Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins

Baked in a mini muffin pan and fully coated in sweet cinnamon sugar, Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins are one tasty little sweet treat. They're just perfect for breakfast, brunch, or anytime you want that delicious cinnamon-sugar donut flavor -- without the donut!

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Want to enjoy homemade baked cinnamon sugar donut flavor -- without the donut?? Then whip up a batch of delicious Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins!

Baked in a mini muffin pan and deliciously coated all over in sweet cinnamon sugar, these tasty little bites are a surefire way to satisfy that donut craving. All while being super easy to make at home, too, with no donut in sight.

Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins are just perfect for breakfast, brunch, or anytime you want that delicious cinnamon-sugar donut flavor.

To bake up a batch, simply mix up a very easy buttermilk muffin batter, scoop it into mini muffin pan cups, and bake. Once the donut hole muffins are baked, brush them with melted butter and roll in cinnamon sugar, coating them completely. 

And then you're ready to enjoy a beautiful batch of Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins! -- Serve them up right away while they're warm or later at room temperature, because they're fabulous either way.

Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins are just perfect for breakfast, brunch, or anytime you want that delicious cinnamon-sugar donut flavor. Just be careful -- because these perfectly-poppable little treats are just the right size for popping in your mouth, and are prone to disappearing quickly.

What's to Love About This Recipe?

• Delicious cinnamon-sugar donut flavor, without the donut! - Made with a tasty buttermilk batter and fully coated in sweet cinnamon sugar once baked, Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins deliver up fabulously delicious donut flavor in a fun muffin form.
• Baked, not fried - In contrast to their fried donut counterparts, these donut hole muffins are baked up instead.
• Easy to make - Whip up a batch pretty quickly and easily. -- Simply mix an easy buttermilk batter, scoop it into mini muffin pan cups, bake, and coat in cinnamon sugar while warm. Pretty easy, indeed.
• Perfectly poppable - These perfectly-poppable little treats are just the right size for popping in your mouth! (And pretty prone to disappearing quickly, too.)
• Great for breakfast, brunch, or an anytime sweet treat - Donut hole muffins are just perfect for breakfast, brunch, or anytime you want that delicious cinnamon-sugar donut flavor.

Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffin Ingredients:

It's nice that you can whip up a batch of Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins with pretty basic pantry staples. -- Nothing fancy required here! To whip up a batch, you'll need:

• Flour - Basic all-purpose flour forms the foundation of the muffin batter.

• Cornstarch - Helps create a nice tender texture in the finished baked muffins.

• Baking powder - The leavening agent that creates the muffin's rise.

• Salt - As with most things, salt enhances the muffins' flavor. It also works with the baking powder to help maximize the muffins' rise.

• Ground nutmeg - Flavors the donut hole muffins, giving a nice subtle taste of nutmeg.

• Buttermilk - The main liquid ingredient in the batter, buttermilk creates a very moist and tender texture in the baked muffins.

• Whole egg + an egg yolk - Since egg yolks contain more fat than egg whites, using 2 egg yolks (along with only one egg white) helps bring richness and soft texture to the the baked muffins.

• Melted butter - Melted butter is used in both the muffin batter and the donuts' coating. Dipping the baked muffins in melted butter before rolling in the cinnamon-sugar brings rich flavor to the muffins and helps the cinnamon-sugar coating adhere.

• Granulated sugar - Sweetens both the muffin batter and the cinnamon-sugar coating.

• Ground cinnamon - It wouldn't be cinnamon sugar muffins without the cinnamon! A hearty dose of ground cinnamon in the muffins' coating brings that wonderful signature cinnamon taste.

How to Make Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins:

Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins are pretty easy to make. -- Just mix, scoop, bake, and coat in cinnamon-sugar.

To get a batch started, mix up a basic buttermilk batter. As with most baked goods (especially muffins), when adding the flour mixture to the wet ingredients stir everything together until they're just barely combined. Do not overmix, as overmixing can result in tough -- rather than tender -- baked muffins.

