Nutella Stuffed Cinnamon Sugar Donut Holes – Baked vanilla donut holes coated in cinnamon sugar and filled with creamy Nutella. Use a mini muffin pan for these addictive homemade donuts. No frying necessary!
Here’s the thing – I started off with good intentions (and by good I mean “healthier”). These adorable donut holes are baked instead of fried. Yippee! But then I went and brushed them with butter, rolled ’em in cinnamon-sugar, and filled them with Nutella.
Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
Let’s talk about these beauties. Have you had a baked donut before? When baking donuts instead of frying them I like to top/coat the baked donuts in something that will add a little crunch. That helps give some of the texture that is usually lacking in a baked donut. For this recipe I used cinnamon sugar. In order to get the cinnamon sugar to stick to the outside of the donut holes, I brush the donuts with butter and then roll them in cinnamon sugar.
You can totally eat them just like that, or, you can put some Nutella in a piping bag and fill the donuts with a good sized dose of the creamy chocolate hazelnut spread. They’re great either way!
Breakfast, dessert, midday snack? All of the above? You choose. You will love these flavorful donuts/doughnuts (← which is it?). I’m going with donuts. It feels less fancy.
More Nutella Recipes: Nutella Oatmeal Cookie Bars– Nutella Hot Chocolate– Nutella Cookies
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Recipe
Nutella Stuffed Cinnamon Sugar Donut Holes
Ingredients
Donut Holes:
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 ⅓ cups all purpose flour
- ½ cup milk
Topping:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ⅓ cup Nutella chocolate hazelnut spread, more, if desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Thoroughly grease a 24-count mini muffin tin.
- Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat the vegetable oil and sugars until smooth. Add the egg, beating to combine. Stir in the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, and vanilla. Add half the flour, beat until combined. Add the milk, beat until combined. Add the remaining flour, beat until combined.
- Divide the batter between 24 mini muffin cups. I used a cookie scoop and placed a heaping 2 teaspoons of batter into each cup. Bake for 8-10 minutes, until the top springs back when you touch it. Place on a rack to cool for a few minutes.
- Set up two large shallow bowls. Place melted butter in one, and combine sugar and cinnamon in the other. Once the donut holes are cool enough to handle, lightly brush them with butter, then immediately roll in cinnamon sugar.
- Fill a piping bag fitted with a small open star tip with Nutella and gently insert the tip into the side of each donut hole and squeeze a little Nutella inside.
Notes
Inspired by Cafe Delites
Nutrition
Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.
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Angie@cuisinestudy says
These look wonderful !!!! the fragrant, sweet and warm taste of cinnamon is a perfect spice to use! Pinned!
Stacy says
Holy Yum! My sweets loving daughter and I will be trying these soon!
The Home Loving Wife says
Oh my gosh these look completely sinful. SINFUL. Totally pinning this for later – YUMMMMMM!!!!
Kristen says
I absolutely love that these are baked and not fried! What a great treat!
Angie says
Okay, this both looks and sounds AMAZING! I definitely want to eat this.
Joanie @ ZagLeft says
Oh my goodness, these look fantastic! My daughter would LOVE these!
Mandi says
Are you kidding me with these? These look AMAZING. I’m going to have to try a gluten free version. YUM
Denay DeGuzman says
These little cinnamon-sugar donut holes are so darn cute! And they look so scrumptious. You’ve inspired me to step into the kitchen this weekend and start baking up a storm. Thank you for sharing your yummy recipe!
Betsy says
These look amazing … amazingly sinful!! YUM!
Maria says
Need these now! 🙂