕🍩
Ingredients for Homemade Valentine Heart Donuts
- milk
- flour
- salt
- sugar
- active dry yeast
- olive oil for deep-frying
- chocolate chips
- dash of vanilla extract
- red food coloring
- red and gold hearts
- sprinkles
- dried strawberries
For all your amounts needed and the simple instructions, for this easy valentines heart donuts recipe, get it attached. Download or print it and even use online with the cook mode. 😉
How To make Homemade Valentine Heart Donuts
- Microwave the milk to body temperature. Pour the milk into a bowl. Add the yeast, salt, and sugar. Stir until the mixture forms a foamy cap. Add some of the flour and fold in with a spatula. Add the flour in batches. When the dough forms a ball, transfer it to a floured board and knead until it becomes soft and not sticky.
- Place the dough in a greased bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave in a warm kitchen until doubled in size. Ours took 1 hour.
- Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/3-1/2 inch. Use a cookie cutter to cut out hearts.
- Form the remaining dough into hearts as well. Transfer them to a board, cover with a towel, and let rise for 25 minutes.
- Heat the oil and fry the hearts for 1 minute on each side.
- Transfer the donuts to a paper towel. Heat the chocolate glaze in the microwave on pulse mode. Cover a few hearts with white glaze, making drips with a spoon.
- Tint the remaining glaze red and decorate the donuts. Sprinkle with sprinkles, hearts, and dried strawberry powder.
- Homemade Donuts are homemade baked goods perfect for breakfast or tea. And if you make heart-shaped donuts and cover them with a vibrant chocolate glaze featuring Valentine’s Day cards, you’ll create a stunning dessert for your loved one. Heart-shaped donuts are perfect for Valentine’s Day, a romantic dessert, or a small edible gift. Soft and airy inside and covered with a shiny glaze, they look simultaneously festive and homey, with that very taste associated with warmth and care.
- For decoration, use various shades of icing, sprinkles, drips, dried strawberry powder, and colorful hearts. You can add icing messages or decorate the donuts in a minimalist style, leaving only thin strips of icing. Feel free to improvise to your taste or use our suggestion.
Transfer the donuts to a serving plate and enjoy!
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PrintHomemade Valentine Heart Donuts
These Homemade Valentine Heart Donuts are soft, fluffy, and decorated with love. A simple recipe perfect for breakfasts, desserts.
- Prep Time: 1 hr. 45 min. (including rising time)
- Cook Time: 4-5 min (1 min per batch)
- Total Time: 1 hr 50 min
- Yield: 13 1x
- Category: Desserts
- Method: no cook no bake
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 2/3 cups flour
- pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 1 cup vegetable oil for deep-frying
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
- dash of vanilla extract
- 4 drops red food coloring
- red and gold hearts
- sprinkles
- 2 dried strawberries
Instructions
- Microwave the milk to body temperature. Pour the milk into a bowl. Add the yeast, salt, and sugar. Stir until the mixture forms a foamy cap. Add some of the flour and fold in with a spatula. Add the flour in batches. When the dough forms a ball, transfer it to a floured board and knead until it becomes soft and not sticky.
- Place the dough in a greased bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and leave in a warm kitchen until doubled in size. Ours took 1 hour.
- Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/3-1/2 inch. Use a cookie cutter to cut out hearts. Form the remaining dough into hearts as well. Transfer them to a board, cover with a towel, and let rise for 25 minutes.
- Heat the oil and fry the hearts for 1 minute on each side.
- Transfer the donuts to a paper towel. Heat the chocolate glaze in the microwave on pulse mode. Cover a few hearts with white glaze, making drips with a spoon. Tint the remaining glaze red and decorate the donuts. Sprinkle with sprinkles, hearts, and dried strawberry powder.
- Transfer the donuts to a serving plate and enjoy!
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