These homemade Maple Doughnuts are busting with cozy fall flavors and sinfully delicious – without the guilt! Baked not fried, these fluffy cake donuts feature pure maple syrup, warming cinnamon, light brown sugar, toasty pecans and the most amazing sweet maple glaze. Simple to make and always a crowd-favorite, this maple glazed donut recipe is the perfect addition to any breakfast, brunch, or dessert spread.

Update: This post was originally published in March 2016. I made edits to the post below to include more information about pecan donuts with maple glaze. Plus, there’s also a recipe video showing you *just* how easy these homemade doughnuts are to make! 
Fluffy and full of welcoming cinnamon-spice fall flavors, these homemade donuts taste just like a warm hug on the coldest of days! About this maple doughnuts recipe
These glazed cake donuts are the bomb diggity, my friends! Or, they’re “fire” as the kids say these days.
These homemade maple donuts are light and fluffy, yet delectably dense with warm, cozy notes of cinnamon, brown sugar and oodles of crunchy, salty, nutty pecans. Topped with a simple, yet remarkably delicious sticky donut glaze that’s sweet, maple-y, barely boozy and magically delicious.
And, since this maple glaze donut is baked (versus fried) they are healthy – well, healthier! So you can totally have six donuts (or a baker’s half dozen) without feeling guilty. At least I felt zero doughnut guilt a...