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.
Amanda @ Once Upon a Recipe says
I am on a bit of a baked donut binge at present - these little muffins look great! Cinnamon sugar donuts are one of my favorites!
Mindy Northrop says
I've been eating muffins similar to these since I was a kid. My mom always called them French Breakfast Muffins. I made a batch of minis last month that were inhaled with the quickness. One of my all time faves for sure.
CrunchyCreamySw says
OMG, you have a CCS bucket list?! I love it! lol Thank you, Jen!
CrazyforCrust says
These look SO good! Congrats on the contest!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thank you so much, Dorothy!
Nicole @ Youngbrokeandhungry says
It's midnight and yet I have an incredible craving for these right now. Maybe instead of sleep, I should make these donut muffins. I think yes. Congrats on second place!
CrunchyCreamySw says
lol Sounds good to me! Thank you, Nicole!
CrunchyCreamySw says
I know, right? 🙂 Thanks, Laura!
CrunchyCreamySw says
I am all into muffins for lunch 🙂 Thanks, Jessica!
marcie says
These look darling AND delicious. They could double as snickerdoodle mini muffins too, couldn't they?! Congrats on 2nd place in the contest!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Absolutely! Thank you, Marcie!
domesticfits says
Those are so beautiful Anna! They look completely delicious.
CrunchyCreamySw says
They soooo are! Thanks, Jackie!
Carol | a cup of mascarpone says
I've been collecting cinnamon doughnut recipes for months, just waiting for the right one to create...yours looks wonderful, Anna! Congratulations on 2nd place!!!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thank you so much, Carol! I think you are going to love these!
Valerie says
It's been far too long since I last made a batch of doughnut muffins - thanks for the sweet reminder! (Congrats on placing 2nd in the contest!)
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thank you so much, Valerie! And thank you for voting!
Jennie @themessybakerblog says
You know I love muffins. I want to sink my teeth into this one. Yum!
CrunchyCreamySw says
I just know you will love them, Jennie! Thank you!
Jean says
These donut muffins look so soft and pillowy and I'm loving everything with cinnamon right now. Love these, Anna!
Congrats on doing so well in the Le Creuset contest, wow!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thank so much, Jean! Thank you for voting! I hope you will make these mini muffins - you will love them!
The Joy of Caking says
I have these on my list of must make one of these days. They look like little bites of heaven!
CrunchyCreamySw says
They are exactly that! Hope you can give them a try, Eileen! Thanks!
curryandcomfort says
Oh, 2nd place is so good... BUT I wish you would have won. 🙁 I'm sorry ... that was a great prize. 🙂 I would eat a dozen of these yummy little donuts to cheer myself up. 🙂
CrunchyCreamySw says
Yeah, me too.. 🙂 Thank you for voting, my friend!
Averie Cooks says
Ive wanted to make a similar little donut bite to these before just never have. Yours turned out adorably. And 2nd place...gah. So close, yet so far. Bittersweet. You should feel proud you got so close!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thanks, Averie! And thank you for your vote. 🙂