These Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donut Muffins are fluffy and look like muffins but taste like your favorite cinnamon donuts. They are baked, rolled in butter and cinnamon sugar for a fun little treat!
These little treats are so simple to make, just like my Mini Pancake Muffins and Pull-Apart Rolls.
These donut muffins are super delicious. Dunking them in melted butter and then rolling in cinnamon sugar is not only fun (kids love it) but also keeps them utterly soft and (forgive the word...) moist. They literally melt in your mouth! And they take 10 minutes to make and 15 minutes to bake so you are about half an hour away from popping these sugary sweet treats into your mouth!
They are so fun to make and all you need is a bowl and a whisk (or a spatula). These have no egg yet they have milk so they are not vegan but it's still great to have a recipe that doesn't require eggs. Tell me you too have days when baking bug strikes and you find yourself without eggs? Way too often for me. It got to the point where my Hubby is looking for chickens we could raise in the backyard. 🙂
Ingredients:
- granulated sugar
- unsalted butter
- ground cloves
- vanilla extract
- milk
- baking powder
- all-purpose flour
- ground cinnamon
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Instructions:
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Preheat your oven and grease mini muffin tin (cavities and the top). Set aside.
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In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder. Set aside.
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In a large mixing bowl, whisk together melted butter and sugar. Add spices and vanilla, whisk well. Add milk and whisk again. Add dry ingredients and whisk until smooth.
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Fill the muffin pan. Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of each muffin comes out clean. Cool in pan for 2 minutes, transfer onto a wire rack.
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Prepare the coating: melt butter in a small bowl; in another small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon. When muffins are completely cool, dunk each one in melted butter and then roll in cinnamon sugar. Return onto a wire rack and let cool for few minutes.
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Mini Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins
Ingredients
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup unsalted butter melted
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg or cloves
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsalted butter melted
- ½ cup granulated sugar for rolling
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Grease mini muffin tin (cavities and the top). Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together melted butter and sugar. Add spices and vanilla, whisk well. Add milk and whisk again. Add dry ingredients and whisk until smooth.
- Fill the muffin pan. Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 17 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center of each muffin comes out clean. Cool in pan for 2 minutes, transfer onto a wire rack.
- Prepare the coating: melt butter in a small bowl; in another small bowl, mix sugar and cinnamon. When muffins are completely cool, dunk each one in melted butter and then roll in cinnamon sugar. Return onto wire rack and let cool for few minutes.
Chris says
Perfect recipe for me.
Fozia says
The butter is listed twice in the recipe ?
Janet S. says
I did a quad batch of these. They didn’t rise as
I thought they would’ve. I usually only double and use my mini tins. This time I used my regular tins, but maybe I shouldn’t have quadrupled the batch.