These fluffy baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts are perfectly spiced and just bursting with so much warm, cozy flavor! Perfect for a breakfast treat. My favorite donuts!
Cinnamon Sugar Donuts. Ohhh man. They are my favorite homemade donuts ever. I love them even more than these. I really just want to dunk everything in cinnamon sugar, to be honest. These donuts are big, fluffy and just bursting with warm, comforting flavors like cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
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Why you'll love this recipe
- What I love about this recipe is how easy they are to make and there are no weird or special ingredients needed. The batter is mixed up and in the oven within ten minutes!
- Baked not fried means less guilt!
When they come out of the oven they get dunked in some melted butter and cinnamon sugar and they're good to go! Super easy.
Ingredient notes
These baked donuts with a cinnamon-sugar coating only require pantry staple ingredients so I bet you have everything already on hand!
- Unsalted butter: Used in the batter and also to dunk the donuts in before dipping into cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Light brown sugar
- Granulated sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Buttermilk: You can make your own by adding 1 ½ tablespoons of lemon juice or white vinegar to the milk in this recipe. Allow it to sit for 5 minutes. You want to use 1 tablespoon per 1 cup of milk in any recipe.
- Baking powder
- All-purpose flour
- Cinnamon & nutmeg
- Salt
How to make baked donuts
- Preheat oven to 350° and spray donut pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk together all dry ingredients needed for donut batter. Set aside.
- In another bowl, mix the melted butter and sugars together until smooth. Add in the eggs and vanilla and stir until completely combined. Pour in the buttermilk and mix until smooth.
- Stir in the flour mixture and mix until just incorporated. Do not over mix.
- Pour batter into prepared pan about ¾ to the top of each well.
- Bake for 14-15 minutes or until the tops are firm and spring back slightly when you touch them. Do not over bake or you will have dry donuts.
- Remove donuts from the oven and let them cool in the pan until cool enough to handle.
- In a small bowl, melt butter in the microwave. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the cinnamon and sugar. Set aside.
- Dip the tops of the donuts into the melted butter and then quickly into the cinnamon sugar mixture. Repeat for the entire batch of donuts.
Jessica's Recipe Tips
- Do not over bake them or you will have dry baked donuts.
- To get the batter into the wells of the donut pan easily, pour the batter into a ziploc bag and cut off one corner. Squeeze the batter out into each one. This makes it MUCH easier and more efficient.
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📋 Recipe
Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
These fluffy baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts are perfectly spiced and just bursting with so much warm, cozy flavor!
Ingredients
Donuts
- 10 tbs unsalted butter melted
- ½ cup light brown sugar packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups buttermilk*
- 3 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- pinch of salt
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- 6 tbs unsalted butter melted
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a donut pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, pinch of salt, cinnamon and nutmeg and set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix the melted butter and sugars together until smooth. Add in the eggs and vanilla and stir until completely combined. Pour in the buttermilk and mix until smooth. Stir in the flour mixture and mix until just incorporated. Do not over mix or donuts will be tough.
- Pour the batter into a ziploc bag and cut off one corner. This makes it much easier to pour into the donut wells. Pour batter into prepared pan about ¾ to the top of each well. Bake for 14-15 minutes or until the tops are firm and spring back slightly when you touch them. Do not over bake or you will have dry donuts.
- When done, remove donuts from the oven and let them cool in the pan for 5 minutes then remove them carefully and place on a wire rack to cool until they are warm to the touch so you are able to handle them. While they are cooling, get your cinnamon sugar topping ready.
- In a small bowl, melt butter in the microwave. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the cinnamon and sugar. Set aside.
- Once donuts are cool enough to be handled, dip the tops into the melted butter and then quickly into the cinnamon sugar mixture. Repeat for the entire batch of donuts.
Notes
Make your own buttermilk*: You can make your own by adding 1 ½ tablespoons of lemon juice or white vinegar to the milk in this recipe. Allow it to sit for 5 minutes. You want to use 1 tablespoon per 1 cup of milk in any recipe.
Storage instructions: Cinnamon Sugar Donuts are best served fresh the same day, but will stay soft and fluffy for up to 3 days stored in an airtight container. If they get a bit firm, you can reheat in the microwave for a few seconds to soften them up.
Nutrition
Calories: 291kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 4gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 123mgPotassium: 82mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 448IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 99mgIron: 1mg
The provided nutritional information is an estimate per serving. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
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Paula Morris says
I only have a miniature donut pan, would i bake the same amount of time?
Jessica says
The baking time would be different so I would start checking them at around 6-8 minutes and go from there.
Mariah @ Mariah's Pleasing Plates says
If there was one food in the world that I couldn't live without, I would have to say it was donuts! These look amazing! Cinnamon sugar makes everything that much better! Pinned!
Jessica says
It's true, it makes everything better! Thanks for pinning!