19 Doughnut Recipes That Are Downright Fun to Make

Many foods get better with time—think wine, Parmesan, kimchi—but doughnuts are not one of them. Whether it’s chocolate-dunked churros or jam-filled sufganiyot, honey-soaked sfenj or sugar-doused beignets, these fried treats want to be eaten as soon as humanly possible. All the more reason to make them at home. Our 19 best doughnut recipes give you plenty of options—and yes, there are baked doughnuts included, like Strawberry Doughnut Muffins and Coconut-Cardamom Cake Doughnuts. If you want to get into a debate about whether baked doughnuts are actually doughnuts, well, that’ll have to wait for another day. We wouldn’t want the doughnuts to get cold.