These Cinnamon Roll Donuts give you all of the same flavors of a classic gooey cinnamon roll in an easy to prepare, delicious baked donut! Cinnamon rolls and donuts got together, had a baby and I'm not mad about it.
My little workhorse of a donut pan has been put to use for donuts like these cinnamon sugar donuts and these glazed chocolate cake donuts. If you don't have one, you've got to get one! I have a recipe on here for SUPER easy fried donuts (which is one of the most popular "recipes" on my site!), but baking donuts is just so much faster and more convenient. ESPECIALLY when you can have donuts that taste like cinnamon rolls. In under 30 minutes.
What's even better than the way these donuts look, is how they taste. They really taste like so similar to cinnamon rolls! I was amazed. It's like cinnamon rolls and donuts got together and had a baby. And I'm totally not complaining!
The cinnamon donuts are lightly spiced and the cinnamon topping just seals the deal for a true cinnamon roll experience. They come out so tender and delicious, I can't get enough! A generous drizzle of a sweet vanilla glaze on top doesn't hurt either.
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Why you'll love this recipe
- Cinnamon roll lovers, unite! These tastes SO similar to a cinnamon roll in a fun donut form.
- Easy and quick recipe! In under 30 minutes these baked donuts will be on the table!
Ingredients
Topping
- Unsalted butter
- Cinnamon
- Light brown sugar
- Milk
- Corn starch
- Vanilla extract
Donuts
- All-purpose flour
- Granulated sugar
- Baking powder
- Spices: Cinnamon & nutmeg
- Salt
- Buttermilk: How to make buttermilk at home: Add 2 teaspoons of white distilled vinegar or fresh lemon juice to ¾ cup of milk. Stir and allow to sit for 5-10 minutes util thickened.
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Vegetable oil
Vanilla Glaze
- Powdered sugar
- Heavy cream or milk
- Vanilla extract
See recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions.
Substitutions & Variations
- For the glaze, add 1 oz of cream cheese to make a cream cheese glaze.
How to make cinnamon roll donuts
- Make donut topping by whisking all ingredients together.
- Prepare donut batter.
- Add cinnamon topping to the bottom of a well-greased donut pan.
- Pipe donut batter on top of the topping.
- Bake!
- Mix vanilla glaze ingredients together.
- Drizzle glaze on top of donuts and serve.
Jessica's Recipe Tips
- PLEASE NOTE: Do not over-do the cinnamon topping because it may result in it oozing up the sides of the donuts and out of the pan into the bottom of the oven.
- When inverting the donuts onto the wire rack, you may find that some of the topping doesn't stick, but the majority of it will. If this happens, just take a knife or spoon and spread it back on top of the donuts.
- For all baked donuts: To make distributing the batter throughout the donut pan wells easier, pour batter into a large resealable bag and snip one corner off. Then, you can pipe the donut batter perfectly into each circle.
Storage
- Cinnamon Roll Donuts are best served immediately the same day but will stay fresh for 2 days stored in an airtight container at room temperature. The texture is a little rubbery on the second day, but they still taste delicious!
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📋 Recipe
Cinnamon Roll Donuts
Ingredients
Topping
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup + 2 tbs light brown sugar, packed
- 4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoon corn starch
- 2 teaspoon whole milk
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Donuts
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- pinch salt
- ¾ cup buttermilk*, see notes to make your own
- 2 eggs
- 3 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Vanilla Glaze
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2-4 tbs heavy cream , or milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease a donut pan very well and set aside.
For the topping
- In a small bowl, whisk melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, corn starch, milk and vanilla together, stirring until completely smooth. Set aside.
For the donuts
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together. Make a well in the center and add buttermilk, eggs, vegetable oil and vanilla. Stir until everything is completely combined, being careful not to over-mix. You want to stop mixing when everything is just combined. To make distributing the batter throughout the donut pan wells easier, pour batter into a large resealable bag and snip one corner off.
- Distribute about 1 tbs of the topping throughout each well, about 1-2 tablespoons each (PLEASE NOTE: Do not over-do the cinnamon topping because it may result in it oozing up the sides of the donuts and out of the pan into the bottom of the oven. Do not add more than 2 tablespoons in each well.)
- Pipe donut batter on top of the topping layer, filling ¾ to the top.
- Bake donuts for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned and the tops spring back slightly when pressed with your finger. Allow donuts to cool for 5 minutes in pan before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling. When you invert the donuts onto the wire rack, you may find that some of the topping doesn't stick, but the majority of it will. If this happens, just take a knife or spoon and spread it back on top of the donuts.
- If your donut pan has only 6 wells like mine, repeat the above steps and re-grease the pan for the next batch.
For the glaze
- Whisking powdered sugar, vanilla and heavy cream together, adding more or less heavy cream as needed to achieve the consistency you like. I like mine to be fairly thick. Once donuts are completely cooled, go ahead and drizzle the glaze onto each donut.
Notes
Nutrition
The provided nutritional information is an estimate per serving. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
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