Oh April. Why you gotta be the month of indecisive weather?
Yesterday I sat out in the sun in a t-shirt AND shorts, and burned my abnormally pasty-white skin. Today, I sprinted between my car and the stores tightly wrapped in my rain jacket while my sunburned face was cruelly pelted with tiny pieces of ice. Seriously April, WTF?
And to make this cruel weather-related betrayal even worse, the forecast shows nothing but a wall of rain for the foreseeable future… WHHHHHY April, WHY?! I don’t care about May flowers! I need me some vitamin D rich rays of sun!
With that one day of unseasonably beautiful weather I was all ready to whip out the tropical, sun-infused recipes. You know, something warm-and-sunny tropical, not semi-arctic-monsoon tropical. But whether the weather cooperates or not, it’s high time (you hear that April? HIGH. TIME.) to bring out the fruit-infused, rays-of-sunshine-on-a-plate recipes.
If the weather isn’t going to give me sunshine in the morning, I’m going to make my own. In the kitchen. With doughnuts. And a giant pot of coffee.
So no matter what the weather is doing in your corner of the world, get your spring on with these pineapple, strawberry, and toasted coconut doughnuts!
Pineapple Strawberry Doughnuts
- Yield: 6-8 doughnuts 1x
- Category: Breakfast
Ingredients
For the pineapple doughnuts:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tbsp. (30g) butter, melted
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup pineapple juice
For the strawberry glaze:
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar + 2–3 tbsp.
- 1/2 cup fresh strawberry puree
Toppings:
- 1/2 cup toasted coconut
Instructions
- On a parchment paper lined baking sheet, spread out your 1/2 cup of coconut flakes. Broil for approximately 30 seconds on the top rack until the coconut is golden brown, stirring occasionally so all the coconut toasts.
- In a bowl, whisk together the dry doughnut ingredients (flour, sugar, baking soda and powder). In another bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients (butter, egg, and pineapple juice). Pour the dry ingredients into the wet and whisk until the batter is lump free.
- Pour (or pipe) the batter into a greased doughnut pan and bake at 350F/175C for 9-11 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the side of the doughnuts comes out clean. Allow the doughnuts to cool until you can comfortably handle the pan with your bare and hands, then turn the doughnuts out onto a doughnut rack to cool completely.
- To make the glaze, whisk together 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar with the strawberry puree in a small saucepan over low-medium heat. Heat the mixture, stirring occasionally, until the glaze starts to form a crust. Remove the glaze from the heat and immediately stir in 2-3 tbsp. of powdered sugar so the glaze thickens.
- Dip the tops of the cooled doughnuts in the glaze, allowing any excess to drain off, and sprinkle immediately with toasted coconut.
Elly Leavitt says
April 19, 2016 at 3:48 pmThese pictures are gorgeous and the donuts look delicious 🙂 I’ve always wanted to make my own, these look easy! thanks for sharing x
The Simple, Sweet Life says
April 21, 2016 at 12:07 pmThank you! 🙂 And they’re so easy to make it’s not even funny. You should definitely try making baked doughnuts sometime!
Liz @ The Clean Eating Couple says
April 19, 2016 at 9:23 pmLove your photos! These donuts look great!
The Simple, Sweet Life says
April 21, 2016 at 12:07 pmThank you Liz! 😀
Mary says
April 19, 2016 at 9:45 pmI so hear you on the weather!!! We’ve fluctuated between super cold and rainy and 86 degrees (like today! in Portland!! where it’s NEVER this hot in April!). I’ll take it though! Your photos are simply gorgeous!!! I’ve never actually made homemade donuts, but I’m now incredibly tempted!
The Simple, Sweet Life says
April 21, 2016 at 1:18 pmOh man! My parents have been telling me about all the crazy weather over there in Oregon (they live in central Oregon) and I can’t say I’m jealous, at least not of the cold bouts. Seriously spring, what’s up with the weather?
Aarika says
April 20, 2016 at 5:37 amI love your pictures! They are filled with light and color. Yay! I have never made donuts before, but you make it look easy and delicious. Your donuts seem so moist and fluffy. Yum! Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe.
The Simple, Sweet Life says
April 21, 2016 at 1:19 pmBaked doughnuts are so easy to make it’s dangerous (dangerous because you could easily make a ton… and then eat it), and a baking obsession of mine. You should definitely try them out! I bet you could whip up a real tasty beet inspired doughnut! 😀
Elsa | the whinery says
April 20, 2016 at 6:32 pmSorry you’re having a soggy April. Not to rub it in, but it’s been nothing but sunshine where I am – and these doughnuts are just what I need. They scream sunshine! I love them, especially the glace, it’s so spring! I’m going to pin them to try. 🙂
The Simple, Sweet Life says
April 21, 2016 at 1:22 pmOh man! You’re giving me a major case of weather envy! Maybe you can send some of that sun our way? 😉 So glad you liked the doughnuts! 😀
Karly says
April 23, 2016 at 2:28 pmThese are just the prettiest doughnuts!!! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
The Simple, Sweet Life says
May 1, 2016 at 7:11 pmThank you! 🙂
Aimee Huang says
May 18, 2016 at 9:51 amThis look sooooo yummy! I’m craving some donuts right now.
The Simple, Sweet Life says
May 19, 2016 at 9:38 pmThanks for the sweet comment Aimee! 😀