These easy lemon donuts are baked in the oven and topped with a lemon glaze and toasted coconut for a sweet breakfast treat!

Who needs a donut this weekend?!

That’s really more of a statement rather than a question, because, quite frankly, we could all use a donut this weekend (and every weekend), you know, as a reward for completing the week like a boss.

(Let’s be honest–sometimes it’s more like surviving the week at all.)

I’m pretty sure donuts were invented for Saturday mornings.

You know, the Saturday mornings that were filled with good intentions but are instead spent watching about a thousand cooking shows and nuking cups of coffee 13 times (all the while daintily stuffing your face with buttermilk lemon coconut donuts. #obviously).

It’s the summer breakfast of your lazy Saturday dreams.

Lemon and coconut are the dream team. I’ll take either flavor with just about anything (although the whole lemon chocolate thing is a train I just can’t hop aboard), and I have, many a time:

Strawberry Lemon Cream Scones.

Chocolate Coconut Cream Pie.

Lemon Raspberry Blueberry Naked Cake.

Toasted Coconut Blackberry Ice Cream.

Clearly, both flavors rank high up there on my list, and just possibly, rank as number one when paired together.

Maybe.

I struggle trying to make important decisions like these.

If you’ve never attempted homemade donuts before, do-nut worry (I had to), it’s a super simple process, especially when the donuts are baked in a donut pan.

I’ve never actually tried my hand at frying donuts (or any food, really), because the whole hot oil thing not only intimidates me, I also loathe the idea of having to clean it up.

(I also may or may not have scalded my hand and leg during a freak hash brown incident…so…I’m a big fan of baked things. 😉)

But, baked donuts are a snap to make.

I typically use this 6-donut pan when I want to make regular sized donuts.

However, when I first started making homemade baked donuts, I made them mini style with this adorable mini donut maker. Like, pretty much the cutest kitchen tool on the planet.

Those donuts baked FAST in the machine and their small size made 4 of them practically the equivalent of one regular sized donut (totally accurate ? ).

You could also use a mini muffin pan to make adorable, bite-sized donut holes.

Do whatever feels right.

Saturday morning is begging for these. Trust me.