Description
Easy Oven Baked French Crullers are light, airy pastries made from classic choux dough and finished with a glossy vanilla glaze.
This baked donut recipe delivers the traditional ridged cruller shape without deep frying.
Perfect for brunch, breakfast, or holiday baking.
An easy homemade cruller recipe with simple pantry ingredients.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1. Preheat oven to 400°F and line baking sheets with parchment.
- 2. Bring water, butter, sugar, and salt to a simmer in saucepan.
- 3. Stir in flour all at once and cook until dough forms a ball.
- 4. Cool dough 5 minutes before adding eggs.
- 5. Beat in eggs one at a time until smooth and glossy.
- 6. Pipe 3-inch rings onto parchment using star tip.
- 7. Bake 20 to 25 minutes until puffed and golden.
- 8. Cool completely before dipping in vanilla glaze.
Notes
- Do not open oven during baking.
- Use room temperature eggs.
- Pipe evenly sized rings.
- Let steam escape after baking.
- Best enjoyed same day.
- Freeze unglazed crullers up to 2 months.
- Glaze when fully cooled.
- Add citrus zest for variation.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cruller
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 140mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 26g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 95mg
Keywords: Easy Oven Baked French Crullers, baked crullers, choux pastry donuts, vanilla glazed donuts