Use either a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop or a tablespoon measuring spoon to scoop 1 tablespoon of batter for each Donut Hole Muffin. Spray the scoop or spoon with non-stick cooking spray so the batter will slide out easily.

Then place the scooped batter in the cups of a mini muffin pan.

Pop the pan in the oven and bake the muffins for 10 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place the muffin tin on a cooling rack and let the muffins cool in the pan for 10 minutes.

After the 10 minutes of cooling, remove the muffins from the pan and place them directly on the cooling rack. Place the cooling rack inside a rimmed baking sheet -- the baking sheet will catch the butter and cinnamon-sugar spillover as you coat the muffins. If you do not have a rimmed baking sheet large enough to set the cooling rack into, you can place a layer of wax paper under the cooling rack to catch the spillover instead.

Working with about 4 muffins at a time, use a pastry brush to cover each muffin in melted butter.

Then, while the butter is still wet, roll each buttered muffin in cinnamon sugar to coat.

Place the coated muffins back on the cooling rack to let the cinnamon-sugar coating set.

Then you're ready to enjoy the deliciousness! Serve Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins up right away while they're warm, or later at room temperature. -- Because hey, these tasty little bites are fabulous either way. 

With their tasty buttermilk muffin inside fully coated in sweet cinnamon sugar on the outside, Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins deliver up fabulously delicious donut flavor in every bite.

Check out these other super tasty muffin & quick bread recipes:

• Snickerdoodle Cinnamon Bread
• Buttermilk Jam Muffins
• Applesauce Muffins
• Oatmeal Muffins
• Lemon Crumb Muffins
• Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Muffins
• Refrigerator Bran Muffins
• More muffin & bread recipes

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Yield: 24 mini muffins

Author: Tracey | The Kitchen is My Playground

Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins

Baked in a mini muffin pan and fully coated in sweet cinnamon sugar, Cinnamon Sugar Donut Hole Muffins are one tasty little sweet treat. They're just perfect for breakfast, brunch, or anytime you want that delicious cinnamon-sugar donut flavor -- without the donut!

Prep time: 30 MinCook time: 10 MinInactive time: 10 MinTotal time: 50 Min

Ingredients

For the donuts:

• 1 1/3 c. all-purpose flour
• 2 T. cornstarch
• 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
• 1/2 c. granulated sugar
• 1/2 c. buttermilk
• 4 T. unsalted butter, melted
• 1 whole egg + 1 egg yolk

For the topping:

• 4 T. unsalted butter
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 c. granulated sugar

Instructions

To prepare the donut muffins:

1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and sugar. Set aside.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, melted butter, whole egg, and egg yolk until well combined. Add the flour mixture and stir together until just combined. Do not overmix.
3. Spray a 24-piece mini muffin pan with non-stick spray. Spoon 1 tablespoon of batter into each muffin tin cup.
4. Bake at 400℉ for 10 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
5. Place muffin tin on a cooling rack and let muffins cool in the pan for 10 minutes before coating in cinnamon-sugar.

For the topping:

1. In a small bowl, stir together cinnamon and sugar until well combined.
2. In a separate small bowl, melt butter.
3. Once muffins have cooled for 10 minutes, remove from the pan and place directly on the cooling rack; place the cooling rack inside a rimmed baking sheet. Working with about 4 muffins at a time, use a pastry brush to cover each muffin in melted butter. Then, while the butter is still wet, roll each muffin in cinnamon sugar to coat.
4. Serve warm or at room temperature.

TRACEY'S NOTES:

1. Use either a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop or a tablespoon measuring spoon to scoop the muffin batter. Spray the scoop or spoon with non-stick spray so the batter will slide out easily.
2. If you do not have a rimmed baking sheet large enough to set the cooling rack into, you can place a layer of wax paper under the cooling rack to catch the butter and cinnamon-sugar spillover.

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