Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice

Baked Cinnamon Donuts

I really have to stop spending my days on Pinterest, there are just way too many amazing baked goods. I see photos of goodness, like this one, and can’t not bake. So here I am trying not to eat anymore donut-muffins. It helps that I personally saw how much butter went on during the dipping, but they really are delicious!

The Goods:

For the muffin-donuts:

• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/3 cup oil
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup milk

For the coating:

• 1/4 -1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon

Do it:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a muffin tin.
2. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
3. Combine oil, sugar, egg and milk in a large bowl. Add dry ingredients and stir only to combine.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 min for regular tins and 12 for minis. While muffins are baking, melt butter in a small bowl. In another small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon.
5. Shake muffins out of the muffin tin while the muffins are still hot.
6. Dip muffins in the melted butter and then into the sugar and cinnamon mixture. Place on a wire rack and allow to cool.

* I recommend using small muffin tins. I used both regular size and mini size muffin tins. The minis were way easier to dip and coat.

Enjoy!

Tags: Baking, Breakfast, Cinnamon, coffee, cupcakes, donuts, Easy Baking, muffins