Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts
Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts have a fluffy, tender cake like inside and a soft outer crust that's been rolled in the perfect amount of sweetness. The perfect mini treat!
Servings: 15 servings
Calories:
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 3 tablespoons whole milk
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
For the cinnamon sugar:
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray a mini donut pan with cooking spray before setting it aside.
- Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
- Add the egg, sour cream, milk, 1 tablespoon melted butter, vanilla, and ground cinnamon to the dry ingredients and whisk until well combined with no dry patches.
- Transfer the batter into a piping bag and snip off the tip. Pipe the mini donut batter into the prepared pan, making sure each donut mold gets about ⅔ full. You should get 15 donuts out of this batter
- Place the pan in the oven and bake for 8-9 minutes, or until they're lightly browned and a toothpick can be inserted into the center and comes out clean.
- While the mini donuts are baking, in a medium-sized mixing bowl, stir together the sugar and cinnamon for the donut coating.
- When the donuts are finished baking, remove them from the oven and take the donuts out of the pan while they're still hot. Working one by one, lightly brush some of the remaining melted butter on the outside of the mini baked donut. Then quickly and immediately place the butter brushed donut into the cinnamon sugar mixture and toss it around to coat.
- Repeat this process with the remaining donuts, and serve immediately.
Notes
- For a delicious twist on your mini donut batter, try adding some high quality almond extract and a little ground nutmeg to the batter.
- It's super easy to double or triple this recipe to make a large amount for parties.
- You can freeze these donuts for later, check out my suggestions above.
- Lightly beating the eggs before you add them to the dry ingredients can make incorporating them easier.
- The longer you store your leftover donuts, the staler they'll get each day, so enjoy them while they're fresh.
- This is a fantastic base donut recipe to work from. You can dip your Cinnamon Sugar Mini Donuts in melted white chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate, dust them with powdered sugar, or eat them plain and they'll still be absolutely amazing.