Baked Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts
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Baked Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts are the perfect whimsical treat! These cute, buttery, tender donuts are baked and tossed with cinnamon and sugar, leaving everyone craving more! Easy to make and no frying mess here.
Mini Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
It’s the weekend, so of course, you need to treat yourself to a delicious dessert of some sort, and in this case, dessert for breakfast!
I saw a cute mini doughnut pan this week and finally bought a couple, so I decided to put them to good use and make these soft and fluffy Cinnamon Sugar Mini Doughnuts!
They are little bites of heaven and isn’t everything just better in miniaturized form? I just swear cute and tiny things taste better!
These baked cinnamon sugar donuts are more similar to the texture of a cupcake or muffin instead of that of a heavy cake doughnut, which I personally loved. These donuts would pair perfectly with a cup of coffee, cold milk, or your favorite morning beverage.
I originally made them the heavier way, then a quick dip in melted butter after baking and cinnamon sugar – but that was just too much for me.
The cinnamon sugar coating was much too thick for their size, so instead I made a buttery donut batter/dough then immediately pulled them out of the donut pan and dipped them warm from the oven in the cinnamon sugar coating which I’d placed in a large bowl with a quick stir, and voila!
You get deliciously tender little warm doughnuts coated in just the right amount of cinnamon sugar for their size. These soft cinnamony cake donuts are sure to please! I mean who could resist?
Kids especially love this cinnamon sugar donut recipe—and they can help! (Another reason it’s nice to bake rather than use a deep fryer!) Mixing together dry ingredients and combining them with the wet ingredients, using a spoon or tongs to toss the donuts in the cinnamon sugar topping, and placing the donuts on a cooling rack are all favorite steps with my kids.
I’d make these cinnamon donuts for a special breakfast or brunch—maybe even Christmas morning! Yum!
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Baked Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts
Ingredients
Donuts
- 1 1/2 cups (214g) all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp nutmeg
- 10 Tbsp (140g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup (110g) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (120ml) buttermilk
Coating
- 6 Tbsp (82g) granulated sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and nutmeg for 20 seconds, set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer whip together butter and sugar until slightly pale and fluffy. Mix in eggs one at a time then blend in vanilla. Add half the flour mixture and mix just until combined then mix in 1/2 of the buttermilk and mix just until combined, repeat process with flour and buttermilk once more. Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl and fold batter several times to ensure it's evenly combined. Pour batter into a large piping bag fitted with a medium round tip. Pipe into greased mini doughnut pans, filling pans about 2/3 full. Bake until toothpick inserted into donuts comes out clean, about 7 - 9 minutes (clean out pan/s and repeat with remaining batter). While donuts are baking whisk together sugar and cinnamon for coating. While donuts are still hot, roll in cinnamon sugar mixture (be sure to roll while hot or the coating won't stick, also if needed you can spray donuts lightly with vegetable oil spray and that helps it stick even better). Once cool store in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Recipe source: inspired by allrecipes