Baked Cinnamon Sugar Doughnuts
Tender cinnamon-spiced baked doughnuts, with a crunchy cinnamon sugar coating.
Servings 6 + (see notes)
Calories 353kcal
Ingredients
Doughnuts:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- pinch of nutmeg optional
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup whole milk
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Topping:
- 4 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
For the doughnuts:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 1 doughnut pan with nonstick spray.
- In a large bowl whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
- In a separate bowl whisk egg, milk, melted butter and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients into the dry and stir until just combined.
- Spoon the batter into the doughnut pan*, filling each a little more than three-quarters full. Bake for approximately 15 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the doughnuts comes out clean. Allow to cool for 5 minutes and then remove the doughnuts from the pan.
For the topping:
- Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in a sauté pan.
- Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Dip each doughnut in the melted butter and then into the cinnamon sugar.Repeat on both sides.
Notes
*A note on using up extra batter: After filling my doughnut pan, which holds 6 doughnuts, I still had a little extra batter leftover. I put the remaining batter in my mini muffin pan and I was able to make about 6 "doughnut holes." These bake in a little less time than the doughnuts (about 8-10 minutes). Dip them in the melted butter and roll in the cinnamon sugar topping also.
Nutrition
Calories: 353kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 55mg | Sodium: 205mg | Potassium: 140mg | Sugar: 43g | Vitamin A: 380IU | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 1.2mg